Technical Math For Dummies

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Pub. Date: 2010-07-13
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The fast and easy way to improve your technical math skills, are you a student aspiring a career in a skilled trade' Technical Math For Dummies is your one-stop, hands-on guide to acing the math courses you'll encounter as you work toward getting your degree. It shows how to apply concepts of mathematics and formulas related to occupational areas of study. I highly recommend it for all math students. It's a cheap, informative and very useful textbook.






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Summary

Are you a vocational student or a trade professional? This is your one-stop, hands-on guide to mastering the math you'll encounter on the job or while working toward your degree or certification. You'll get easy-to-follow, plain-English guidance on mathematical formulas and methods that professionals

-Use every day in the automotive, health, and other trades.

-Sharpen your tools — refresh your basic math skills, like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement and conversion, and learn how to tackle operations better and faster

-Start your engines — find out how to easily master algebra, geometry, and trigonometry concepts

-Take the mystery out of math — discover how to work with common formulas to solve problems with multiple steps, and break down pesky word problems

-Get down to business — take a look at "life math" (and learn how it's different from "classroom math") to get a handle on how you'll apply your math skills in your real-world technical work

Open the book and find:

-Math myth busters

-An easy approach to fractions, percentages, exponents, and square roots

-Plain-English explanations of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry

-How to remove the mystery from word problems

-Tips on working with the essential tools and equipment that make arithmetic easy

-The formulas you need to know

-The math you'll encounter in your daily work, no matter your profession

Learn to:

-Understand mathematical concepts used in the skilled trades and by health care, culinary, and technical professionals

-Use fundamental formulas and methods to excel in the workplace, classrooms, and on job sites

-Apply algebra, geometry, and trigonometry to solve on-the-job problems

Plus, you'll find out how to perform basic arithmetic operations and solve word problems as they're applied to specific trades. Maps to a course commonly required by vocational schools, community and technical college, or for certification in the skilled trades

Covers the basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry

Helps professionals keep pace with job demands

Whether you're a student currently enrolled in a program or a professional who is already in the work force, Technical Math For Dummies gives you everything you need to improve your math skills and get ahead of the pack.

Author Biography

Barry Schoenborn is a technical writer who has worked in many of the trades described in the book.

Bradley Simkins has taught numerous classes and tutored at the Multimedia Math Learning Center at American River College in Sacramento.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Basic Math, Basic Tools
Math that Works as Hard as You Do
Discovering Technical Math and the Tools of the Trades
Zero to One and Beyond
Easy Come, Easy Go: Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division: Everybody Needs Them
Measurement and Conversion
Slaying the Story Problem Dragon
Making Non-Basic Math Simple and Easy
Fun with Fractions
Decimals: They Have Their Place
Playing with Percentages
Tackling Exponents and Square Roots
Basic Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry
Algebra and the Mystery of X
Formulas (Secret and Otherwise)
Quick-and-Easy Geometry: The Compressed Version
Calculating Areas, Perimeters, and Volumes
Trigonometry, the "Mystery Math"
Math for the Business of Your Work
Graphs are Novel and Charts Are Off the Chart
Hold on a Second: Time Math
Math for Computer Techs and Users
The Part of Tens
Ten Tips for Solving Any Math Problem
Ten Formulas You'll Use Most Often
Ten Ways to Avoid Everyday Math Stress
Glossary
Index
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