Kaplan Math Power (Kaplan Math Power)

Whether you want to sharpen your skills for school or standardized tests, better manage your personal and business finances, or just make more sense out of sports statistics, this book will boost your math skills and confidence. Covering all the math skills an educated person should know, Kaplan Math Power is the essential mathematics guide for non-mathematicians.

Kaplan Math Power includes:

• A thorough review of key content areas, including algebra, percents, geometry, and probability

• Engaging real world examples to help you apply math in school, on standardized tests, at work, and even at play

• A user-friendly organization that adapts to your needs

• Clear explanations of all practice material

• A glossary of key terms

About the Author

Power Up: Getting Charged Up about Math

Chapter 1: Numbers: How Many Are Enough?

Chapter 2: The Positive Integers: The Whole Truth

Chapter 3: Fractions: Pieces of the Pie

Chapter 4: Percents: A System with Hundreds of Uses

Chapter 5: Mean, Median, and Mode: Just Your Average Chapter

Chapter 6: Ratios: Two-to-One Readers Prefer This Chapter

Chapter 7: Permutations and Probability: You'll Probably Read This Chapter

Chapter 8: Exponents and Roots: Get the Power and Get Radical

Chapter 9: Monomials and Polynomials: Express Yourself!

Chapter 10: Factoring Polynomials: Just the Factors, Ma'am

Chapter 11: Basic Equations: Be Fair to Both Sides

Chapter 12: Advanced Equations: Advancing the Cause

Chapter 13: Word Problems: Words of Wisdom

Chapter 14: The Elements of Geometry: Are Euclid-ing Me?

Chapter 15: Polygons: The Shapes of Things to Come

Chapter 16: The Pythagorean Theorem: Know Your Rights

Chapter 17: Circles: There's No Getting Around Them

Chapter 18: Solids: Put On Your 3-D Glasses

Appendix 1: Plug-In Solutions

Appendix 2: Glossary