Amazing math : numbers and shapes are all around you /
Abercrombie, Lou,
Amazing math : numbers and shapes are all around you / Numbers & shapes are all around you Numbers and shapes are all around you author, Lou Abercrombie ; illustrator, Lilia Miceli. - 48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. - Everyday STEM. Math . - Everyday STEM (Kingfisher (Firm)) .
Includes index. "Includes try-at-home experiments"--Cover.
What is math? -- Types of numbers -- Numerals and numbers -- Negative numbers -- Using numbers -- Everyday fractions and decimals -- Shopping with math -- The numbers behind a photo -- Building with math -- The story of a circle -- Numbers in nature -- Everyday sums -- How to party with math -- Math and the Internet -- What is geometry? -- Maryam Mirzakhani -- Geometry in nature -- Geometry in bridges -- The shape of fashion design -- Guided by geometry -- Calculator mind-reading trick -- Create a golden spiral -- Playing with pi -- Build the Pythagorean theorem.
"Discover how the ancient Egyptians used math to build the pyramids, explore shapes in sport, and see how nature is surrounded by numbers. Meet the mathematicians who brought numbers to life, then build a city using pi and amaze your friends with math magic by trying the at-home experiments."--
9780753478424 0753478420
Mathematics--Juvenile literature.
Geometry--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Amazing math : numbers and shapes are all around you / Numbers & shapes are all around you Numbers and shapes are all around you author, Lou Abercrombie ; illustrator, Lilia Miceli. - 48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. - Everyday STEM. Math . - Everyday STEM (Kingfisher (Firm)) .
Includes index. "Includes try-at-home experiments"--Cover.
What is math? -- Types of numbers -- Numerals and numbers -- Negative numbers -- Using numbers -- Everyday fractions and decimals -- Shopping with math -- The numbers behind a photo -- Building with math -- The story of a circle -- Numbers in nature -- Everyday sums -- How to party with math -- Math and the Internet -- What is geometry? -- Maryam Mirzakhani -- Geometry in nature -- Geometry in bridges -- The shape of fashion design -- Guided by geometry -- Calculator mind-reading trick -- Create a golden spiral -- Playing with pi -- Build the Pythagorean theorem.
"Discover how the ancient Egyptians used math to build the pyramids, explore shapes in sport, and see how nature is surrounded by numbers. Meet the mathematicians who brought numbers to life, then build a city using pi and amaze your friends with math magic by trying the at-home experiments."--
9780753478424 0753478420
Mathematics--Juvenile literature.
Geometry--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.