Barbara R. Heller

Here is very practical, everyday math book for the everyday person. No jargon or technical terms, just useful math with easy calculations for day-to-day life situations-whether is banking, taxes, investments, or tipping at a restaurant.

The author has divided the book into three parts-Personal finance, Outdoor math and Indoor Math. Personal Finance covers everything from balancing a check book to calculating payments, loans, and planning retirement, all explained in understandable, simple show more style.

Outdoor math includes tipping, currency, measurement and temperature conversions for foreign travel, miles per gallon `car math', and math for hobbies, games and gambling, with a great introduction to probability.

Indoor math, the most interesting section of the book, is about price fluctuations, comparison shopping, easy computations for doing almost any job around the house (example: how to cut a round table cloth), and making sense out of descriptive, detailed, and confusing bills.

An all-around fun book and easy reading for any one who may want some help in figuring it all out! show less

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