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Default OT - Basic Skills in Today's World

Wish I still had the one I had in school. It was along the same line but was
machine shop specific. Published in the thirties, I believe. The school had
it reprinted for them. The best of it's kind I've seen. Technology has
changed but math hasn't.

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I have an excellent book I got in trade school called "Mathematics for the
trades".It puts every problem in real world terms.For example how many
pieces 27 inches long can be cut from a 20 foot length of bar?
This book really makes a huge difference in how I understood mathematics.