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English
Description
"In 2010, award-winning professor Steven Strogatz wrote a series for the New York Times online called "The Elements of Math." It was hugely popular: Each piece climbed the most emailed list and elicited hundreds of comments. Readers begged for more, and Strogatz has now delivered. In this fun, fast-paced book, he offers us all a second chance at math. Each short chapter of The Joy of X provides an "Aha!" moment, starting with why numbers are helpful,...
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Series
Publisher
Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"From modern-day challenges such as balancing a checkbook, following the stock market, buying a home, and figuring out credit card finance charges to appreciating historical developments by Pythagoras, Archimedes, Newton, and other mathematicians, this engaging resource addresses more than 1,000 questions related to mathematics. Organized into chapters that cluster similar topics in an easily accessible format, this reference provides clear and concise...
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Publisher
DK
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A collection of math activities that include brainteasers, magic tricks, and mind-reading games.--
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Included in this book are topics such as one-digit, two-digit, and three-digit subtraction. Readers will learn about estimating, regrouping, place value, and rounding. There is also a section on working with and using word problems.
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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Snacks can be as simple as a cheese stick or as complicated as ants on a log or chocolate chip cookies! Readers can try out four different snack recipes using this book and a little help from an adult as well as hone their math skills in the real world of their kitchen! Each recipe is paired with a word problem using measuring, addition, subtraction, and more readers learn in the math classroom. Written especially for young readers, each problem...
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Language
English
Description
This book shows us that math isnt́ confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does ṕublic opinion ŕeally represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop...
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