Maths is Everywhere: Your Number's Up
Digits, number lines, negative and positive numbers
Published on 28. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-4451-4942-4 (ISBN)
Description
A fantastic guide to how Maths applies to everyday life!
Numbers are all around us but why are they important? This book finds out what numbers are, from how we count them, to what are prime and base numbers and takes you upto the really big ones - millions, billions and to infinity and beyond. You'll also explore some really strange numbers, find out about your body in numbers and get to grips with roman numerals. Plus, there are fun quizzes to help you test your knowledge.
The book is part of the Maths is Everywhere series, which demystifies all aspects of maths and shows how it relates to your everyday world with fun, colourful graphics. These are fantastic books for children aged nine plus who are studying maths, or for anyone who wants to get to grips with maths in a fun way.
Numbers are all around us but why are they important? This book finds out what numbers are, from how we count them, to what are prime and base numbers and takes you upto the really big ones - millions, billions and to infinity and beyond. You'll also explore some really strange numbers, find out about your body in numbers and get to grips with roman numerals. Plus, there are fun quizzes to help you test your knowledge.
The book is part of the Maths is Everywhere series, which demystifies all aspects of maths and shows how it relates to your everyday world with fun, colourful graphics. These are fantastic books for children aged nine plus who are studying maths, or for anyone who wants to get to grips with maths in a fun way.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4451-4942-4 (9781445149424)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Rob Colson is an author and editor of a wide range of books for children and adults, including many natural history, maths and science titles. Previous titles as author: Ultimate Cars, Ultimate Machines (Wayland); Super Science (Franklin Watts). Other titles: Bone Collection: Animals (Scholastic), Puzzles, Conundrums and Enigmas (Parragon). Contributing author to Battle (DK).
Content
1: A history of counting
1: Numbers that come naturally
1: Zero
1: Getting negative
1: Making bases
1: Taking powers
1: Big numbers
1: Really big numbers
1: Infinity
1: Numbers going bang!
1: Strange numbers
1: Your body in numbers
1: Quiz
1: Glossary
1: Index
1: Answers
1: Numbers that come naturally
1: Zero
1: Getting negative
1: Making bases
1: Taking powers
1: Big numbers
1: Really big numbers
1: Infinity
1: Numbers going bang!
1: Strange numbers
1: Your body in numbers
1: Quiz
1: Glossary
1: Index
1: Answers