The great number rumble : a story of math in surprising places /
Lee, Cora,
The great number rumble : a story of math in surprising places / Cora Lee & Gillian O'Reilly ; illustrations by Lil Crump. - Revised edition. - 99 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-95) and index.
No more math! -- Game on, math-letes! -- A math-sterpiece -- Rhythm or algorithm? -- Wild about math -- Flower power -- Taking sides -- Crimes and primes -- The after-math.
"Math can show up in the most unlikely places! When the schools in Jeremyýs town ban math, all the kids cheer, all except his friend Sam, a self-proclaimed mathnik, who sets out to prove that math is not only important, but fun. Running parallel to the fictional narrative are informative sidebars that discuss the weird, puzzling, and amusing aspects of mathematics. Some topics covered are math in nature, art, music, magic and tricks, crime solving, and sports"--Publisher's description.
9781554518500 1554518504 9781554518494 1554518490
20169005593
Mathematics--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
The great number rumble : a story of math in surprising places / Cora Lee & Gillian O'Reilly ; illustrations by Lil Crump. - Revised edition. - 99 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-95) and index.
No more math! -- Game on, math-letes! -- A math-sterpiece -- Rhythm or algorithm? -- Wild about math -- Flower power -- Taking sides -- Crimes and primes -- The after-math.
"Math can show up in the most unlikely places! When the schools in Jeremyýs town ban math, all the kids cheer, all except his friend Sam, a self-proclaimed mathnik, who sets out to prove that math is not only important, but fun. Running parallel to the fictional narrative are informative sidebars that discuss the weird, puzzling, and amusing aspects of mathematics. Some topics covered are math in nature, art, music, magic and tricks, crime solving, and sports"--Publisher's description.
9781554518500 1554518504 9781554518494 1554518490
20169005593
Mathematics--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.