Improve your technical math skills and get ahead of the pack

Are you a vocational student or a trade professional? This is your one-stop, hands-on guide to mastering the math you'll encounter on the job or while working toward your degree or certification. You'll get easy-to-follow, plain-English guidance on mathematical formulas and methods that professionals

• use every day in the automotive, health, and other trades.

• Sharpen your tools -- refresh your basic math skills, like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement and conversion, and learn how to tackle operations better and faster

• Start your engines -- find out how to easily master algebra, geometry, and trigonometry concepts

• Take the mystery out of math -- discover how to work withcommon formulas to solve problems with multiple steps, and break down pesky word problems

• Get down to business -- take a look at life math (and learn how it's different from classroom math) to get a handle on how you'll apply your math skills in your real-world technical work

Open the book and find:

• Math myth busters

• An easy approach to fractions, percentages, exponents, and square roots

• Plain-English explanations of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry

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Improve your technical math skills and get ahead of the pack

Are you a vocational student or a trade professional? This is your one-stop, hands-on guide to mastering the math you'll encounter on the job or while working toward your degree or certification. You'll get easy-to-follow, plain-English guidance on mathematical formulas and methods that professionals

• use every day in the automotive, health, and other trades.

• Sharpen your tools -- refresh your basic math skills, like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement and conversion, and learn how to tackle operations better and faster

• Start your engines -- find out how to easily master algebra, geometry, and trigonometry concepts

• Take the mystery out of math -- discover how to work withcommon formulas to solve problems with multiple steps, and break down pesky word problems

• Get down to business -- take a look at life math (and learn how it's different from classroom math) to get a handle on how you'll apply your math skills in your real-world technical work

Open the book and find:

• Math myth busters

• An easy approach to fractions, percentages, exponents, and square roots

• Plain-English explanations of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry

• How to remove the mystery from word problems

• Tips on working with the essential tools and equipment that make arithmetic easy

• The formulas you need to know

• The math you'll encounter in your daily work, no matter your profession

Learn to:

• Understand mathematical concepts used in the skilled trades and by health care, culinary, and technical professionals

• Use fundamental formulas and methods to excel in the workplace, classrooms, and on job sites

• Apply algebra, geometry, and trigonometry to solve on-the-job problems