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2) Math curse
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When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.
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"You may not realize it, but math controls just about everything in our world. From cracking codes to winning game shows, from predicting comets to solving crimes. his unique book reveals where our most important math ideas came from (you'll be surprised!), explains really simply how they work (good for homework, zzzz), and identifies the extraordinary things you can do with them, from measuring a pyramid to becoming a trillionaire. It might change...
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"Math + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Math. This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big data and the maths that rules our digital lives"--Provided by publisher.
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Logic is intellectual self-defense against such assaults on reason and also a method of quality control for checking the validity of your own views. But beyond these very practical benefits, informal logic—the kind we apply in daily life—is the gateway to an elegant and fascinating branch of philosophy known as formal logic, which is philosophy’s equivalent to calculus. Formal logic is a breathtakingly versatile tool. Much like a Swiss army...
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Teaches young readers math-themed craft projects using recycled material. Provides step-by-step instructions for creating projects such as division string art, geometric emoji props, an equation invasion game, and color-blocked rain boots. Includes scannable QR Codes.
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"Produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, SI Math Maker Lab is designed to appeal to math geeks and those that prefer practical projects. To complete these engaging projects, kids don't need to be math geniuses or even know how to use a calculator. Each task comes with easy-to-follow instructions, photographs, and illustrations to help whip up super cool mathematics creations!"--
16) Ball game math
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Presents a number of math lessons using sports, such as calculating scores, making sense of statistics, and measuring distances.
17) Kitchen math
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Explores how math is used in the kitchen to measure for recipes, and calculate cooking times, temperature, and servings. Includes practice problems and an answer key, a glossary, and a list of additional resources.
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It’s the revolutionary math study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.
Everything You Need to Ace Math . . . covers everything to get a student over any math hump: fractions, decimals, and how to multiply and divide them; ratios, proportions, and percentages; geometry; statistics and probability; expressions and equations; and the coordinate plane and...
Everything You Need to Ace Math . . . covers everything to get a student over any math hump: fractions, decimals, and how to multiply and divide them; ratios, proportions, and percentages; geometry; statistics and probability; expressions and equations; and the coordinate plane and...
19) It's addition!
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Simple rhyming text and color photographs describe addition.
20) Shopping math
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Explores the math concepts that are used in a shopping environment, and includes exercises in each area with answers.