Basic Maths Practice Problems For Dummies (Paperback)

Introduction 1 Part I: The Building Blocks of Maths 7 Chapter 1: Getting Started 9 Chapter 2: Introducing the Basics: Addition and Subtraction 17 Chapter 3: Equal Piles: Multiplying and Dividing 35 Chapter 4: Are We Nearly There Yet? Estimating and Rounding 53 Part II: Working with Parts of the Whole 67 Chapter 5: Facing Fractions without Fear 69 Chapter 6: What's the Point? Dealing with Decimals 91 Chapter 7: It's All Relative: Tackling Ratio and Proportion 107 Chapter 8: Working Out Perfect Percentages, 100% of the Time 127 Part III: Real-life Maths 147 Chapter 9: Clocking Time 149 Chapter 10: Counting the Cash: Dealing with Money 171 Chapter 11: Working with Weights 189 Chapter 12: Feeling the Heat: Getting to Grips with Temperature 203 Chapter 13: Sizing Up Shapes 219 Chapter 14: Sharpening Your Knowledge of Shapes 241 Part IV: Speaking Statistically 259 Chapter 15: Mining Data (No Hard Hat Required) 261 Chapter 16: Grappling with Graphs 289 Chapter 17: Average Joe: Sussing Out Statistics 299 Chapter 18: What Are the Chances? Playing with Probability 313 Part V: The Part of Tens 325 Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Ways to Check Your Work 327 Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Remembering Your Number Facts 333 Chapter 21: Ten Top Tips for Getting Things Right 341 Index 347