What are the chances?
Subtitle: probability, statistics, ratios and proportions
Series: Maths is everywhere
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781445149479
Subjects: Probabilities; Juvenile literature; Statistics; Ratio and proportion; Probabilités; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Rapport et proportion
Description: What are statistics and how are they used? What is the golden ratio? This book explores the maths of probability and statistics and shows how it relates to the everyday world with fantastic appealing visuals. It 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.
Table of contents: title: Luck of the draw; title: Out of 100; title: Rolling the dice; title: It's a lottery; title: Coins and cards; title: Taking an average; title: Not what it seems; title: How to mislead with statistics; title: What's the ratio?; title: The golden ratio; title: Showing your final results; title: How to run a fair election.