This document provides a step-by-step guide for understanding and using numbers that people are frequently exposed to. It advises critically examining numbers by ensuring units are defined, only trusting evidence, avoiding confusion with nested percentages, and rationalizing quantities. The document recommends asking questions to fully understand numbers and not using them until their magnitude is clear. In conclusion, the author believes the guide helps those with mathematical challenges and overthinkers to better comprehend numbers.

1. What the Numbers Say

2. IntroA step by step guide for how to understand and properly use the constant barrage of numbers that we are faced with throughout the day.

3. La Question GrandIn a society where we are bombarded by numbers, what techniques can we apply to better understand and use this information.

4. La Reponse(The Answer, for those who can’t remember from French Class)never trust numbers until they are fully defined (includes units)One must look at numbers critically. only trusting hard evidenceContinued percents of percents are crazy, do not confuse them, remember which applies to which

5. ask questions even if they seem simple or put bluntly, stupid

6. Working with numbers requires a lot of time, effort, and focus

7. don’t use numbers until one can rationalize the magnitude of its quantityConclusions and My OpinionI think this book is a good read and I highly recommend it to everyone, especially those mathematically challenged and people who tend to over-think their problems.