"Learn about percents and ratios, including how to tell what's a better purchase, figuring out sales tax and discounts and appropriate tips"--Provided by publisher.
Presents an independent study course in basic arithmetic and introductory algebra topics, highlighting important rules and procedures, and including worked-out examples, practice problems and answers, and strategies for overcoming math anxiety.
Discusses how numbers are used in baseball to keep score, count strikes, balls, and outs, and more, and covers topics such as offense and defense, with story problems, answers, and facts about the history of the sport.
"An activity-based volume that introduces such mathematical concepts as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and statistics. Features include a glossary, an additional resource list, and an index"--Provided by publisher.