What's the Point of Math?
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Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2020

What's the Point of Math?

Discover math's hidden role in everyday life with fun puzzles and surprising facts.

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128 pages
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Unlock the mysteries of math with a book that transforms numbers into an exciting adventure. Dive into historical tales, mind-bending puzzles, and magic tricks that reveal math's surprising origins and everyday applications. From number sequences to trigonometry, explore how math shapes our world in unexpected ways. With engaging illustrations and simple examples, this book makes math fun and accessible, inspiring children to see numbers in a new light. Will you uncover the secrets to becoming a trillionaire? Find out how math controls everything around us and change your perception of numbers forever.

From the publisher

Math makes the world go around. An educational book that will give you surprising answers to everyday math challenges. This book unpacks how math is an essential part of our everyday life in ways that you never thought of. Full of crazy facts, magic tricks, and mathematical brainteasers and beautiful illustrations show you that math is interesting, fun, and not intimidating at all! Ever wondered where math originated from? This fantastic educational book unpacks all the curious questions that your child has about math including intriguing historical stories that explore the often-surprising origins of math that we use in our daily lives. Learn about how the formation of number sequences began, to the origins of trigonometry, and find out how to become a trillionaire! Math in our daily lives is used in many things that might not even seem that obvious. Math Controls Just About Everything Inspire your children with numbers and help bring mathematical explanations to life with this engaging educational book. Expand their knowledge in the complexity of understanding math by using simple illustrative examples. To make these topics more exciting and impactful, the book is full of great puzzles, awesome games, and interesting facts that will break barriers in their understanding. “Try it out” examples give mathematical explanations that are simple and easy to grasp. What’s The Point Of Math? will not only change your child’s perception of numbers but give them the skills and understanding to apply the principles in their everyday life! This educational book explains the point of: - Numbers and counting - Shapes and measuring- Patterns and sequences- Probability and logic- Data and statistics

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
128
Reading age
9–12
Audience
Middle Grade
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Published
January 28, 2020
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Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781465481733

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