TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hopkins,Nigel J.
AU  - Mayne,John W.
AU  - Hudson,John R.
AU  - 
TI  - The Numbers you need
SN  - 9780810383739
AV  - QA93.H885.N863 1992 
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Gale Research Incorporated
KW  - Mathematics
N1  - 1 (pages 327-331) and index; Consuming passion  --; What your credit cards cost you --; Cost of buying a new car  --; Percentages; markdowns, markups, taxes, and tips  --; Exchanging currencies  --; Understanding the consumer price index --; Your money or your life  --; Reading the financial pages  --; Annual equivalent interest rate on bonds and treasury bills --; Monthly payments on your short term mortgage  --; Your monthly mortgage payments and mortgage "points"  --; Benefits from your individual retirement account (IRA)  --; How much life insurance do you need? --; Bank on it  --; Interest on a single deposit in your savings account  --; Single deposit you need to reach a future goal  --; Interest on monthly deposits in your savings account  --; Monthly deposits you need to reach a goal  --; Present value of a series of monthly payments  --; Monthly income that you can draw from a capital sum --; Health and fitness by the numbers  --; Life expectancy  --; Life insurance costs for smokers and nonsmokers  --; Blood pressure measurement  --; Drinking and driving  --; Cardiovascular fitness  --; Exercise programs : how often? How hard? how long?  --; Healthy body weight  --; Diet and health  --; Sun protection factors (SPF)  --; 20/20 and 14/14 vision  --; Spread of diseases such as AIDS  --; Biorhythms: real and imaginary  --; Social security numbers; Weather and the environment  --; Pressure and weather patterns  --; Temperature scales  --; Windchill factors  --; Heat and humidity index  --; Probability of precipitation  --; Holes in the ozone layer  --; Air pollution  --; Water pollution  --; Acid rain  --; Waste disposal  --; Electromagnetic fields  --; Earthquakes  --; Global warming  --; Population growth --; Gambling, cards and games --; odds and probabilities  --; Gambling in general  --; Racetrack betting  --; Lotteries  --; Blackjack  --; Rolling the dice  --; Draw poker  --; Roulette  --; Bridge  --; Billiards, snooker, and pool --; Sports --; scoring and statistics  --; Golf  --; Tennis  --; Baseball  --; Football  --; Basketball  --; Bowling  --; Hockey --; Home, hobbies, and workshop numbers  --; Kitchen calculations  --; Fabric for your pattern --; Home office  --; Wallpapering  --; Painting  --; Electrical power in the home  --; Natural gas in the home  --; Home heating  --; Construction around the house  --; Gardening  --; Radio and television frequencies  --; Camera settings  --; Binoculars and telescopes  --; Microscopes  --; Car facts and figures; Some popular-science calculations  --; Satellite rotation periods  --; Distances to the stars --; Difference between mass and weight  --; Einstein's equation : E = MCp2s  --; Time and calendars  --; Radioactive decay  --; Compass errors --; Tools you might need  --; Using tables, functions, and graphs  --; How to interpolate to find immediate values  --; Working with decimals and rounding numbers  --; Working with powers of numbers  --; Using logarithms --; Algebra you might need --; Exponential function and its many uses --; Geometry you might need --; Trigonometry you might need  --; Elements of probability theory  --; Basic statistics, polls, and surveys  --; Sequences and series  --; Computer basics --; Getting the units of measurement right  --; Units of measurement from A to Z --; Metric system --; logical units  --; Conversions between units --; More about money  --; Compound interest  --; What present value means  --; Effect of taxation  --; Different compounding periods  --; Effects of inflation on future buying power  --; Mathematical basis for Tables 2.3-2.6 and 3.1-3.6; 2
N2  - Provides formulas, tables, statistics, definitions, and examples that make everyday calculations more accessible
ER  -