Websites, books & tools
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Learn to Take the Numb Out of Numbers and more in Ann Wylie’s clear-writing workshop. |
Calculators |
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It’ll cost how much to pay my sunglasses off over 20 years? |
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What is Your Dollar Worth Today? A cool way to compare the price of a candy bar or movie ticket between decades. |
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Find out how much your Clay Center, Kansas, salary will buy you in California. |
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“The fact that 10 is a bigger number than 9 doesn’t make 10 rupees worth more than $9; nor does it make $10 from 2004 worth more than $9 from 1981.” — David Leonhardt, The New York Times economics correspondent |
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When I ask workshop attendees to figure percentage change, they act like it’s the hardest thing they’ve ever done. I think knowing how to figure percentage change is an important life skill. But why bother when there’s an app for that? |
Converters |
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Welcome to OnlineConversion.com Convert just about anything to anything else. Thousands of units, and millions of conversions. |
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The World’s Trusted Currency Authority: For when you need to translate dinars to dollars or vice versa. |
Tipsheets |
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Statistics Every Writer Should Know Don’t know a median from a mean? Get up to speed fast with Robert Niles’ simple guide to understanding basic statistics. |
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We hear about trillions all the time now, but the number is beyond human comprehension. |
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