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Author Laing, Laura.

Title Math for grownups : relearn the arithmetic you forgot from school so you can calculate how much that raise will really amount to (after taxes), figure out if that new fridge will actually fit, help a third-grader with his fraction homework, convert calories into cardio time / Laura Laing.

Imprint Avon, Mass. : Adams Media, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  510 L144m 2011    ---  Available
Description vii, 247 p. ; 22 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents At the store : deal or no deal? -- At the dealership : leasing vs. buying, new vs. used, you do the math -- On the market : buying a house by the numbers -- At home : will your new fridge fit? -- In the kitchen : making more, making less, recipe math to the rescue! -- In the yard : if a train leaves Omaha at 8 a.m., how much lawn edging do you need? -- In the craft room : measure twice, cut once -- At the bank : income minus expenses equals happiness (or misery) -- In the gym : how many miles on the treadmill to burn off one doughnut? -- On the road : when will you get there and how much will you spend?
Subject Mathematics -- Popular works.
ISBN 9781440512636 (pbk.)
1440512639 (pbk.)

 
    
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