Basic Maths For Dummies, UK Edition

Colin Beveridge holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of St Andrews. He gave up a position as a researcher at Montana State University (working with NASA, among other projects) to become a full-time maths tutor, helping adults, GCSE, A-level and university students overcome their fear of maths – a position he finds 'far more enjoyable than real work'.

• Introduction 1 Part I: Whole Numbers: The Building Blocks of Maths 7Chapter 1: Getting Started 9Chapter 2: Setting Yourself Up for Success 23Chapter 3: It All Adds Up: Addition and Subtraction 35Chapter 4: Equal Piles: Multiplying and Dividing 53Chapter 5: Are We Nearly There Yet? Rounding and Estimating 75Part II: Parts of the Whole 89Chapter 6: Cake or Death: Fractions without Fear 91Chapter 7: What's the Point? Dealing with Decimals 107Chapter 8: It's All Relative: Ratios and Proportions 123Chapter 9: Perfect Percentages, 100% of the Time 137Part III: Sizing Up Weights, Shapes and Measures 151Chapter 10: Clocking Time 153Chapter 11: Working with Cold, Hard Cash 163Chapter 12: Taking the Weight Off Your Shoulders 175Chapter 13: Feeling the Heat 189Chapter 14: That’s About the Size of It 203Chapter 15: Shaping Up 223Part IV: Statistically Speaking 237Chapter 16: Data Mining (No Hard Hat Required) 239Chapter 17: Top of the Charts 255Chapter 18: Average Joe 275Chapter 19: What Are the Chances? 289Part V: The Part of Tens 305Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Prepare Yourself Before You Start Studying 307Chapter 21: Ten Tricks for Remembering Your Number Facts 313Chapter 22: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid 323Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Make Any Exam Easier 327Index 333

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