Power Math

30 Powerful Principles for Building Math & Numeracy Skills Ace Your Competitive Exams • Uncover the “secrets” of basic math • Learn to translate words into math • Solve math problems by thinking conceptually • Understand the meaning behind basic graphs Gain confidence with an increased competency with numbers. Discover 30 of the most fundamental, recurring math principles and rules, along with a threetier system to rate the difficulty level of all problems – one chilli (“mild”), two chillies (“hot”), and three chillies (“very hot”). Finetune your numerical mindset with a quantitative review that serves as a refresher course and as a tool for perceiving math in a new way. Enjoy the benefits of your own selfpaced math • Enjoy 120 allstar problems to learn the mysteries of basic math. • Develop a feel for how numbers behave and what makes math problems tick. • Watch for pitfalls when working with percentage increase and ecrease. • Use simple math to solve “business” scenarios involving price, cost, volume, profit, and breakeven, and calculate markup versus margin and efficiency. • Understand weak or strong, positive or negative, linear or nonlinear. BRANDON ROYAL is an awardwinning writer who has honed his theories of teaching and education, into a set of key learning principles that help define the basics of writing, grammar, math, and reasoning.