What's math all about?
By: Alex Frith, Minna Lacey & Lisa Jane Gillespie ; illustrated by Adam Larkum ; [additional illustrations by Steve Wood and Anna Gould]
Contributors: Lacey, Minna; Gillespie, Lisa Jane; Larkum, Adam, illustrator; Wood, Steve, illustrator; Gould, Anna, illustrator
Publisher: Usborne Pub.; [Published in the U.S. by EDC Pub.]; USBORNE PUBLISHING; Usborne Pub Ltd
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; [Tulsa, Okla.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780794531263; 9781409523314; 9781409595212
Subjects: Mathematics; Juvenile literature
Other titles: What is math all about
Description: Presents an introduction to mathematics, covering numbers, algebra, geometry, statistics, probability, the history of the field, and how people use it in the real world.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What's maths all about?; title: How have mathematicians changed the world?; title: Everyday maths; title: Simple symbols; title: Doing arithmetic; title: Breaking down numbers; title: Bits of numbers; title: All about %; title: Super powers; title: All kinds of numbers; title: The missing number; title: Writing algebra; title: Simple substitution; title: Equations; title: Two unknowns; title: Drawing equations; title: Finding the answer with a graph; title: Seeing patterns; title: Shape up; title: Measuring shapes; title: Going in circles; title: Tricks with triangles; title: Representing shapes; title: Playing with shapes; title: Measuring the Earth; title: Statistics and data; title: Difficulties with data; title: Charting data; title: Cheating with charts; title: What is normal?; title: Is it likely?; title: Probability trees; title: The problem of points; title: Surveys and estimates; title: Maths through the ages; title: Maths at work; title: Maths in music.