This fantastic Functional Skills book has everything students need to prepare for the Level 2 Maths test! It covers every exam board and every topic, including all the calculator and non-calculator skills needed for the latest L2 Functional Skills specifications. Everything's explained in CGP's easy-to-understand style, with examples and notes galore. Each topic is followed by a page of practice questions, so students can learn then test themselves as they go. We've also included exam-style practice papers with full answers so you'll know what to expect on the big day. Nice!

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This book is an ideal way to prepare for the Level 1 English Functional Skills test - whichever exam board you're studying. Each topic is clearly explained with straightforward notes, tips and examples. There are also practice questions throughout the book, plus plenty of test-style questions (with answers) to help you prepare for the real thing.

The fundamental mathematical tools needed to understand machine learning include linear algebra, analytic geometry, matrix decompositions, vector calculus, optimization, probability and statistics. These topics are traditionally taught in disparate courses, making it hard for data science or computer science students, or professionals, to efficiently learn the mathematics. This self-contained textbook bridges the gap between mathematical and machine learning texts, introducing the mathematical concepts with a minimum of prerequisites. It uses these concepts to derive four central machine learning methods: linear regression, principal component analysis, Gaussian mixture models and support vector machines. For students and others with a mathematical background, these derivations provide a starting point to machine learning texts. For those learning the mathematics for the first time, the methods help build intuition and practical experience with applying mathematical concepts. Every chapter includes worked examples and exercises to test understanding. Programming tutorials are offered on the book's web site.