What's the Point of Maths?
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What's the Point of Maths? Description
Incredible historical stories explore the often surprising origins of the maths we use today, from number sequences to coordinates. Crazy facts, magic tricks, and mathematical brainteasers will amuse and entertain even the most reluctant math students. Find out why an hour has 60 rather than 100 minutes and how codes keep our secrets safe. Colourful and uncluttered illustrations make mathematical explanations easy to grasp in seconds and make this user-friendly book simple to navigate and a joy to browse and read. What's the Point of Maths? is perfect for those who need some inspiration when it comes to numbers. It combines stories from history with simple visual explanations to bring maths to life. From measuring a pyramid to predicting comets, from counting like the Babylonians to becoming a trillionaire, it shows children why core maths ideas were discovered and invented and how to apply them today - in the classroom and the real world! Accompanying the fascinating stories are puzzles, games, and amazing facts, as well as a lively challenge to help bring each of the topics to life. Stylish, colourful illustrations make the maths fun and unintimidating, while simple diagrams and steps make explanations easy to grasp in seconds. Throughout the book, worked examples show readers how to solve simple maths challenges, encouraging children to improve their maths skills with hands-on practice.
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| OPC | P5M2GDG |
|---|---|
| Codes | 0241343526 (ISBN-10) |
| 9780241343524 (ISBN) |
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Maths makes the world go around. An educational book that will give you surprising answers to everyday maths challenges.
This book unpacks how maths is an essential part of our everyday life in ways that you never thought of. Crazy facts, magic tricks, mathematical brainteasers and beautiful illustrations show you that maths is interesting, fun, and unintimidating!
Ever wondered where maths originated from? This fantastic educational book unpacks all the curious questions that your child has about mathematics including intriguing historical stories that explore the often-surprising origins of maths that we use in our daily lives.
Learn about how the formation of number sequences began, to the origins of trigonometry and find out how to become a trillionaire! Maths in our daily lives is used in many things that might not even seem that obvious.
Maths Controls Just About Everything
Inspire your children with numbers and help bring mathematical explanations to life with this engaging educational book. Expand their knowledge in the complexity of understanding maths by using simple illustrative examples.
To make these topics more exciting and impactful, the book is full of great puzzles, awesome games and interesting facts that will break barriers in their understanding. 'Try it out' examples give mathematical explanations that are simple and easy to grasp.What's The Point Of Maths?will not only change your child's perception of numbers but give them the skills and understanding to apply the principles in their everyday life!
This educational book explains the point of:
- Numbers and counting
- Shapes and measuring
- Patterns and sequences
- Probability and logic
- Data and statistics
Alternative names:
- ISBN What's the Point of Maths? book Mathematics English Hardcover 128 pages
Detailed Product Information
Features
| Type | Paper book |
|---|---|
| Language version | English |
| Genre | Mathematics |
| Release date (DD/MM/YYYY) | 02/01/2020 |
| Number of pages | 128 pages |
| Publisher | DK Children |
| Recommended age group | Child |
| Publication year | 2020 |
| International Standard Book Number (ISBN) | 9780241343524 |
| Book cover type | Hardcover |
Weight & dimensions
| Height | 284 mm |
|---|---|
| Width | 224 mm |
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