Summary:
AT LAST, AN EFFECTIVE, FUN AND GREAT VALUE ALTERNATIVE TO PART-TIME COURSES

Want to do an evening class but can't find the time?
Put off by the cost of part-time courses?
Looking for a course that takes you deep into the subject you love?

Your Evening Class is a brand new course package, designed to suit your lifestyle without emptying your wallet. Its unique teaching method will boost your confidence and give you an in-depth understanding of the maths you need for everyday life.

Flexible
A year's worth of lessons combining workbooks, audio and animations, for you to follow at a time and pace that suit you.

Expert
Our unique audioteach method features the voice of a real maths tutor, Alan Graham. He will guide and support you throughout your course. Using the DVD-ROM, he will make sure that you have understood the workbooks and will help you to avoid the common mistakes and pitfalls.

Content-rich
Your Improve Your Maths course also includes real-time, narrated walk-through screens so you can really grasp key concepts and remember them easily. There is also an extra Sudoku book, to give your brain a workout.

Sociable
Exclusive access to a dynamic online community of fellow learners, with additional exercises and answers to common questions.

Great value
A year's worth of learning for less than the price of a term at a college.

Be inspired and make the most of your free time.

This pack contains:
- 10 workbooks, each covering a different topic. Each topic is full of step-by-step examples.
- 1 DVD Rom to further your learning, with hundreds of worked examples explained by your tutor.
- A 224-page Sudoku book to give your brain a workout.
- Your password for exclusive access to a bespoke online community.

• Economical  A year's worth of classes for less than the price of one term and you're more likely to get your money's worth as you're doing it when it's convenient for you.
• Convenient   You're way too busy to be tied down once a week, on a prescribed day, at a prescribed time.
• Time-saving   The course will also take you far less time than a formal course, as you don't have to travel and you can learn in smaller chunks to suit your lifestyle.
• High success rate You can go down the pub, look after the kids at short notice and still do your course when it's more convenient. Your personal tutor will motivate you throughout the course.
• Community  Extend your knowledge and meet other learners online.

Table of Contents:
Numbers count
Numbers
Adding and subtracting
Multiplying and dividing
Parts of a whole
Visualizing fractions
Calculating with fractions
Ratio and proportion
Decimals and percentages
Decimals
What’s that as a percentage?
Decimals and percentages in action
Measures great and small
Miles, metres and other measures
Cooking measures
Atoms and galaxies
Money matters
Spending wisely
Investing and borrowing
Taxing matters
Vital statistics
Summarizing data
Graphs and charts
Taking a chance
‘Think of a number’ and other word problems
Doing it with letters
Equations and how to solve them
Algebra in action
All shapes and sizes
Flat shapes: in 2-D
Getting physical: 3-D shapes
Designing a garden
Probability
Winning the lottery
Luck or chance?
Taking risks
Spreadsheets
Excel: a toe in the water
Excel: up to your knees
Excel: over your head!

About the Author(s):
Alan Graham has been a Lecturer in Mathematics Education at the Open University for over 30 years and has worked widely with schools and the media.

Readership:
Adult general