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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Acknowledgments What’s Inside? Math Used to Totally Suck FAQs: How to Use This Book Chapter One: How to Make a Killing on eBay: Prime Numbers and Prime Factorization Chapter Two: Do You Still Have a Crush on Him?: Finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF)* Chapter Three: You Can Never Have Too Many Shoes: Multiples and the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)* Quiz #1: Are You a Mathophobe? Chapter Four: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pizza but Were Afraid to Ask: Introduction to Fractions and Mixed Numbers Chapter Five: How Many Iced Lattes Can These Actors Drink?: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions . . . and Reciprocals Chapter Six: When to Seriously Stop Raiding the Refrigerator: Equivalent Fractions and Reducing Fractions Chapter Seven: Is Your Sister Trying to Cheat You out of Your Fair Share?: Comparing Fractions Chapter Eight: How Much Do You and Your Best Friend have in Common?: Common Denominators . . . and Adding and Subtracting Fractions Chapter Nine: Choosing the Perfect Necklace: Complex Fractions Quiz #2: Do You Have Trouble Focusing—Or Are You a “Focus Superstar”? Chapter Ten: What Every Savvy Shopper Should Know: All About Decimals Chapter Eleven: Why Calculators Would Make Terrible Boyfriends: Converting Fractions and Mixed Numbers to Decimals Chapter Twelve: How to Entertain Yourself while Babysitting a Devil Child: Converting Decimals to Fractions What’s Your Math Horoscope? Chaper Thirteen: Sale of the Century!: Converting Percents of and from Decimals and Frctions Chapter Fourteen: A Choreographed Performance: Mixing Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Together Chapter Fifteen: The Universal Language of Love ... and Math: Introduction to Word Problem and "Percent Of"/"Percent Off" Chapter Sixteen: Does She Ever Get Off the Phone?: Ratios Chapter Seventeen: The Perks of a Southern Drawl: Rates and Unit Rates Chapter Eighteen: Filmmaker Extraordinaire!: Proportions Chapter Nineteen: Are You Drinking Enough Water?: Unit Conversions Quiz #3: What’s Your Learning Style? Chapter Twenty: Who's the Cute New Foreign Exchange Student?: Introduction to "Solving for X" Chapter Twenty-One: Romeo and Juliet: Introduction to “Solving for x” in Word Problems Troubleshooting Guide: Where to Turn When You Don’t Know What to Do! The Smart Girl’s Resource Guide Multiplication Tables Answer Key Index About the Author Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Introduction Contents What’s with the “New Math,” Anyway?…A Note to Parents Chapter 1. Stinky Toes and Hopping Frogs: Making 10 in Different Ways Making 10…with Fingers! Ways to Make 10! A New Puppy! Making 10 on the Stairs Hopping Frogs: 10 on the Number Line! Tadpoles and Frogs: Ten Frames! Upside-Down Alien Heads? Hungry Guys? Number Bonds! Making Numbers with 10…TEENS! Chapter 2. How to Destroy a Turkey Sandwich: Fact Families Yummy…Fact Families! Lunch Boxes: Part-Part-Whole! Detective Work! Find the Missing Number Put Your Thinking Cap On! Addition Chart! Chapter 3. Yummy Muffins and Buns!: Place Value Tins and Toasty Buns: I’m Tired of Counting! Place Value—Piece o’ Cake! Tins and Buns = Tens and Ones: Return of the Ten Frames Chapter 4. Buns, Not Butts!: The Hundreds Place and Three-Digit Numbers Business Is Booming! Place Value with Hundreds—Tonbreads! Talking on the Phone: Digits! Chapter 5. Strike a Pose! Adding and Subtracting…with Models Art Class: Using Models to Add Two-Digit Numbers Hungry Mouse: Using Models to Subtract Two-Digit Numbers Artist Extraordinaire: Using Models to Add and Subtract Three-Digit Numbers Chapter 6. Filling Tins and Silly Grins: Moving Numbers with Your Mind Just Like Magic: Addition Up to 20, the Easy Way! Not as Hungry Anymore: Subtraction Up to 20 Upstairs and Downstairs: Adding and Subtracting 10 (and Groups of 10) Chapter 7. Imaginary Friends: Tricks to Make Addition Easier! Easy Addition Trick #1: Using Our Imaginations to Make Ten! Easy Addition Trick #2: Give and Take! More Give and Take…with Bigger Numbers! Easy Addition Trick #3: Clean the Mess Later! Chapter 8. Stretch, Kitty, Stretch!: Using Expanded Form for Addition and Subtraction Stretch Out or Stand Up? Expanded vs. Standard Form! Pile ’Em Up and Stretch ’Em Out: Adding and Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers in Expanded Form Meowntains: Adding and Subtracting Three-Digit Numbers in Expanded Form! A Faster Way: Adding and Subtracting Without Expanded Form! Chapter 9. Freeway Driving and Piggyback Rides: Addition with Regrouping (aka “Carrying”) Carry Meeeeeee! Adding Two-Digit Numbers with Regrouping Two-Digit Addition: When Do We Regroup The Return of the Models…for Regrouping Two Ways to Do 36 + 18 Beep, Beep! More Lanes! Adding Three-Digit Numbers with Regrouping Chapter 10. A Big Box of Googly Eyes: Subtracting with Ungrouping (aka “Borrowing”) Unbox Those Googly Eyes: Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers with Ungrouping Two-Digit Subtraction: When Do We Ungroup? Ungrouping with Models! Return of the Turkey Sandwich: Checking Our Answers with Addition! Back on the Big Freeway—with Googly Eyes: Subtracting Three-Digit Numbers with Ungrouping! Do Not Read These Acknowledgments Answer Key “New Math” Translation Guide—for Grown-Ups! About the Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Chapter 1. Magic Marching Ants and Ancient Rome: Intro to Multiplication Marching Ants: Arrays for Multiplication! Ancient Rome: Rows vs. Columns A Trip to the Toy Factory: Factors and Products Many Mice: Multiples Chapter 2. Pirates and Shiny Coins: Skip Counting and the Multiplication Chart Hidden Treasure…Skip Counting! Skip Counting with Coins to Find Multiples The Multiplication Chart Chapter 3. Bagels and Hammers: The Distributive Property Splitting Bagels: The Distributive Property The Distributive Property for Breaking Off a Ten—with a Hammer! Multiplication Made Easier—with the Distributive Property! Chapter 4. Bananas for Monkeys and Dinosaur Bones: Intro to Division Division: Fair Sharing…Bananas! Fair Sharing vs. Measurement Untying Our Shoes! Multiplication and Division as Inverse Operations Fact Families…and Dinosaurs! What Now? Rethinking Division Problems as Multiplication! Prehistoric Cave Houses: Another Way to Write Division The Parts of Division Using the Multiplication Chart to Find Division Answers Chapter 5. The Core of the Times Machine: Tricks and Stories for Memorizing the Multiplication Facts! A Quick List of Multiplication Tricks! The Zeros The Ones The Twos The Threes…and Beyond! Chapter 6. The Multiplication Boogie: Order of Operations, Number Properties, and More! Hungry Pandas: The Order of Operations The Multiplication Boogie: The Commutative and Associative Properties A Bigger Boogie: Multiplication with Multiples of 10’s, 100’s, and More! Chapter 7. What Should We Do with Leftover Bananas?: Remainder Division More Monkeys and Leftover Bananas—Remainders! Multiples—and Whipped Cream! Bigger Division Chapter 8. More Bagels and Royal Kitties: Multi-Digit Multiplication Return of the Bagels…and the Distributive Property Stretching Kitties…and Expanded Form Pretty Pictures: Area and Box/Grid Methods Itty-Bitty Kitty Stretch: Partial Products Cowboy Kitty Roping: The Traditional Method Chapter 9. Chocolate Bars and Window Breaking: Area and Two-by-Two Multiplication Big Bars of Chocolate—and Area! Grow Your Own Food: Area Models for Two-by-Two Multiplication Don’t Break the Glass Window! Multiplication with the Box (or Grid) Method No More Drawing: Partial Products Cowboy Kitty, Take Two! Multiplying Two Two-Digit Numbers Chapter 10. Fashion Models and Halloween Candy: Methods for Long Division Trick or Treat! “Modeling” Equal Groupings Big, Wide Bowls of Candy—Modeling in a Place Value Chart High-Speed Freeway Lanes: The Traditional Method, aka Long Division Candy and Freeways: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Long Division Arrows vs. “Zeros Show Below” My Eternal Gratitude Answer Key “New Math” Translation Guide—or Grown-Ups! About the Author Hollywood Propaganda: How TV, Movies, and Music Shape Our Culture by Dice, Mark Introduction The Politics of Entertainment War on Trump War on America Immigration War on White People Film and Television Liaison Offices Climate Change Sports “News” Late-Night Comedy Shows Award Shows Feminism The LGBT Agenda Sexual Deviants Crimes Inspired by Hollywood Conclusion Copyright Info Footnotes The Liberal Media Industrial Complex by Dice, Mark Summary of Mark Dice's the Bohemian Grove by Everest Media Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 The Bohemian Grove: Facts & Fiction by Mark Dice Introduction History of the Grove Their Symbols, Saint, and Motto The Different Subcamps The Cremation of Care Ritual The Lakeside Talks Infiltrations and Leaks Hookers and Homosexuality Allegations of Murder Talk Radio Hosts Dodge the Topic The Belizean Grove Depictions in Television and Film Conclusion Further Reading About the Author Footnotes Causing Trouble: High School Pranks, College Craziness, and Moving to California by Dice, Mark Table of Contents Introduction High School College Craziness Middle School Moving to California Looking Back on it All Inside the Illuminati: Evidence, Objectives, and Methods of Operation by Mark Dice Introduction Early Evidence The Thirteen Bloodlines Theory Affiliated Secret Societies Spiritual Beliefs Symbolism Insiders’ Hints “Ex-Illuminati Members” Conclusion Further Reading About the Author Copyright Info Footnotes The New World Order: Facts & Fiction by Dice, Mark About the Author Introduction Calls for a New World Order World Governed by the Elite Through Occult Secret Societies Mainstream Media Controlled High Level Officials and Institutions within the NWO are Above the Law Immorality and Destructive Behavior is Encouraged Banking, Money, and Taxes One World Currency Population Reduction One World Religion A Global Dictator Claiming to be God Global Police and Military Force A Nation of Spies Elimination of the Right to Bear Arms Elimination of National Sovereignty Monitoring the Population with Big Brother. A Medicated and Sedated Population Science and Technology Global Warming / Climate Change Fringe Topics Conclusion Footnotes The Bilderberg Group: Facts & Fiction by Mark Dice Introduction The Attendees Recent Meetings How Were They First Discovered? Tax Returns Politicians Silent Actions and Effects Talk Show Hosts Play Dumb Bilderberg’s Goals Conclusion Further Reading About the Author Copyright Info Footnotes Illuminati in the Music Industry by Dice, Mark Introduction Rap and Hip Hop Pop Music Rock and Heavy Metal Country Music Conclusion Footnotes The New World Order: Facts & Fiction by Mark Dice About the Author Introduction Calls for a New World Order World Governed by the Elite Through Occult Secret Societies Mainstream Media Controlled High Level Officials and Institutions within the NWO are Above the Law Immorality and Destructive Behavior is Encouraged Banking, Money, and Taxes One World Currency Population Reduction One World Religion A Global Dictator Claiming to be God Global Police and Military Force A Nation of Spies Elimination of the Right to Bear Arms Elimination of National Sovereignty Monitoring the Population with Big Brother A Medicated and Sedated Population Science and Technology Global Warming / Climate Change Fringe Topics Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True by Mark Dice Introduction Surveillance Cameras Global Positioning Systems Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) Mind-Reading Machines Neural Interfaces Psychotronic Weapons Information Technology Orwellian Government Programs The Nanny State Orwellian Weapons Artificial Intelligence Cybernetic Organisms A Closer Look at Nineteen Eighty-Four Conclusion Further Reading About the Author Copyright Footnotes Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True by Mark Dice Introduction Surveillance Cameras Global Positioning Systems Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) Mind-Reading Machines Neural Interfaces Psychotronic Weapons Information Technology Orwellian Government Programs The Nanny State Orwellian Weapons Artificial Intelligence Cybernetic Organisms A Closer Look at Nineteen Eighty-Four Conclusion Further Reading About the Author Copyright Footnotes True Story of Fake News by Mark Dice Introduction Real Fake News The Media Circus The Power of Propaganda Lying by Omission Fake Hate Crimes Operation Mockingbird White House Correspondents’ Dinner Liberal Bias Confirmed The Sun Valley Conference The New Media Facebook Twitter YouTube Google Wikipedia CNN NBC News CBS News ABC News MSNBC Conclusion Further Reading About the Author Copyright Info Footnotes The Liberal Media Industrial Complex by Mark Dice Introduction Censorship The Memory Hole The War on Trump The War on Trump Supporters The War on Families TV “News” Internet “News” Sites Wikipedia Google Rise of Social Media Facebook Twitter YouTube The Future of Fake News Conclusion Copyright Info Footnotes True Story of Fake News by Mark Dice Introduction Real Fake News The Media Circus The Power of Propaganda Lying by Omission Fake Hate Crimes Operation Mockingbird White House Correspondents’ Dinner Liberal Bias Confirmed The Sun Valley Conference The New Media Facebook Twitter YouTube Google Wikipedia CNN NBC News CBS News ABC News MSNBC Conclusion Further Reading About the Author Copyright Info Footnotes Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True by Mark Dice Introduction Surveillance Cameras Global Positioning Systems Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) Mind-Reading Machines Neural Interfaces Psychotronic Weapons Information Technology Orwellian Government Programs The Nanny State Orwellian Weapons Artificial Intelligence Cybernetic Organisms A Closer Look at Nineteen Eighty-Four Conclusion Further Reading About the Author Copyright Footnotes B003Z0CUNC EBOK by Mark Dice The Illuminati Facts & Fiction Mark Dice Table of Contents Preface About the Author Introduction Pre Illuminati Organizations The Luciferian Doctrine Inside the Mindset of the Illuminati Why are the Jews Always Blamed? Fixing the Fight Mainstream Media Economic Control Nonfiction Books Proofs of a Conspiracy Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism Proof of the Illuminati Secret Societies and Subversive Movements Occult Theocrasy None Dare Call It Conspiracy Bloodlines of the Illuminati The Lexicon of Freemasonry Morals and Dogma The Secret Teachings of All Ages Bohemian Grove: Cult of Conspiracy Common Sense Renewed Tragedy and Hope The New World Order America’s Secret Establishment Fleshing Out Skull and Bones Secrets of the Tomb September 11th 2001 Terrorist Attacks The Creature from Jekyll Island The Satanic Bible The Book of the Law Magick: In Theory and Practice The Secret Doctrine The Externalization of the Hierarchy Codex Magica Jim Tucker’s Bilderberg Diary The True Story of the Bilderberg Group The Search for the Manchurian Candidate The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom The Franklin Cover-Up The most disgusting and disturbing book ever written is possibly The Franklin Cover-Up which was first published in 1992 and later released with revisions in 2005. The book was written by former Nebraska Senator John DeCamp, and uncovers a scandal so large and perverted, that most people simply do not want to hear about it, let alone believe it actually happened. Furthermore, Bonacci says that a man named “Hunter Thompson” was the one who took video of this entire ordeal. Later, a man named Rusty Nelson, who was connected to the Franklin Cover-Up claimed that Hunter S. Thompson, the famous gonzo journalist offered him $100,000 to produce a snuff film when the two had met at a party.[102] (See Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas page 318) Rusty Nelson was the personal photographer for Lawrence E. King, the key perpetrator in the Franklin Cover-Up. Nelson admits that it was his job to secretly take photos of people who attended King’s parties when they were in “compromising positions with children.” Nelson denies taking any pornographic photos, but does admit that he would often witness and photograph grown men “making out with boys.” The men who attended these parties were often politicians who King would then blackmail with the photos. On April 27, 1996 Colby died in what was called a canoeing accident. The incident happened at night which is strange, because Colby wouldn’t go canoeing after dark. He was alone when the incident happened, and had not told his wife that he was going canoeing. He was not wearing a life jacket, which his friends said he usually wore, and many believe he was murdered for aiding DeCamp or for knowing to much about such things. David Rockefeller’s Memoirs Foreign Affairs Purported Illuminati Texts The Necronomicon Emerald Tablet The Book of Thoth The Book of Shadows The Illuminati Manifesto The Book of Dzyan The Report From Iron Mountain Protocols of the Elders of Zion Excerpt from Protocol 1 Excerpt from Protocol 2 Excerpt from Protocol 3 Excerpt from Protocol 4 Excerpt from Protocol 5 Excerpt from Protocol 6 Excerpt from Protocol 7 Excerpt from Protocol 8 Excerpt from Protocol 10 Excerpt from Protocol 11 Excerpt from Protocol 12 Excerpt from Protocol 13 Excerpt from Protocol 14 The Holy Grail Alleged Defectors and Victims John Todd Bill Schnoebelen Mike Warnke Cathy O’Brien Johnny Gosch MK-ULTRA Victims Testimony Activists and Eyewitnesses William Morgan JFK Warns Against Secret Societies Chris Jones Ted Gunderson One of the highest ranking government officials to publicly talk about the Illuminati and admit that organized child kidnapping rings were active in the United States is Ted Gunderson. Gunderson is a retired FBI agent who worked as the Senior Special Agent-in-Charge of the Los Angeles office who retired in March of 1979 and then became a private investigator. Benjamin Fulford Hal Turner Anthony J. Hilder In today’s modern world with the Internet, mp3s and YouTube, it can be somewhat simple to open the floodgates of information regarding the Illuminati and secret societies. Since 2006 and the creation of YouTube and Google Video, countless video clips and documentaries about such issues are literally a click away. But as we know, books on the Illuminati have been around since at least the late 1700s as in the case of John Robison’s Proofs of a Conspiracy and Abbe Barruel’s Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism. There seems to be a tremendous gap in history from the time these books were published, until other authors and researchers continued the work such as Nesta Webster and Edith Miller in the 1920s and 30s, and later Gary Allen with his 1972 book None Dare Call It Conspiracy. Aliens and Reptilians David Icke William Cooper Phil Schneider Mentions in Mainstream Media CNBC Gerald Celente Fox News Business The Colbert Report Fox News Channel 60 Minutes NBC’s Meet the Press Geronimo’s Skull Controversy Inside Edition CNN CNN in London PBS News Hour with Jim Laher C-Span Lou Dobbs Tonight C-Span’s Washington Journal Brian Lamb, the director of C-Span dedicated a segment of the show Washington Journal to the Bohemian Grove and slanted the coverage in an attempt to remove any suspicions surrounding the club. Professor Michael Barkun was the guest for the segment, who is the author of a book titled A Culture of Conspiracy. National Geographic ABC News Report on Bohemian Grove On July 23, 1981 ABC News aired a segment about the Bohemian Grove which someone had obtained from their archives and posted on YouTube in 2006. This segment would mark possibly the only attention given to the Bohemian Grove by a mainstream news source. The fact that no other television news stations have since devoted any attention to the subject speaks volumes as to the control the organization has over the media. Pitching the Bohemian Grove to Producers The Mancow Show Walter Cronkite Henry Kissinger President Bush at the United Nations Maxim Magazine Charlie Sheen’s 9/11 Comments Jesse Ventura on Hannity & Colmes The View On March 6th, 2007 actress Christine Ebersole was a guest on the popular woman’s talk show The View when she brought up the topic of this author’s YouTube videos which consist of me visiting various college campuses in southern California and educating the students about 9/11. Rosie O’Donnell jumps in to explain, “He goes around the country with a bullhorn, like to UCLA or wherever he wants, and he says, “9/11 was an inside job! 9/11 was an inside job!” and within five or ten minutes, the police show up and his friends videotape him getting arrested, and boy does it annoy people, I can tell you that much.” Operation Inform the Soldiers On June 10th 2008, this author made an appearance on the Fox News Channel’s show America’s Newsroom, to discuss a campaign that I had started called Operation Inform the Soldiers, which involved mailing DVDs to troops stationed in Iraq to help educate them about the lies surrounding 9/11 and the war. Kevin Barrett’s Comments Coast to Coast AM The largest syndicated radio show in America that deals with secret societies and conspiracies is Coast to Coast AM, which airs seven days a week from 10pm to 2am Pacific time. The show was created by UFO buff Art Bell, who has since retired. George Noory is currently the primary host. Documentary Films Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove Secret Rulers of the World British journalist Jon Ronson produced a series of four television programs titled The Secret Rulers of the World which included one episode about the Bohemian Grove, and another about the Bilderberg group where he investigated the claims of what he called “conspiracy theorists” surrounding such groups. Ronson takes a very skeptical approach to the subject matter, and seems as if his purpose is to prove the allegations wrong and “debunk” the claims surrounding these organizations. Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy In the show, it is also presented that the Nazis wanted to eliminate all Jews, and probably all non-whites, to create a New World Order comprised only of Aryans so that the purified race could then reawaken the mystical powers that they had lost since the destruction of the city of Atlantis. The Nazis believed that the white race is descended from a civilization that lived in the mythical lost city of Atlantis. They believed Atlantis was a real city, and not just a myth, and that its inhabitants were god-like supermen. Terrorstorm Loose Change: Final Cut Fabled Enemies The 9/11 Chronicles: Truth Rising Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement Zeitgeist the Movie The Clinton Chronicles Monopoly Men The Money Masters Money as Debt Riddles in Stone The History Channel: Secret Societies Conspiracy of Silence Decoding the Past: The Templar Code Another well done History Channel production is the two hour Decoding the Past episode titled The Templar Code. The program covers some interesting history surrounding the formation of the Knights Templar, and their ultimate demise. The show begins with the narrator saying they were “a society so secret that its true purpose is debated even to this day.” Mysteries of the Freemasons Hacking Democracy Other films Snuff Films Sex Magic Fictional Books The Illuminatus! Trilogy The Illuminati by Larry Burkett Angels & Demons Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Nineteen Eighty-Four Games & Collector Cards The Illuminati Card Game New World Order Trading Cards Conspiracy Cards Fictional Films V for Vendetta The Matrix Angels & Demons The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Teddy Bears’ Picnic The Brandon Corey Story The Long Kiss Goodnight Network Star Wars Lara Croft: Tomb Raider They Live Hackers The plotline involves a rivalry between groups of hackers, but there is a scene that stuck out to those aware of the New World Order when Eugene “The Plague” Belford (played by Fisher Stevens) sent a laptop containing a video message to a fellow hacker “Zero Cool” (played by Jonny Lee Miller). The message was, “You wanted to know who I am Zero Cool. Well let me explain the New World Order. Governments and corporations need people like you and me. We are samurai. The keyboard cowboys, and all those other people out there who have no idea what’s going on are the cattle. Moooo. I need your help. You need my help. let me help you earn your spurs. Think about it.” The Skulls The Good Shepherd The Lord of the Rings Eyes Wide Shut The Brotherhood of the Bell A Scanner Darkly National Treasure Shooter Air America Air America is actually the name of a cargo airline that was owned and operated by the CIA from 1950 to 1976 which supplied covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. This airline was believed to be used to also transport heroine into the United States. This would ultimately be the inspiration for Christopher Robbins’ book and Air America the film. Wag the Dog Oliver Stone’s JFK Bulworth Conspiracy Theory The Manchurian Candidate Enemy of the State Batman Returns Dragnet Television Show References South Park Rescue Me The Lone Gunmen 24 Gargoyles A cartoon airing on the Disney Channel from 1994 to 1997 called Gargoyles included several episodes which mentioned the Illuminati and one of the main characters was shown to be a member. Wild Palms The Simpsons In a 1995 episode of the popular animated cartoon, The Simpsons, Homer joins an all-male fraternity in Springfield called the Stonecutters, an obvious reference to the Freemasons. The Freemason fraternity evolved out of ancient stone masons and trade guilds who kept knowledge secret about how to work with stone and build cathedrals and castles. The episode is titled “Homer the Great” and starts of with Homer noticing that two of his friends, Lenny and Carl, are enjoying special privileges around town and at work such as comfortable chairs and premium parking spots. After Homer becomes suspicious, he finds out that they are members of the Stonecutters secret society, and is allowed to become a member himself. The Cartoon Network Corporate Logos Music References Eminem Dr. Dre Neil Young Don Henley “It was an inside job by the well-connected” Henley sings. Other lyrics include that they know what you’ve had for breakfast and what you’ve hid beneath the mattress. “Chalk it up to business as usual,” Henley concludes. Megadeth Ministry Jadakiss Flowbots Conspirituality Paris Immortal Technique Sean “P. Diddy” Colmes Prodigy Jay-Z Nas Tupac Shakur Black Eyed Peas Fat Boy Slim Skinny Puppy Poker Face Killarmy Meat Beat Manifesto The Jurassic 5 Gamma Ray The KLF Agent Steel Killer Squirrel Hed PE Bobby Conn Malice Mizer Infected Mushrooms The Matthew Good Band The Alan Parsons Project Solutions Illuminati Controlled Organizations The Bilderberg Group Council on Foreign Relations The Trilateral Commission The Bohemian Grove The Federal Reserve Freemasonry Skull and Bones The Military The Vatican Knights of Malta Radical Islam Communism World Council of Churches Election Fraud The British Monarch Royal Order of the Garter MI-5 and MI-6 Council of Chatham House The Group The Triads The CIA The NSA The FBI The DEA Pharmaceuticals Entertainment The Mormon Church Jehovah’s Witnesses Rhodes Trust The Cosmos Club Club of Rome DARPA Supreme Council of Wise Men The Council of 13 The Committee of 300 The Jasons MJ-12 The Mothers of Darkness Castle The Pilgrims Society The Priory of Sion Satanic Cults and Churches United Nations International Monetary Fund The World Bank Foundations Bank for International Settlements Central Banks Global Environmental Facility Monopoly Corporations Regional Federations The United Grand Lodge of England Unity Church Unitarian Universalist Association Unification Church Temple of Understanding Bahai Rosicrucians The Aspen Institute World Trade Organization KGB La Cosa Nostra FEMA Mossad UNESCO Planetary Congress Environmental Groups Lucis Trust World Union Esalen Institute Commission on Global Governance Interpol Information Awareness Office Tavistock Institute Underground Bases and Tunnels The Project for a New American Century Others Bibliography Books Other Documents Footnotes About the Author Title Page Copyright Page Contents Dedication Acknowledgments Maths Used to Totally Suck But Maths Doesn’t Suck! FAQs: How to Use This Book What Kinds of Maths Will this Book Teach Me? Do I Need to Read the Book from Beginning to End? This Book Seems to Include More than Just Maths—What’s Up? What Should I Already Know in Order to Understand This Book? What If I’m Still Confused? Maths Doesn’t Suck Chapter 1: How to Make a Killing on eBay Prime Numbers … and Monkeys Factoring My Favourite Divisibility Tricks for Factoring Chapter 2: Do You Still Have a Crush on Him? Method #1: The Highest Crush Factor Method #2: The Multiplying Monkeys Method #3: The Birthday Cake Chapter 3: You Can Never Have Too Many Shoes Lowest Common Multiple QUIZ #1: Are You Maths-phobic? Chapter 4: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pizza but Were Afraid to Ask More than One: Improper Fractions vs. Mixed Numbers Chapter 5: How Many Iced Coffees Can These Actors Drink? Multiplying Fractions Reciprocal Fractions Dividing Fractions Chapter 6: When to Seriously Stop Raiding the Refrigerator Finding Equivalent Fractions Simplifying Fractions Chapter 7: Is Your Sister Trying to Cheat You Out of Your Fair Share? Comparing Fractions: Using Copycats to Make the Denominators the Same Chapter 8: How Much Do You and Your Best Friend Have in Common? Common Denominators Different Denominators Lowest Common Denominator (LCD) Chapter 9: Choosing the Perfect Necklace Big, Scary Complex Fractions Order of Operations Review Quiz #2: Do You Have Trouble Focusing—Or Are You a “Focus Superstar”? Chapter 10: What Every Savvy Shopper Should Know Reality Maths Decimals Comparing Decimals Adding and Subtracting Decimals Multiplying Decimals Reality Maths Decimal Division Dividing into Decimals Dividing by Decimals Reality Maths Chapter 11: Why Calculators Would Make Terrible Boyfriends Reality Maths Converting Fractions Decimals Converting Mixed Numbers Decimals Converting Fractions Recurring Decimals Chapter 12: How to Entertain Yourself while Babysitting a Devil Child Converting Decimals Fractions Converting Recurring Decimals Fractions What’s Your Maths Horoscope? Chapter 13: Sale of the Century! Converting Percentages to Decimals (and Vice Versa) Converting Percentages to Fractions (and Vice Versa) Chapter 14: A Choreographed Performance When Fractions Have Decimals in Them Comparing Decimals, Fractions, and Percentages Chapter 15: The Universal Language of Love … and Maths Translating from English to Maths The “Of” Multiplication Rule “Percentage Off” Sales “Fraction Off” Sales Other Helpful “Translations” from English to Maths Chapter 16: Does She Ever Get Off the Phone? Chapter 17: The Perks of a Texan Accent Chapter 18: Filmmaker Extraordinaire! Using Cross Multiplication to Solve for the Missing Number Using Proportions to Solve Word Problems Chapter 19: Are You Drinking Enough Water? Creating Your Own Unit Multipliers Quiz #3: What’s Your Learning Style? Chapter 20: Who’s the Cute New Foreign Exchange Student? Placeholders and Nicknames Chapter 21: Romeo and Juliet Free Gift with Purchase … Revisited! A Final Word Troubleshooting Guide Issue #1: Maths Bores Me to Death Issue #2: When It’s Time to Do Maths, I Get Scared and Try to Avoid It Issue #3: I Get Confused and Lost During Lessons Issue #4: I Think I Understand Something, but then I Get the Wrong Answer in My Homework Issue #5: My Homework Is Fine, but When It’s Time for a Test, I Freeze Up and Can’t Remember Anything Multiplication Tables The Multiplication Facts Answer Key Index Footnotes Chapter 1: How to Make a Killing on eBay Page 4 Page 6 Chapter 2: Do You Still Have a Crush on Him? Page 13 Page 16 Page 20 Page 23 Chapter 3: You Can Never Have Too Many Shoes Page 26 Chapter 4: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pizza but Were Afraid to Ask Page 42 Chapter 7: Is Your Sister Trying to Cheat You Out of Your Fair Share? Page 75 Chapter 9: Choosing the Perfect Necklace Page 97 Page 104 Page 105 Chapter 11: Why Calculators Would Make Terrible Boyfriends Page 137 Chapter 12: How to Entertain Yourself while Babysitting a Devil Child Page 150 Page 151 Page 153 Page 154 Chapter 13: Sale of the Century! Page 170 Chapter 15: The Universal Language of Love … and Maths Page 187 Page 192 Chapter 17: The Perks of a Texan Accent Page 202 Chapter 18: Filmmaker Extraordinaire! Page 212 Page 222 Chapter 19: Are You Drinking Enough Water? Page 227 Page 228 Page 232 Chapter 20: Who’s the Cute New Foreign Exchange Student? Page 247 Page 253 Chapter 21: Romeo and Juliet Page 258 Troubleshooting Guide Page 269 Page 279