Numbers
By: Ed Catherall ; [illustrated and designed by David Anstey].
Contributors: Anstey, David, ill.
Edition: American ed.
Series: Investigating mathematics / Ed Catherall
Publisher: Childrens Press International
Published: 1983
Place of publication: [Chicago]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Number theory -- Juvenile literature.; Numeration -- Juvenile literature.; Number concept.; Number systems.; Measurement.
Description: Traces the development of Greek, Mayan, Roman and other number systems, and discusses rules for numbers, systems of measurement, and such special numbers as prime numbers, index numbers, and Fibonacci numbers.
Notes: Includes index.