The little green math book
Subtitle: 30 powerful principles for building math and numeracy skills
By: Brandon Royal
Publisher: Maven Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Calgary
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781897393529; 9781897393505
Subjects: Numeracy; MATHEMATICS / Pre-Calculus; Number concept; Mathematics; MATHEMATICS / Reference; MATHEMATICS / Essays; Proble  mes et exercices; Mathe matiques
Description: This book helps readers build essential math and numeracy skills and is suitable for the everyday student, test-prep candidate, or working professional in need of a refresher course. The book's four chapters include: (1) Basic Numeracy Ingredients, (2) Wonderful Math Recipes, (3) Favorite Numeracy Dishes, and (4) Special Math Garnishments. Thirty principles of math summarize the common themes behind classic math problems and each problem is rated according to a three-tier system, one chili (mild), two chilies (hot), and three chilies (very hot).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: 1. Basic Numeracy Ingredients. Percentages; title: Ratios and proportions; title: Reciprocals; title: Order of operations; title: 2. Wonderful Math Recipes. Overlap scenarios; title: Matrix scenarios; title: Mixture scenarios; title: Weighted average scenarios; title: 3. Favorite Numeracy Dishes. Markup vs. margin; title: Price, cost, volume, and profit; title: Break-even point; title: Aggregate costs vs. per-unit costs; title: Efficiency; title: Distribution and allocation; title: 4. Special Math Garnishments. Translating basic graphs; title: Line graphs, pie charts, and bar charts; title: Correlation; title: Measures of average and dispersion; title: Statistical significance; title: Numeracy principles 1 to 30; title: The world of numbers.