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A course on practical math
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| How many times have you looked at a math problem and felt your stomach churn? Do you make mistakes filing your taxes? Do car salesmen and other hard pressure people work you over with voodoo math you feel defenseless to counter? Help is here. Do you feel better math skills will help you do better on your job? Would better math skills improve the way you invest your money? Spend your money? Do you encounter everyday situations where you just wish you could "do the math?" Do you have difficulty sifting through election promises? Do Gorons irritate you when they talk about the alleged budget surplus? Help is here. Do you fear your kids will grow up math-illiterate, instead of being able to shine on their SATs? Would you like to set an example for your kids, help them win a scholarship, and feel competent in this basic life skill? Help is here. This practical math course takes you from basic addition through algebra and trig. No, you won't encounter a bunch of mysterious symbols or mathematical jargon to memorize. You will learn how to do the math. Without getting a headache from it. Click here for more information |
| Mathematics does not need to be difficult. If you find it difficult, the
problem is not you. The problem is the poor way you were taught math. This
course solves that problem, so that math not only makes sense to you, but is
easy for you to do.
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Mindconnection Math Class Course Page 2 of 113 pages Table of Contents INTRODUCTION AND PERSONAL NOTES....................................................... 6 WHERE THIS COURSE STOPS ....................................................................... 12 PRELUDE: LAYING THE FOUNDATION ......................................................... 14 PRETEST........................................................................................................... 17 F OUR FUNCTION FINESSE.................................................................................. 18A THLETIC ALGEBRA........................................................................................... 19T RICK-FREE TRIG.............................................................................................. 20S TORY PROBLEMS (COMBINATION PROBLEM-SOLVING) ......................................... 22PART ONE: BASIC CONCEPTS....................................................................... 23 R OUNDING........................................................................................................ 25S QUARING........................................................................................................ 27Squares you should know ...............................................................................................................29 Practice the squares.......................................................................................................................33 R ESTATING....................................................................................................... 34Example 1......................................................................................................................................35 Example 2......................................................................................................................................36 Example 3......................................................................................................................................36 Expanding the principle .................................................................................................................38 Restatement applied generally........................................................................................................41 Restating the principle of restating.................................................................................................43 Practice restating...........................................................................................................................44 Restating practice problem answers ...............................................................................................45 Mindconnection Math Class Course Page 3 of 113 pages B REAKING ........................................................................................................ 46S IMPLIFYING ..................................................................................................... 48Practice simplifying.......................................................................................................................51 Simplifying practice question answers ............................................................................................52 P ATTERNING..................................................................................................... 55P RACTICE EXERCISES........................................................................................ 58Practice addition ...........................................................................................................................58 Practice subtraction.......................................................................................................................58 Practice multiplication...................................................................................................................59 Practice division ............................................................................................................................59 P RACTICE QUESTION ANSWERS .......................................................................... 60Practice addition answers ..............................................................................................................60 Practice subtraction.......................................................................................................................60 Practice multiplication...................................................................................................................61 Practice division ............................................................................................................................61 M APPING.......................................................................................................... 62Rules of thumb...............................................................................................................................62 9-method........................................................................................................................................63 Fractions made easy ......................................................................................................................63 Useful square roots ........................................................................................................................64 Average, mean, median ..................................................................................................................64 Nested operations ..........................................................................................................................65 Positives and negatives ..................................................................................................................65 Geometry rules ..............................................................................................................................66 Trig rules.......................................................................................................................................66 P RACTICE MAPPING .......................................................................................... 67Odd or Even?.................................................................................................................................67 Practice the 9-method....................................................................................................................68 Practice the 5 times rule.................................................................................................................69 Mindconnection Math Class Course Page 4 of 113 pages Find the average............................................................................................................................70 Find the weighted mean .................................................................................................................70 Find the median.............................................................................................................................71 T ABLES ............................................................................................................ 72Addition Table...............................................................................................................................72 Multiplication Table.......................................................................................................................73 A DVANCED STUFF ............................................................................................. 74PART TWO: FOUR FUNCTION FINESSE........................................................ 75 Story problem #1............................................................................................................................79 Story problem #2............................................................................................................................80 PART THREE: ATHLETIC ALGEBRA.............................................................. 83 Basic algebra problems..................................................................................................................86 Story problems...............................................................................................................................87 PART FOUR: TRICK-FREE TRIG..................................................................... 88 POST TEST ....................................................................................................... 95 F OUR FUNCTION FINESSE.................................................................................. 96A THLETIC ALGEBRA........................................................................................... 97T RICK-FREE TRIG.............................................................................................. 98S TORY PROBLEMS (COMBINATION PROBLEM-SOLVING) ......................................... 99TEST ANSWERS............................................................................................. 100 F OUR FUNCTION FINESSE................................................................................ 100A THLETIC ALGEBRA......................................................................................... 101A NS. PROBLEM 2: 144/4 = 36 || 36 * 3 = 108 || 4 – 10 = -6, MINUS SIGNS CANCEL.101Mindconnection Math Class Course Page 5 of 113 pages T RICK-FREE TRIG............................................................................................ 102S TORY PROBLEMS (COMBINATION PROBLEM-SOLVING) ....................................... 104PART FIVE: PRACTICE PROBLEMS............................................................. 106 P RACTICE PROBLEMS...................................................................................... 107P RACTICE ANSWERS ....................................................................................... 108MOVING ON FROM HERE.............................................................................. 109 W HAT YOU’VE GAINED ..................................................................................... 110S TAYING SHARP .............................................................................................. 111 |
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