Everyday Math Demystified

Stan Gibilisco is a professional technical writer who specializes in books on electronics and science topics. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Electronics, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing, and The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics, as well as over 20 other technical books. His published works have won numerous awards. The Encyclopedia of Electronics was chosen a "Best Reference Book of the 1980s" by the American Library Association, which also named his McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing a "Best Reference of 1996."

• How to Use This BookCh 1. Numbers-dots, hash marks, Roman numerals, Arabic numeralsCh 2. Quantities-counting numbers, prime numbers, integers, fractions, rational numbersCh 3. Decimals-converting between fractions and decimals, terminating decimals, repeating decimals, nonrepeating decimalsCh 4. Proportions-rules of proportionality, percentage values, per-mil valuesCh 5. Operations-addition, subtraction, multiplications, division, powers, roots, precedenceCh 6. Objects-perimeters, interior areas, surface areas, volumesCh 7. Graphs-bar, pie, point-to-point and continuous graphsCh 8. Finances-counting change, compound interest, capital gains and losses, loans, debts, inflationCh 9. Measurements-power-of-10 notation, English vs. metric units, displacement, time, weight, temperature, power, energy, speed, accelerationCh 10. Computers-binary numbers, octal numbers, hexadecimal numbers, bits, bytes, data speed, data storageFinal Exam