50 Amazing Things Kids Need to Know About Math

Anne Rooney

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated, Jan 1, 2012 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 191 pages

Have you ever wondered why you need to study math? Does it bore you? What good are fractions, decimals, and angles anyway? 50 Amazing Things Kids Need to Know about Math is the book that makes math cool! It will help you realize that math is important and fascinating. It will teach you much more than how to add and subtract or determine the area of a triangle. Inside you'll discover:

How to bend a building
How to make a ghost
How to solve a crime
How to count to infinity
How to crack codes
How to make a T-Rex
How to flatten a planet
How to make an amazing maze
And much more!

Whether you want to contact aliens, become a pop star, or even get rich, this book has something for everyone. It's packed with fun activities and helpful diagrams, making the path to becoming a math mastermind simple, creative, and exciting.

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About the author

Anne Rooney is a successful math and science writer for both children and adults. Author of The Story of Mathematics and the forthcoming The Story of Physics, she has also written several works of children's fiction, and is a Royal Literacy Fund Fellow and Lector. She lives in Cambridge, England.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 50 Amazing Things Kids Need to Know About Math
• Author: Anne Rooney
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2012
• ISBN: 161608507X, 9781616085070
• Length: 191 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Games & Activities / Puzzles; Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General