Math basics made easy: teach yourself how to add, subtract, multiply and divide

There's an unspoken weak spot in our society … most adults can't do basic math. . A recent U.S. Department of Education study found that American adults are largely unable to calculate tips, understand their mortgage payments, or even figure out their weekly salary when told their hourly wage. . Though we live in a world where numbers, percentages and statistics are tossed at us daily - a world that expects us to make sense of these figures - 87% of American adults are deemed "non-proficient" at math, according to a recent Education Department study. . But there is hope. As the scope of t