Bedford Public Library

Mathematics minus fear, how to make math fun and beneficial to your everyday life, Lawrence Potter

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-273)

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Mathematics minus fear

bibliography

Lawrence Potter

how to make math fun and beneficial to your everyday life

Introduction : Why? -- Part one : Numbers in your head, figures on paper. Small steps ; How many fingers? ; Outside the supermarket ; Putting two and two together ; Go forth and multiply ; 'Countdown' ; Putting numbers to paper ; Borrowing and carrying ; Long, long multiplication ; Long division explained ; Checking it all adds up -- Part two : Different kinds of number. Kit-Kats and kosher ; A 'Ryche shepemaster' ; Proportion has its problems 1 ; Proportion has its problems 2 ; Colouring in pizzas ; What the Egyptians did ; Equivalent fractions ; Adding fractions on paper ; Turn it upside-down and multiply ; What is the (decimal) point? ; Manipulating decimals ; One hundred percent ; Something of interest ; Prudence is a virtue ; Two hundred percent -- Part three : Fear of the unknown. Algebra and broken bones ; Doing the same to both sides ; Change all the signs ; False assumptions ; The logic behind simultaneous equations ; Squabbling schoolboys ; Algebra is democracy ; The saving of Charlie -- Part four : Chance would be a fine thing. High expectations for probability ; It's a load of balls ; Muddy waters ; It's not all about numbers ; The weather forecast is wrong ; Back to the classroom ; Putting probability into practice ; Vegas, baby! ; The Law of Large Numbers ; Gambling with life insurance -- Appendix A. Dividing fractions -- Appendix B. Putting sudoku to bed -- Appendix C. Answers to puzzles