The Complete How To Figure It: Using Math in Everyday Life | 
| Author: Darrell Huff
Creator: Carolyn R. Kinsey
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 672073
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 470
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0393319245
Dewey Decimal Number: 640.151
EAN: 9780393319248
ASIN: 0393319245
Publication Date: August 1, 1999
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Book Description
An all-in-one compendium of easy techniques for all kinds of calculations, from personal finance to home improvement. Budgeting and personal finance, planning for retirement, buying a house, estimating travel and leisure expenses, estimating costs of home repair: modern life presents us with an array of calculations we need to make but may not know how. Now, with his trademark wry humor and simple language, Darrell Huff explains how to figure: the likely outcome of different investments; how much home insurance is enough; whether it makes more sense to buy or lease a new car; the most efficient way to save for future needs, from vacations to college tuition; air-conditioning and heating requirements for a new house; how many rolls of wallpaper you will need for a particular room; and much more. Here are tips for getting the most out of a modest pocket calculator or home computer to make tedious calculations easy, a handy chapter on "Math in a Hurry," and even tips on improving your chances in tennis, horse racing, and blackjack.
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 there are better August 28, 2000
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
The author tries to be a wit ... rather he is really painful. Other times he goes off into blissful lotus lands and at almost every opportunity appears to be attempting to write confusing word problems for an advanced algebra class of left over from an earlier time wild eyed hippies ... I mean if you are in a commune which has dedicated itself to solar heat and raising organic apples .. here is your book ... but for me more formulae and less of the cutesy stuff. Not hopeless just not 'real' useful.
I PUT OFF BUYING THIS August 14, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
because I teach math and I thought "Oh, there won't be anything in this book that I don't already know." WRONG! THis book is a browser's delight. As well as giving relatively clear directions on how to calculate a whole bunch of practical things, it gives away such secrets as how to do those annoying work word problems using only arithmetic, an easy way to do those annoying mixture word problems, how to weigh things using only nickels, the amazing relationship between nickels and the metric system,etc. Highly recommended.
 Everyday Problems Answered. July 20, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is not a math book, rather its an answer book that describes how to solve those "everyday" questions we tend to have. The usefullness of this book (especially about it's plain english way of describing money issues) is truly astounding.This book discusses in easy to read "plain english" how to solve mortage and loan problems, as well as a large collection of general interest problems for the "typical" homeowner. This is a fantastic book with at least a hundred different problems solved (everything from the true worth of college, to answering annuity questions). I recommend this for anyone who wants to know "How to figure it".
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