Crunching numbers
By: Rebecca L. Johnson.
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Series: Math behind the science
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Mathematics -- Juvenile literature.; Estimation theory -- Juvenile literature.; Calculators -- Juvenile literature.; Electronic spreadsheets -- Juvenile literature.; Supercomputers -- Juvenile literature.; Mathematics.; Estimation theory.; Electronic spreadsheets.; Supercomputers.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Discusses the tools and math strategies that scientists use to work with large numbers, explores how the strategies of estimating and rounding make large numbers easier to work with, and identifies some uses of supercomputers.
Notes: Grades 3-8.
Includes bibliographic references (p. 22) and index.
"Estimating, data analysis"--Cover.
"National Geographic reading expeditions"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Numbers that boggle the mind; title: Millions of monarchs; title: Simple cells; title: The ultimate number crunchers; title: Math mentor: words count!; title: Math notebook; title: Glossary.