"CW" wrote in message
ink.net...
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.

"digitalmaster" wrote in message
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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.




I used to be a supervisor at a shop building custom bakery equipment.We had
a little test to see if someone could read a tape measure.Out of 12 high
school graduate applicants only 2 could find 1/4 on the tape measure.