Technical Math For Dummies
Contributors: Simkins, Bradley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780470605349
Subjects: Mathematics
Description: Technical Math For Dummies is your one-stop, hands-on guide to acing the math courses youỚll encounter as you work toward getting your degree, certifacation, orỚlicense in the skilled trades. YouỚll get easy-to-follow, plain-English guidance on mathematical formulas and methods that professionals use every day in the automotive, health, construction, licensed trades, maintenance, and other trades. YouỚll learn how to apply concepts of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry and their formulas related to occupational areas of study. Plus, youỚll find out how to perform basic arithmetic.
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Table of contents: title: Technical Math For Dummies; About the Authors; Dedications; Authors' Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Basic Math, Basic Tools; Chapter 1: Math that Works as Hard as You Do; Chapter 2: Discovering Technical Math and the Tools of the Trades; Chapter 3: Zero to One and Beyond; Chapter 4: Easy Come, Easy Go: Addition and Subtraction.; title: Chapter 5: Multiplication and Division: Everybody Needs ThemChapter 6: Measurement and Conversion; Chapter 7: Slaying the Story Problem Dragon; Part II: Making Non-Basic Math Simple and Easy; Chapter 8: Fun with Fractions; Chapter 9: Decimals: They Have Their Place; Chapter 10: Playing with Percentages; Chapter 11: Tackling Exponents and Square Roots; Part III: Basic Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry; Chapter 12: Algebra and the Mystery of X; Chapter 13: Formulas (Secret.