Understanding Maths (Studymates)
Edition: 3Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Studymates Ltd
Published: April 4, 2006
Place of publication: Abergele
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781842850862
Subjects: Adult numeracy guides & handbooks; Mathematics
First sentence: Mathematics is one of  the most valuable inventions-or discoveries- of humankind.
Sir Arthur C Clarke in his foreword to the book.
Description: If you missed out on mathematics education at school, then this book is a must. Graham Lawler has taken basic mathematics topics that may seem baffling but he provides devastatingly simple but powerful techniques that will help you understand the mathematics and be able to use it in your daily life. If you are in a training course where basic mathematics is involved, then this book is a must. The famous author and scientist Sir Arthur C Clarke ("2001 A Space Odyssey") has been so impressed with the author's work that Sir Arthur has written the foreword to this edition of the book. This is the ideal book for primary student teachers, trainees on apprentice courses and parents who want to help their own children. Now extended to include information on spreadsheets and personal development profiles, this is a very popular and highly successful book.
Notes: C. Dodd (Wirral) - See all my reviews
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This book has changed my whole attitude to a subject that I hated at school and have never had any confidence in. Just flicking through it was enough to make me realise that I could actually understand things straight away that I had always thought I couldn't do! It was a real eye-opener for me and has given me the confidence to face up to something that I have always avoided. I was so chuffed I wrote an email to the author to thank him and got a lovely email back from him straight away.
If you didn't keep up with maths at school or thought everybody else 'got it' whilst you got left further and further behind then this is a great book for you. PS I have forgiven my maths teacher for all the times he threw the board rubber at our heads in frustration and hopefully he might have learned a a little about his teaching style over the years!

  Fab book - make sure you buy more than one, 20 Feb 2007
By 	Mrs. Eileen Field - See all my reviews
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Make sure you buy at least two copies as you'll be lending this to other folks to use as well and will not see it back. A superb aid in teaching and learning. Highly recommended.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Sir Arthur C Clarke  1 Place Value  2 Dealing with fractions  3 Percentages  4 Working with decimals  5 Using a calculator  6 Angles, turning and Pythagoras  7 Area and Volume  8 Handling Data  9 Analysing Data  10 Algebra  11 Spreadsheets  12 Appendix: introducing personal development profiles  Answers to questions  Glossary  Websites for mathematics students