Descent Into Infinity (A Mad Maps Mitchell Mathsventure, #1)

Descent Into Infinity, a Mathventure, is a jungle adventure with a bit of maths ? just a bit.

Explore the perilous perils of the Arrappawappas rainforests with Mad Maps Mitchell and his downtrodden, yet ever-faithful sidekick, Hummy, while exploring number tips and tricks to amuse your friends and family.

Gasp as our heroes overcome the most menacing forces of nature, horrific jungle monsters, and the descent of the highest falls on Earth.

Puzzle over exciting cliffhangers ? how will our heroes survive such perilous perils and terrible terrors as The Orbs of Doom, The Hitherum-Ditherum and The Terrible Tanglewood.

Wonder at the mathematical patterns the kind navigator, Smickett, teaches Hummy to match the skills of Mitchell's group of elite mapmakers.

Admire how, during a dramatic sea journey, Hummy uses number tricks to gain acceptance in the crew's Grog Room, where the grisly Onion Breath and Claw Fist hang out. And how, later, he beats Mitchell's elite mapmakers in number games.

With just a bit of practice you will, like Hummy, be able to amaze friends and family by solving calculations quicker than a calculator, such as:

Tell at a glance if any number to 10,000 is a prime.

Square 25, 35, 45 etc in a flash.

Find the cube roots of numbers up to a MILLION in seconds.

Written to amuse and intrigue readers with the jungle perils our heroes must overcome, Descent into Infinity includes insightful questions and confidence-building tips on number patterns. The book seeks to help readers, no matter how able, to raise speed, accuracy and enjoyment with numbers.

Descent into Infinity is infinitely amusing, infinitely enlightening and an infinitely good adventure.