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Calculating chimpanzees, brainy bees, and other animals with mind-blowing mathematical abilities / Stephanie Gibeault ; illustrations by Jaclyn Sinquett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Extraordinary animals (Somerville, Mass.)Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2024Edition: First editionDescription: vii, 87 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781536230017
  • 1536230014
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Chapter 1: Fish figures -- Chapter 2: Counting calls -- Chapter 3: Bird brains -- Chapter 4: Ape addition -- Chapter 5: Insect integers.
Awards:
  • Junior Library Guild Selection, 2024
Summary: Animals know a lot more about numbers than you might think. Guppies can tell large numbers from small ones, hyenas can count, and chimpanzees can use Arabic numerals! Readers will get to know these extraordinary animals and more--and how scientists study their number sense. Each chapter wraps up with an interview with a researcher and a hands-on activity that give readers the chance to challenge their own math skills. Illustrations brimming with personality, along with colorful photos, sidebars, and splashy facts, make for an entertaining delve into these fascinating studies in this second book in the Extraordinary Animals series. A bibliography as well as an "Add to Your Knowledge" section at the back encourage more discovery.
Holdings
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction Processing
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction Processing
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Could your pet help you with your math homework? Discover how amazing animals use number sense in this fun and fact-filled investigation.

Animals know a lot more about numbers than you might think. Guppies can tell large numbers from small ones, hyenas can count, and chimpanzees can use Arabic numerals! Readers will get to know these extraordinary animals and more--and how scientists study their number sense. Each chapter wraps up with an interview with a researcher and a hands-on activity that give readers the chance to challenge their own math skills. Illustrations brimming with personality, along with colorful photos, sidebars, and splashy facts, make for an entertaining delve into these fascinating studies in this second book in the Extraordinary Animals series. A bibliography as well as an "Add to Your Knowledge" section at the back encourage more discovery.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-80) and index.

Chapter 1: Fish figures -- Chapter 2: Counting calls -- Chapter 3: Bird brains -- Chapter 4: Ape addition -- Chapter 5: Insect integers.

Animals know a lot more about numbers than you might think. Guppies can tell large numbers from small ones, hyenas can count, and chimpanzees can use Arabic numerals! Readers will get to know these extraordinary animals and more--and how scientists study their number sense. Each chapter wraps up with an interview with a researcher and a hands-on activity that give readers the chance to challenge their own math skills. Illustrations brimming with personality, along with colorful photos, sidebars, and splashy facts, make for an entertaining delve into these fascinating studies in this second book in the Extraordinary Animals series. A bibliography as well as an "Add to Your Knowledge" section at the back encourage more discovery.

Junior Library Guild Selection, 2024

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