9999 Steps to Master Percentages: Mathematics Exercises to Help You Juggle Numbers and Ace Tests |
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| Author:
| Stein, Dorothy |
| Series title: | Math Test Prep Ser. |
| ISBN: | 979-8-5864-2895-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2020 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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Mathematics crops up in everyone's daily life in five main forms: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages.Whether you need to find the price of that awesome pair of jeans after applying a 10% discount, or need to calculate how much to pay after a 20% fine, or want to feel good about your weight loss journey when your fitness trainer tells you that you've lost 10% of your body fat over the course of the year, percentages are a language that you have to speak, to...
More DescriptionMathematics crops up in everyone's daily life in five main forms: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages.Whether you need to find the price of that awesome pair of jeans after applying a 10% discount, or need to calculate how much to pay after a 20% fine, or want to feel good about your weight loss journey when your fitness trainer tells you that you've lost 10% of your body fat over the course of the year, percentages are a language that you have to speak, to fully participate in the modern conversation.After you read this book and complete all the exercises, you will never have any problems with percentage calculations in arithmetic or commercial mathematics ever again.The book starts you off slow, with the basics of percentages, and how they are calculated. If you already have all that knowledge, you can consider skipping to a later chapter for a time trial challenge - this will be a great way to sharpen your calculation chops, and compete at your level of comfort.This book is also great for test prep, whether at the undergraduate or graduate level; you will be completely prepared for a substantial portion of the all-important quant section that will get you into the biggest business schools in the world. The book contains a large number of exercise problems - sufficient to keep you occupied for 200 hours or more, depending on how much practice you need.Let's get started. I promise you'll end this book 100% smarter than when you began!