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What's the point of math? / [writers, Ben Ffrancon Davis, Junaid Mubeen ; illustrator, Clarisse Hassan].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2020Edition: First American editionDescription: 127 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781465481733
  • 1465481737
Other title:
  • What is the point of math?
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What's the point of numbers and counting? -- What's the point of shapes and measuring? -- What's the point of patterns and sequences? -- What's the point of data and statistics? -- What's the point of probability and logic?
Summary: Provides an introduction to mathematics and its uses, discussing numbers and counting, shapes and measurements, patterns and sequences, data and statistics, and probability and logic.
List(s) this item appears in: Math Book for Pi Day | Happy Pi Day! (Math)
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 510.71 D261 Available 33111009425634
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 510.71 D261 Available 33111009595881
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 510.71 D261 Available 33111008994614
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Math makes the world go around. An educational book that will give you surprising answers to everyday math challenges.

This book unpacks how math is an essential part of our everyday life in ways that you never thought of. Full of crazy facts, magic tricks, and mathematical brainteasers and beautiful illustrations show you that math is interesting, fun, and not intimidating at all!


Ever wondered where math originated from? This fantastic educational book unpacks all the curious questions that your child has about math including intriguing historical stories that explore the often-surprising origins of math 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! Math in our daily lives is used in many things that might not even seem that obvious.

Math 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 math 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 Math? 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

What's the point of numbers and counting? -- What's the point of shapes and measuring? -- What's the point of patterns and sequences? -- What's the point of data and statistics? -- What's the point of probability and logic?

Provides an introduction to mathematics and its uses, discussing numbers and counting, shapes and measurements, patterns and sequences, data and statistics, and probability and logic.

Includes index.

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