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245 10 a| Quick(er) calculationsh| [electronic resource] :b| how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, square, and square root more swiftly /c| Trevor Davis Lipscombe.;

250 a| First edition.;

260 a| Oxford :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2021.;

300 a| xviii, 173 pages ;c| 23 cm;

505 0 a| : Preface Introduction Challenge 1: Arithmetical Advice 2: Speedier Sums and Subtractions Interlude I: The Magic of 111,111 3: Accounting for Taste -- Adding Columns Quickly Interlude II: Checking, Check Digits, and Casting out Nines 4: Quicker Quotients and Pleasing Products -- Multiply and Divide by Specific Numbers Interlude III: Doomsday 5: Calculations with Constraints -- Multiply and Divide by Numbers with Specific Properties Interlude IV: Multicultural Multiplication 6: Super Powers -- Calculate Squares, Square Roots, Cube Roots, and More 7: Close-Enough Calculations -- Quick and Accurate Approximations Interlude V: Approximating the Number of Space Aliens 8: Multiplying Irrationally The Grand Finale Further Reading Appendix I: Calculating Doomsday Appendix II: The Squares from 1 to 100;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| How fast can you calculate? Would you like to be faster? This book presents the time honored tricks and tips of calculation, from a fresh perspective, to boost the speed at which you can add -- whether a couple of numbers, or columns so long an accountant may faint. Find out how to subtract, multiply, divide, and find square roots more quickly.c| Source other than the Library of Congress.;

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Quick(er) calculations how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, square, and square root more swiftly / Trevor Davis Lipscombe.

Author/creator	Lipscombe, Trevor
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Description	xviii, 173 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Mental arithmetic--Popular works. Arithmetic--Popular works. Calcul mental--Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Arithmétique--Ouvrages de vulgarisation.

Contents	: Preface Introduction Challenge 1: Arithmetical Advice 2: Speedier Sums and Subtractions Interlude I: The Magic of 111,111 3: Accounting for Taste -- Adding Columns Quickly Interlude II: Checking, Check Digits, and Casting out Nines 4: Quicker Quotients and Pleasing Products -- Multiply and Divide by Specific Numbers Interlude III: Doomsday 5: Calculations with Constraints -- Multiply and Divide by Numbers with Specific Properties Interlude IV: Multicultural Multiplication 6: Super Powers -- Calculate Squares, Square Roots, Cube Roots, and More 7: Close-Enough Calculations -- Quick and Accurate Approximations Interlude V: Approximating the Number of Space Aliens 8: Multiplying Irrationally The Grand Finale Further Reading Appendix I: Calculating Doomsday Appendix II: The Squares from 1 to 100
Abstract	How fast can you calculate? Would you like to be faster? This book presents the time honored tricks and tips of calculation, from a fresh perspective, to boost the speed at which you can add -- whether a couple of numbers, or columns so long an accountant may faint. Find out how to subtract, multiply, divide, and find square roots more quickly. Source other than the Library of Congress.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020948798
ISBN	9780198852650 (hardcover)
ISBN	0198852657 (hardcover)

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