You get a very good introduction to all the very basic concepts of maths covering addition/subtraction, shapes, fractions, exponents, logarithms, trigonometry, algebra, statistics. The style of teaching is conversational so it's easy to follow, it's not dry either there is lots of contextual information to keep you interested.<br><br>Your learning is enhanced by worked examples then lots and lots of exercises and these re-inforce your knowledge.<br><br>The chapters are bite-sized and this allowed me to do around a chapter a day on my train commute. In fact I looked forward to my commute for a change.<br><br>Going through the book gave me the confidence to buy a book on Calculus, but I am finding that I need to go back and increase my knowledge in Algebra and Trigonometry to get through certain chapters of the Calculus book - for example trigonometry identities are not covered. But crucially, going through this book has given me the confidence to carry on. And in this latter respect this book is a marvel and has accomplished what no other book on maths has allowed me to do so far. I will be forever grateful to its brilliant authors.