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No Calculator? No Problem! Mastering Mental Math , award-winning professor of mathematics and celebrated “mathemagician” Arthur T. Benjamin delivers 10 fun-filled lessons on how to do math in your head with confidence, accuracy, and speed - sometimes faster than a calculator. By the end of Professor Benjamin’s lessons, you’ll be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers faster than ever before. And with your newfound skills, you’ll soon find yourself amazing other people and, perhaps more important, yourself.

Math has certainly gotten a bad reputation for being a subject that involves endless calculations and problems that will never be used in the real world, especially now that we all walk around with calculators in our pockets! But the fact is that math is required in multiple areas of an adult’s life, from preparing recipes to managing finances, and that’s without a career in STEM.

The companion book to COURSERA's wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn" Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need...

Everything you need to know about the fundamentals of poker. Are you interested in learning the basics of poker? Do you want to gain insight into how to create a strategy? Have you ever found yourself in a situation where your opponents are playing their cards too close to their chest? If so, this guide is here to help you become a master of the game. Poker has been around for centuries, gaining popularity in the 19th century when it spread to America. The most popular variant of the game, Texas Hold’em, is now played in casinos and poker tournaments worldwide. This comprehensive guide ...

To score a job in data science, machine learning, computer graphics, and cryptography, you need to bring strong math skills to the party. Math for Programmers teaches the math you need for these hot careers, concentrating on what you need to know as a developer. Filled with lots of helpful graphics and more than 200 exercises and mini-projects, this book unlocks the door to interesting - and lucrative! - careers in some of today’s hottest programming fields about the technology.

Stop guessing. Start winning. Most poker players rely on instinct. They guess, they hope, and over time… they lose. The truth is simple: If you don’t understand the math, you’re playing at a disadvantage. No-Limit Hold’em Poker Math Made Simple gives you the exact tools winning players use — without turning it into a textbook. This is not about complex formulas or overwhelming theory. This is about making better decisions, faster, at the table. Inside, you’ll learn how to: Calculate pot odds in seconds Know exactly when to call, fold, or raise Estimate your chances of hitting a ...

Bust the math myths that are holding you and your kids back and learn the importance of numeracy with this one-of-a-kind resource for parents, educators, and policymakers Shalinee Sharma is one of the world’s top experts on math learning, but when she was in school, she sat in the back row...

There are many books for learning Chinese. There are books that can teach you survival phrases or the first 300 characters, but I have yet to come across a book that teaches you everything you need to know to master the language through self-study. I know this because I bought so many Chinese learning books years ago, and while some were a bit helpful for starting out, none of them taught me step by step what I needed to do to truly master the language. The HSK books by the Confucius Institute are phenomenal and I am a big fan of them, but even they do not tell you HOW to study... Many ...

Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction…with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, six acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one—it’s about when—and show you how to design high-impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in school.

Hey kids! Do you want learning to be fun? This book will help you to jump to the front of the class by learning your ABCs, 123s, learning how to spell, frequently used words, and at the end, having some fun with a few games. Listen to this book often to boost yourself to being the best student you can be.

Anything is possible – even building a better relationship with math! This is much more than a book about math. This is a book about hope. Imagine failing 11th grade math – twice! – and going on to be known affectionately as The Lady Gaga of Math. That is the story of author Vanessa "The Math Guru" Vakharia. Thanks to an inspiring teacher who helped Vanessa heal her own relationship with math, Vanessa was then able to see math in a way that literally changed the trajectory of her life.

From the acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and The Advent of the Algorithm, here is a riveting look at mathematics that reveals a hidden world in some of its most fundamental concepts. In his latest foray into mathematics, David Berlinski takes on the simplest questions that can be...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the award-winning founder of JUMP Math, All Things Being Equal is a proven guide to succeeding in math, and a passionate argument for why this success can and must be available to the majority instead of the privileged few. For two decades, John Mighton has developed...

Struggling with math? Are numbers your number one enemy? Learn the exact thinking tools the top mathematicians use to utilize their math skills in real life and radically change how you shop, save, and think! Achieve your full potential by unlocking your mathematical mind - even if you think you don’t have one. Math is taught in a dull, authoritarian, and limited way. You either know how to do the Pythagorean theorem or you don’t. But, there is so much more to math than mere calculus and geometry.

What if math felt more like a game than homework? Welcome to Guess It in 3! Math Riddles, a collection of 120 interactive challenges designed to transform numbers, patterns, logic, and problem-solving into an exciting guessing game. Each riddle begins with three clues. As the clues unfold, kids must use their math skills, reasoning, and critical thinking to figure out the answer before it is revealed. Some challenges can be solved in seconds. Others require detective-like thinking, careful observation, and a willingness to look at a problem from a new angle.

Many people take math in high school and promptly forget much of it. But math plays a part in all of our lives all of the time, whether we know it or not. In The Joy of x, Steven Strogatz expands on his hit New York Times series to explain the big ideas of math gently and clearly, with wit, and insight.

Congratulations on taking the first step to improving your math skills and taking control of dependence on calculators and other electronics for answers. The Simple Math Workbook is dedicated to providing you with what you are looking for. This workbook provides a refresher course to restore or improve your math skills. Have you been struggling and did not know where to turn? You have come to the right place. The sections build one-on-the-other to allow you to refresh your mind or move to the next topic. The step-by-step discussions lead your thoughts to finding the solution to practical ...

From the coauthor of Algorithms to Live By, an exploration of the quest to use mathematics to describe the ways we think, from its origins three hundred years ago to the ideas behind modern AI systems and the ways in which they still differ from human minds Everyone has a basic understanding of...

Este libro convierte el aprendizaje en una verdadera aventura. Repleto de más de 125 preguntas de práctica, acertijos y juegos mentales, este libro de matemáticas lleno de acción ayuda a los niños a ganar confianza, mejorar sus habilidades para resolver problemas y, sí, ¡disfrutar de las matemáticas!

What is math? And how exactly does it work? In How to Bake Pi, math professor Eugenia Cheng provides an accessible introduction to the logic of mathematics - sprinkled throughout with recipes for everything from crispy duck to cornbread - that illustrates to the general listener the beauty of math.