Simply Math

Simply Math

by DK
Released March 2022
Publisher(s): DK Publishing
ISBN: 9780744064155

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Book description

Understanding math has never been easier.

Combining bold, elegant graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Math is the perfect introduction to the subject for those who are short on time but hungry for knowledge.

Covering more than 80 key mathematical theories from prime numbers and matrices to logarithms and quadratic equations, each pared-back, single-page entry explains the concept more clearly than ever before.

Organized by major themes - number theory and systems; algebra, arithmetic, and calculus; probability and statistics; geometry and topology; logic, game theory, and computer science - entries demystify the groundbreaking ideas of famous mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Pierre de Fermat, Fibonacci, and Henri Poincaré, explaining the essentials of each key mathematical theory.

Whether you are studying math in high school or college, or simply want a jargon-free overview of the subject, this indispensable guide includes everything you need to understand the basics quickly and easily.

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. WHAT IS MATH?
  3. NUMBERS
    1. NUMBERS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO
    2. BREAKING NUMBERS
    3. POSITIONING THE POINT
    4. PARTS OF 100
    5. THE X FACTOR
    6. PRIME TIME
    7. MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF
    8. PUZZLING POWERS
    9. PRIME BUILDERS
    10. NOTATING GREAT AND SMALL
    11. A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING
    12. NUMBER SETS
    13. DIFFERENT BASES
    14. GROUP RULES
  4. CALCULATIONS
    1. TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
    2. THREE THREES ARE?
    3. EQUAL SPLIT
    4. HUNDREDTHS AND THOUSANDTHS
    5. MORE OR LESS
    6. FRACTION SUMS
  5. GEOMETRY
    1. MEASURING TURN
    2. PARALLEL RULES
    3. FLAT SHAPES
    4. FLAT WITH THREE SIDES
    5. FOUR-SIDED FIGURES
    6. THE SUM OF MANY ANGLES
    7. 3D SHAPES
    8. MAKING PLANS
    9. MULTIPLE COPIES
    10. PLOTTING POINTS
    11. TRANSFORMING SHAPES
    12. SHAPE-SHIFTING
    13. 4D GEOMETRY
    14. ZOOMING IN
  6. ALGEBRA
    1. BUILDING BLOCKS
    2. KEEP IT SIMPLE
    3. USING POWERS
    4. RESHAPING EXPRESSIONS
    5. DEFINING RELATIONSHIPS
    6. A BALANCING ACT
    7. WHAT ARE QUADRATIC EQUATIONS?
    8. SOLVING BY SUBSTITUTION
    9. NOT ALL EQUATIONS ARE EQUAL
    10. WHAT NEXT?
    11. UNIQUE NUMBER PATTERNS
  7. GRAPHS
    1. FUNCTION MACHINES
    2. PLOTTING A LINEAR EQUATION
    3. PARABOLAS
    4. GRAPHING EQUATIONS
    5. USING REAL-WORLD DATA
  8. RATIO AND PROPORTION
    1. COMPARING AMOUNTS
    2. COMPARISON RELATIONSHIPS
    3. CALCULATING CHANGE
    4. ADDING UP OVER TIME
    5. PROPORTIONAL CHANGES
    6. IDEAL PROPORTIONS
    7. EXPONENTIAL GROWTH
  9. MEASURE
    1. MADE TO MEASURE
    2. A MATTER OF TIME
    3. THE AREA OF SHAPES
    4. TALKING IN CIRCLES
    5. SPACE FILLER
    6. A NET RESULT
    7. A DEGREE OF ACCURACY
    8. RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLES
    9. SCALE FACTOR
    10. SIMILAR OR THE SAME?
    11. CALCULATING WITH TRIANGLES
    12. TRIGONOMETRY IN ACTION
    13. OBLIQUE TRIANGLES
    14. COMBINING UNITS
    15. SETS OF POINTS
    16. MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTION
    17. WHAT IS THE MATRIX?
  10. STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
    1. ARE STATISTICS VITAL?
    2. SURVEYS AND SAMPLES
    3. DATA CHARTS
    4. MAKING SENSE OF DATA
    5. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
    6. FINDING CONNECTIONS
    7. MEASURING CHANCE
    8. COUNTING OUTCOMES
    9. IN A PERFECT WORLD
    10. TESTING THE ODDS
    11. TREE OF POSSIBILITY
    12. PART OF THE UNION
    13. IT DEPENDS
    14. DATA MAPS
    15. VERY UNLIKELY EVENTS
  11. CALCULUS
    1. MEASURING CHANGE
    2. CHANGING VALUES
    3. SUMMATION OF QUANTITIES
    4. AREA UNDER A CURVE
    5. INVERSE PROCESSES
    6. PRACTICAL CALCULUS
  12. INDEX

Product information

  • Title: Simply Math
  • Author(s): DK
  • Release date: March 2022
  • Publisher(s): DK Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780744064155