Practical Shop Math


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There's no need to be intimidated by the fractions, decimals, and geometric formulas that are part of every woodworking project. Practical Shop Math, Tom Begnal's comprehensive and very accessible guide, puts all the solutions at your fingertips so you can enjoy your time in the woodshop building your next project instead of scratching your head.




Workshop Math


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Workshop math problems guidebook filled with practical applications for construction, workshop, and the home.




Technical Shop Mathematics


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Contains a larger, easier to read two-color format with improved flow between topics.Provides clear explanations that build on the strengths which have made this book a standard for more than 25 years.Includes an introduction to Statistics which is needed for many technical trades and not offered in most similar texts.Presents sufficient material for a very full one-semester course or for two standard lecture courses.




Your Business Math Series


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Shopping Mall Math


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Practical Math


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Practical Math covers basic math principles and operations and provides practice with both general math problems and industry-based problems. This edition provides math problems typically found in carpentry, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, welding, boiler operation, machining, and other trades. * Each basic math operation is thoroughly explained and illustrated. * Step-by-step examples are given for each operation. * The answer key located at the back of the textbook provides answers to odd-numbered practice problems. * Each chapter ends with a set of exercises and a chapter test. Master Math® problems show step-by-step math operations.




Popular Woodworking Practical Shop Math


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Multiply your woodworking talents There's no getting around it: woodworking involves math. If you don't know how to do basic calculations, you'll be at somewhat of a disadvantage as a woodworker. On the other hand, if you know how to work with fractions, decimals, angles, and geometric shapes, you'll expand your capabilities in the shop many times over. Don't worry if you've struggled with shop math in the past. You hold the solutions in your hands. In these pages, you'll discover simple approaches for everything from adding fractions and decimals to laying out ellipses, octagons, and other shapes that will expand your design repertoire. You'll learn: how to easily calculate the proper amount of wood and finishes you'll need for projects how to convert a furniture photo into a dimensional drawing how to adjust the speed of a machine by combining the correct sizes of pulleys, and lots more Add it all up, and it makes for a great buy in a shop book.




The Smart Guide to Practical Math


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Regardless of whether they are housewives or auto mechanics, doctors or lawyers, or students or businessmen, The Smart Guide to Practical Math provides readers with responses to the questions they want answered about everyday math. From how many pounds of hamburger are required to make meatloaf to feed 12 people to how much to invest annually to be able to send a child to college, and whether it’s really a good idea to buy fuel additive for a car, this guide provides readers with practical mathematical formulas that can serve as templates for a number of real-life scenarios.




The Woodworker's Guide to Shop Math


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A guide that provides easy-to-follow instructions for calculating angles, determining proportions and ratios, measure and cut accurately, and more.




Math for Real Life


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"Where are we ever going to use this?" Every high school math student has asked this question. Often teachers themselves aren't sure how to respond. One answer is that higher mathematics learned in high school will be essential to learning yet more at the college level. A more satisfactory answer calls for an awareness of how math is applied in many specific areas. Written primarily for teachers, this book presents hundreds of practical applications for mathematics--from baseball statistics to the theory of relativity--that can be understood by anyone with a knowledge of high school algebra, geometry and trigonometry.