Survival Math Skills

Survival Math Skills
Author: Fred Pyrczak
Publisher: Walch Publishing
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780825138195

From budgeting for a household and estimating vacation costs to figuring out job benefits and taxes, Survival Math Skills teaches students the functional math they need to survive in modern society. The 46 short lessons include real-world scenarios, directions, quizzes, teacher notes, and answer keys. Sample topics include: Cost of Buying Used Autos Checking Account Statement Pay Raises and the Cost of Living State and Local Taxes Magazine Subscriptions Survival Math Skills includes many reproductions of forms and charts frequently seen and frequently used in everyday life.

Survival Math

Survival Math
Author: Mitchell Jackson
Publisher: Scribner
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1501131737

“A vibrant memoir of race, violence, family, and manhood…a virtuosic wail of a book” (The Boston Globe), Survival Math calculates how award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson survived the Portland, Oregon, of his youth. This “spellbinding” (NPR) book explores gangs and guns, near-death experiences, sex work, masculinity, composite fathers, the concept of “hustle,” and the destructive power of addiction—all framed within the story of Mitchell Jackson, his family, and his community. Lauded for its breathtaking pace, its tender portrayals, its stark candor, and its luminous style, Survival Math reveals on every page the searching intellect and originality of its author. The primary narrative, focused on understanding the antecedents of Jackson’s family’s experience, is complemented by survivor files, which feature photographs and riveting short narratives of several of Jackson’s male relatives. “A vulnerable, sobering look at Jackson’s life and beyond, in all its tragedies, burdens, and faults” (San Francisco Chronicle), the sum of Survival Math’s parts is a highly original whole, one that reflects on the exigencies—over generations—that have shaped the lives of so many disenfranchised Americans. “Both poetic and brutally honest” (Salon), Mitchell S. Jackson’s nonfiction debut is as essential as it is beautiful, as real as it is artful, a singular achievement, not to be missed.

Using Math to Survive in the Wild

Using Math to Survive in the Wild
Author: Hilary Koll
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836867671

This book presents math activities, using information on survival skills.

Math Survival Guide

Math Survival Guide
Author: Jeffrey R. Appling
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2003-07-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

This book is specifically designed as a study guide and resource for science students confronted with mathematics that they need extra help on. This math skills review and practice guide is written in a clear, accessible manner to bring readers up to speed quickly on basic math principles. Offering the right amount of depth on the right selection of topics, the book provides quick, clear, and accessible guidance on basic algebraic methods, right when students need it most. In addition to a full range of mathematics topics, Math Survival Guide includes special chapters focused on helping students improve their problem solving and study skills.

The Survival of a Mathematician

The Survival of a Mathematician
Author: Steven George Krantz
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0821846299

"One of the themes of the book is how to have a fulfilling professional life. In order to achieve this goal, Krantz discusses keeping a vigorous scholarly program going and finding new challenges, as well as dealing with the everyday tasks of research, teaching, and administration." "In short, this is a survival manual for the professional mathematician - both in academics and in industry and government agencies. It is a sequel to the author's A Mathematician's Survival Guide."--BOOK JACKET.

The Residue Years

The Residue Years
Author: Mitchell S. Jackson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2013-08-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1620400308

Winner Whiting Writers' Award Winner Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction Finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America's whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the '90s, those streets and beyond had fallen under the shadow of crack cocaine and its familiar mayhem. In his commanding autobiographical novel, Mitchell writes what it was to come of age in that time and place, with a break-out voice that's nothing less than extraordinary. The Residue Years switches between the perspectives of a young man, Champ, and his mother, Grace. Grace is just out of a drug treatment program, trying to stay clean and get her kids back. Champ is trying to do right by his mom and younger brothers, and dreams of reclaiming the only home he and his family have ever shared. But selling crack is the only sure way he knows to achieve his dream. In this world of few options and little opportunity, where love is your strength and your weakness, this family fights for family and against what tears one apart. Honest in its portrayal, with cadences that dazzle, The Residue Years signals the arrival of a writer set to awe.

Algebra Survival Guide Workbook

Algebra Survival Guide Workbook
Author: Josh Rappaport
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Algebra
ISBN: 9780965911375

The "Algebra Survival Guide Workbook" presents thousands of practice problems (and their answers) to help students master algebra. Each problem set focuses like a laser beam on a particular algebra skill, then offers ample practice problems. Answers are conveniently displayed in the back. -- From product description.

Mastering Essential Math Skills

Mastering Essential Math Skills
Author: Richard W. Fisher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-01-15
Genre: Activity programs in education
ISBN: 9780966621112

Provides structure and guidance to the teacher by means of speed drills, review exercises, teacher tips, word problems and new material for each day.