This easy-to-use guide identifies and addresses the areas where most students need help with basic mathematical problems that occur in everyday life and academic study and provides straightforward, practical tips and solutions that will enable you to assess and then improve your performance.
Arithmetic
1 Basic Arithmetic and the "BODMAS" rule.
2 Negative numbers.
3 Fractions.
4 Percentages, ratios and proportions.
5 Decimals, decimal places and significant figures.
6 Scientific notation.
7 Indices.
Algebra
8 An introduction to algebra
9 Brackets in algebra.
10 Solving linear equations
11 Transposition and algebraic fractions
12 Simultaneous equations
Data
13 Presentation of data.
14 Measures of location and dispersion.
15 Straight Lines
16 Introduction to probability.
Other topics
17 Areas and volumes.
18 Logarithms
19 Quadratic equations
20 Trigonometry.
21 Inequalities and basic logic.
