Simply Math

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