Mathematics: A Complete Introduction: The Easy Way to Learn Maths

Self explanatory and practical. A useful resource tool.

This book serves as a great refresher for someone who wants to re-learn the most fundamental/basic rules of maths such as Fractions or Algebra. Something that I struggle with still in my 30s. Yes, everything can be found online, BUT, this book is concise, easy to follow and to the point.

I am now old, and whilst I was at school, way back in the Dark Ages, I just could not get to grips with maths; we had a love-hate relationship. I hated maths, and maths loved to make me feel stupid. Though I tried my best at school, maths and I never mixed. I would stumble and bumble my way through the work set by the teacher, copy answers from my brainy friend sat next to me, or sneakily rely on my calculator digital watch; back when digital watches were still considered a pretty neat idea. Since leaving school I would use my beloved calculator watch, and later my smart phone, and later still that wonderful digital assistant lady forever present in my house, namely Alexa, to do all my maths for me. However, now I am semi-retired and have a lot more time on my hands, I decided to get to grips with maths and conquer the fear it has over me. So I purchased this book and (what I consider to be) its companion (Basic Mathematics: An Introduction: Teach Yourself Kindle Editionby Alan Graham), in the hope of improving my maths, not for any employment related purposes, but simply for personal achievement.This book is great. It takes you from an introduction of maths and puts it in such a way as to make it vary easy to understand indeed. The explanations are put simply, free from confusing jargon, and where mathematical terms are used, they are explained in simple terms. There are various exercises you can do, ranging from simple arithmetic to the more complication (for me anyway) fractions, sines, cosines, trigonometry, and all that scary stuff. All of which is introduced and taught in a non-humiliating way.The pages are set out nicely, without clutter or unnecessary elaboration.So, whether you are old like me and want to finally defeat your fear of maths, or you wish to purchase this book to provide assistance to your child as they learn about the various aspects of maths, then I would recommend that you kook no further than this book (and, indeed, its companion as I have already mentioned).

This book starts by explaining place value, which is about as basic as you can get. It then covers a wide range of maths topics. I found the explanations clear enough, and there are plenty of exercises or problems to solve.I'm mostly reading through it to remind myself of things that have become a bit hazy over the years. Mathematics is not part of my daily life, so the knowledge will never stick well, it'll fade away again. But I'm happy to have an easy way to remind myself what maths is about.If you're looking for a broad introduction to basic maths, I certainly recommend this book.I don't recommend the Kindle version as some of it was more or less illegible on my ancient Kindle.By the way, it has a pretty good index.

OK so this book is probably not for those that shined at math at school. But, for someone who needs to get their math up to speed. This is the book to get. The teach yourself series is a mine of good info, so get this title, and add something to your life (arf are!)