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Summary and Analysis of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't: Based on the Book by Nate Silver - Paperback

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by Worth Books (Author)So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Signal and the Noise tells you what you need to know--before or after you read Nate Silver's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter summaries Important quotes Fascinating trivia Glossary ...

Mine the Gap for Mathematical Understanding, Grades K-2: Common Holes and Misconceptions and What to Do about Them - Paperback

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by John J. Sangiovanni (Author)Being an effective math educator is one part based on the quality of the tasks we give, one part how we diagnose what we see, and one part what we do with what we find. Yet with so many students and big concepts to cover, it can be hard to slow down enough to look for those moments when students' responses tell us what we need to know about next best steps. In this remarkable book, John SanGiovanni helps us value our young learners' misconceptions and incomplete...

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by Robert Watchman (Author)The Easy Steps Math Percentages book has been written to explain percentages in an easy to understand way. The language used is fully explained and simple so that students just starting to learn these concepts can understand them. It is written for those who need to learn how to do calculations with percentages and not just complete question after question. The explanations given are set out in a step-by-step fashion, which allows for easy following. This book start...

IGCSE Mathematics for Edexcel: With Many Examples, Practice Questions and Answers - Paperback

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by Vali Nasser (Author)This book has been specially written to help you revise for IGCSE Mathematics Higher by Edexcel. Although the book starts gently with some basic reminders its main aim is to work towards getting a grade B, A or A* in the exam. Hopefully, some of the material will already be familiar to you. If you work through most of the examples in this book as well as the practice questions you are very likely to pass with a very good grade. This book has many worked examples and pra...

Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12: What Works Best to Optimize Student Learning - Paperback

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by John Hattie (Author), Douglas Fisher (Author), Nancy Frey (Author)Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction...with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, six acclaimed educators assert it's not about which one--it's about when--and show you how to design high-impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year's worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in sch...

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid: The first six bIn Which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols are Used Instead of Letters - Paperback

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by Oliver Byrne (Author)The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid By Oliver Byrne Number of Pages: 300 Dimensions: 0.63 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: January 22, 2015

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by Robert Watchman (Author)The Easy Steps Math Decimals book has been written to explain decimals in an easy to understand way. The language used is fully explained and simple so that students just starting to learn these concepts can understand them. It is written for those who need to learn how to do calculations with decimals and not just complete question after question. The explanations given are set out in a step-by-step fashion, which allows for easy following. This book starts at the ...

Proofs of Mathematical Problems - Paperback

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by Xu Feng (Author)In the Book 2, it includes: 1) On the Beal Conjecture; 2) On the Fermat Conjecture; 3) On the Hodge Conjecture; 4) On the Quintic Equation; 5) On the Perfect Cuboids; and 6) On ax 2+by 2=z 2. Number of Pages: 26 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: January 11, 2015

An Introduction to Causal Inference - Paperback

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by Judea Pearl (Author)This book summarizes recent advances in causal inference and underscores the paradigmatic shifts that must be undertaken in moving from traditional statistical analysis to causal analysis of multivariate data. Special emphasis is placed on the assumptions that underlie all causal inferences, the languages used in formulating those assumptions, the conditional nature of all causal and counterfactual claims, and the methods that have been developed for the assessment of s...

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by Susan Pearce (Author), Peter Jon Pearce (Author)Here is a lucid thoughtful guide to understanding the structure and organization of three-dimension al space. In 250 captioned drawings this book brilliantly communicates the beauty and geometry of polyhedra. Beginning with polygons and tessellations. It proceeds in a logical sequence to finite polyhedra, dual polyhedra, space filling, and open packings. Important considerations of symmetry, periodic and uniform patterns, and regular and semi...

Applied Mathematics for Personal Finance: Draft Edition Winter 2015 - Paperback

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by Aaron Z. Stevens (Author)Applied Mathematics for Personal Finance provides a general introduction to the ways that mathematics can be applied to personal financial decision-making. This book is suitable for college students with no previous background in economics or finance; only familiarity with high school algebra is assumed. This book demonstrates how you can utilize math skills you already know in application areas that may be unfamiliar; it also introduces some new math skills that y...

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by Nursing Kaplan (Author)Kaplan's Dosage Calculation Workbook is a practical guide to help nurses learn, practice, and master the math needed to correctly administer medications. Whether you have many years of nursing experience or are still in nursing school, you'll benefit from the clear, step-by-step breakdown of math concepts, with practice questions, chapter quizzes, and in-depth answer keys in each chapter. Edited and with an introduction by expert dosage calculation instructor Bart B...

Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction to the Physical Background and Mathematical Structure - Paperback

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by Gregory L. Naber (Author)This work covers quantum mechanics by answering questions such as where did the Planck constant and Heisenberg algebra come from, what motivated Feynman to introduce his path integral and why does one distinguish two types of particles, the bosons and fermions. The author addresses all these topics with utter mathematical rigor. The high number of instructive Appendices and numerous Remark sections supply the necessary background knowledge. Author BiographyProf. Dr...

EMS Dosage Calculation: Math Review and Practice for Paramedics - Paperback

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by Kaplan Medical (Author)Kaplan's EMS Dosage Calculation provides clear concept review, practice questions, and detailed explanations to help you master the math you need to correctly administer medications. Whether you're an EMT or a paramedic, Kaplan's practical guide provides expert advice for learning and practicing dosage calculation.Essential Practice Diagnostic quiz to identify your strengths and weaknesses so you can focus your review Practice problems for oral, IV, and parenteral m...

Boolean Algebra Is for Children - Paperback

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by Julio César Martínez Romero (Author)Boolean algebra is all about messages, gates, and gatekeepers. Some messages arrive, and others are transmitted. There are five clans of gatekeepers, each with a set of rules on what to do with the messages received. There are only two types of messages, 0 and 1. These two symbols are capable of coding all human knowledge and have the power to unleash each possible function of all the present and unimaginable future digital devices and gadgets. This book...

Complex Numbers The Higher Dimensional Forms - 2nd Edition: Spinor Algebra - Paperback

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by Dennis Morris (Author)This book is about the higher dimensional complex numbers. Although it was not known when the first edition was printed, the higher dimensional complex numbers are spinor spaces and the classical spaces, including our 4-dimensional space-time, arise from these spinor spaces by superimposition of isomorphic algebras. This book covers the mathematical foundations underlying the mathematics of spinors and the space-time of classical physics. To understand this book, the ...

Kenley's Line Plot Graph: Another Math Adventure - Paperback

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by Kathleen L. Stone (Author)"There's someone I'd like you to meet down at the Elma Zoo. She's a great mathematician named Kenley the Kangaroo." Along with Kenley, children will create a line plot graph of all the friendly feet they see at the zoo. Through the interactive text and engaging illustrations, children will be given opportunities to organize and interpret data on Kenley's (and their) line plots. Activities and topics are included at the end of the book to provide additional enrichm...

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by Thomas Little Heath (Author)Archimedes is a classic science biography about the great Greek mathematician, Archimedes, by Thomas Little Heath. If the ordinary person were asked to say off-hand what he knew of Archimedes, he would probably, at the most, be able to quote one or other of the well-known stories about him: how, after discovering the solution of some problem in the bath, he was so overjoyed that he ran naked to his house, shouting Greek: eureka, eureka] (or, as we might say, "I...

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by Alain Badiou (Author), Gilles Haeri (With), Susan Spitzer (Translator)Why bother to praise mathematics when you claim, as Alain Badiou does, that philosophy is first and foremost a metaphysics of happiness, or else it's not worth an hour of trouble? What possible relationship can there be between mathematics and happiness? That is precisely the issue at stake in this dialogue, which serves as a very accessible introduction to what mathematics is and an exploration of the crucial influence ...

Eureka! Challenging Maths and Numerical Reasoning Exam Questions for 11+ Book 1: 30 modern-style, multi-part questions with full step-by-step methods, - Paperback

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by Darrel P. Francis Ma (Author)Search for Eureka Eleven Plus Exams for the full series for 2015: 11+ Confidence: Practice Exam Papers Book 1 11+ Confidence: Practice Exam Papers Book 2 11+ Confidence: Practice Exam Papers Book 3 Eureka Challenging Maths and Numerical Reasoning 1 Eureka Challenging Maths and Numerical Reasoning 2 Eureka Challenging Maths and Numerical Reasoning 3 EUREKA Challenging Maths and Numerical Reasoning Exam Questions for 11+ Preparation Focus your tr...

555 Geometry Problems for High School Students: 135 Questions with Solutions, 420 Additional Questions with Answers - Paperback

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by Tayyip Oral (Author), Serife Turan (Author), Steve Warner (Author)555 Geometry Problems gives you the most effective methods, tips, and strategies for solving geometry problems in both conventional and unconventional ways. The techniques taught here will allow students to arrive at answers to geometry questions more quickly and to avoid making careless errors.The material in this book includes: 135 geometry questions with full solutions 420 additional geometry questions with an answer key...

College Prep Math Workbook: Practice Exercises for College Algebra Success - Paperback

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by M. J. Sanders (Author)Contents: A workbook containing 30 days of basic review exercises in preparation for college mathematics. Each daily section contains a short exercise set covering basic skills necessary to perform well in an introductory college math course. Focus has been placed on those skills which are difficult to retain without continued practice. The exercise collection in Part I is designed for skill enhancement in mathematics skills such as factoring, solving equations, under...

200 Addition Worksheets with Three 3-Digit Addends: Math Practice Workbook - Paperback

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by Kapoo Stem (Author)Daily Math Addition Practice 200 Worksheets This book contains 200 addition worksheets for practice. These are vertical addition sums with three addends. The addends are of 3 digits each. These maths problems are provided to improve the mathematics skills by frequent practicing of the worksheets provided. There is nothing more effective than a pencil and paper for practicing some math skills. These math worksheets are ideal for teachers, parents, students, and home schoo...

100 Worksheets - Finding Place Values with 12 Digit Numbers: Math Practice Workbook - Paperback

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by Kapoo Stem (Author)Daily Mathematics Practice 100 Worksheets This series of workbooks contains several maths worksheet for practice. Find the place values up to hundred billions of the underlined digits in the given numbers of 12 digits each. Number of Pages: 104 Dimensions: 0.22 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: May 03, 2015

Eureka! Challenging Maths and Numerical Reasoning Exam Questions for 11+ Book 2: 30 modern-style, multi-part Eleven Plus questions with full step-by-s - Paperback

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by Darrel P. Francis Ma (Author)Search for Eureka Eleven Plus Exams for the full series for 2015: Practice Exam Papers covering Comprehension, Verbal, Non Verbal and Numerical Reasoning 11+ Confidence Book 1 11+ Confidence Book 2 11+ Confidence Book 3 11+ Confidence Book 4 Verbal Reasoning Training Workbooks covering Synonyms, Antonyms, Vocabulary, Cloze The 1000 Word Brain Boost Part 1 The 1000 Word Brain Boost Part 2 Maths and Numerical Reasoning Challenging Training Workbooks w...

Matthew's Sunshine Bakery: Multiplication Arrays - Paperback

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by Kathleen L. Stone (Author)Matthew the chef loves to bake cookies, candies, pies and cake. Come join Matthew on his baking adventure and learn all about arrays. Mrs. Stone, a National Board Certified educator with over thirty-five years of teaching experience, combines her love of literacy and math in this charming book. Her engaging text and illustrations will provide children several opportunities to identify the arrays and multiplication equations that Matthew has created. At the end of ...

101 Problems in Calculating Trigonometric Limits with Solutions - Paperback

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by Richard Shedenhelm (Author)This resource for calculus students presents 101 problems organized by the type of trigonometric limit involved. After an answer key, a solution is given for each problem. Great care is taken not to skip algebraic steps in the solutions.Author BiographyRichard Shedenhelm has tutored mathematics and symbolic logic since 1986. He earned his master's degree in philosophy from the University of Georgia in 2002. The topic of his thesis concerned existential graphs--a ...

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by Merle a. Barlow (Author)Pythagoras, a famous Greek scholar, sathematician, and philosopher, formulated a proof for a theorem that is named for him-the Pythagorean theorem. This theorem states that in any right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. The Pythagorean theorem for right-angled triangles likely was known long before the time of Pythagoras. It was probably used by the ancient Egyptians to construct the pyramids. The the...

PERT Math Study Guide and 2 Practice tests: A study guide with practice tests for the PERT Test - Paperback

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by Vanessa Graulich (Author)The Pert Test (Post Education Readiness Test) is a standardized computer test with 30 questions. There are 3 sections: Reading, Writing, and Math. The PERT is an adaptive test to place students into math classes depending of their score. No calculators are allowed for the test. "PERT Math Study Guide" offers over 300 practice math problems and 5 math practice tests with 30 questions each. Each lesson has examples and practice questions with detailed answers how to ...

Double Samurai Sudoku Harakiri: 81 overlapping sudoku puzzles, 8 grids in 1 - Paperback

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by Djape (Author)TOP CHOICE in SUDOKU BOOKS81 Harakiri Sudoku Puzzles - each with 8 Sudoku gridsGIFT IDEA - This is a great gift for anyone who enjoys solving puzzles - including YOU!Some people consider Sudoku Samurai puzzles too big; some other people prefer even bigger Sudoku variant puzzles.If you belong to the second category, this book is for you! It's full of overlapping 8-grid Sudoku puzzles (Gattai-8) laid out in a double Samurai Sudoku format, also known as SUDOKU HARAKIRI.Essential...

The Simplex, Duplex and Pascal's Triangles: Relatives of Pascal's Triangle, with Excursions Into Hyperspace - Paperback

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by Thomas M. Green (Author)Prepare to be intrigued by the many facets of the properties of the amazing array of numbers known as Pascal's Triangle and its many relatives. Some of the topics you will find: Polytopes Simplexes and the Simplex Triangle Tetrahedral, and higher dimensional figurate numbers Duplexes and The Duplex Triangle Geometric Duplication - Cubes and Hypercubes Vandermonde's Identity for the Duplex Triangle and the Triplex Triangle Euler's formula for Simplexes a...

Grandma's Quilts: Fun with Fractions - Paperback

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by Kathleen L. Stone (Author)My grandma loves to quilt But little did I know That she would help me with my math As she taught me how to sew. Kathleen L. Stone, a National Board Certified educator, quilter, author, and grandmother, combines all of her skills in this delightful book to help children gain a better understanding of fractions. Her clever combination of photographs and whimsical illustrations will draw children into the story as they identify the fractions shown in each block and ...