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For Math Aficionados From All Walks of Life!THE LITTLE GREEN MATH BOOK is based on a simple but powerful observation: Individuals who develop outstanding math and numeracy skills do so primarily by mastering a limited number of the most important math principles and problem solving techniques, which they use over and over again. What are these recurring principles and techniques? The answer to this question is the basis of this book. 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).
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For Math Aficionados from All Walks of Life T HE LITTLE GREEN MATH BOOK reads like a collection of math recipes to help us blend problems, principles, and approaches in creating our own lineup of splendid math cuisine. Along with 30 of the most fundamental, recurring math principles and rules, you’ll find a three-tier system to rate problems — one chili (mild), two chilies (hot), and three chilies (very hot). Fine-tune your numerical mindset with a quantitative review that serves as a refresher course and as a tool for perceiving math in a new way. Whether you’re a high school or college student, test-prep candidate, or working professional, this book’s wealth of explanations and insights make it a perfect learning companion. Enjoy the benefits of your own self-paced math course: • Develop a feel for how numbers behave and what makes math problems tick. • Review the five classic formulas governing percentage increase and decrease. • Watch for pitfalls when expressing ratios as fractions, percents, or decimals. • Understand the strengths and weaknesses of ratios as relative, not absolute, measures. • Employ templates to solve math problems of similar category or type. • Use simple math to solve “business” scenarios involving price, cost, volume, profit, and break-even, as well as how to calculate markup versus margin and efficiency. • Be able to glance at graphs and understand their underlying math themes. • Understand correlation: weak or strong, positive or negative, linear or nonlinear. • Gain a newfound confidence with an increased competency with numbers. “This book brilliantly shows the structure and subtlety of basic math. Math is a global language that knows no borders and opens opportunities for us all.” — Rick Frishman, author, speaker, and media expert; treasurer and secretary for the Dr. Mark Victor Hansen Foundation, “literacy to end poverty” $19.95 US/CDN Math & Numeracy Skills Reference Maven Publishing mavenpublishing.com THE LITTLE GREEN M ath Book 30 POWERFUL PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING MATH AND NUMERACY SKILLS Brandon Royal Published by Maven Publishing © 2010 by Brandon Royal All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical↜—↜including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system↜—↜without permission in writing from the author or publisher. Reviewers, however, may quote brief passages in a review, and individuals wanting to reference material from this book for academic or non-commercial purposes may do so provided the book, with title and author’s name, is cited as a source. Published by: Maven Publishing 4520 Manilla Road Calgary, Alberta, Canada╇ T2G 4B7 www.mavenpublishing.com Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication: Royal, Brandon The little green math book : 30 powerful principles for building math and numeracy skills / by Brandon Royal. ISBN 978-1-897393-50-5 Library of Congress Con