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The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do — the whole world is shot through with it. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
Publisher
Cerebellum Corp
Pub. Date
c1999
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1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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In "The Zany World of Basic Math," the Standard Deviants, an ebullient troupe of young performers whose specialty is taking serious subjects and making them offbeat enough to be memorable, tackle the most basic concepts of mathematics. Starting off with explanations of integers, the program proceeds to cover addition, subtraction, and multiplication before moving into more advanced concepts such as exponents and division. Throughout the program the...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
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127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
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English
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"In soccer, numbers are everywhere! So lace up your cleats and get ready to be wowed by all the stats, digits, and dimensions you'll need to become the cleverest kicker out there!" -- Back cover.
"Information about soccer and soccer players incorporating math into the game, for children"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"How many jelly beans are enough? How many are too many? Aiden and Emma can't decide. Is ten enough? How about one thousand? That's a lot of jelly beans. But eaten over a whole year, it's only two or three a day. This giant picture book gives kids a fun and easy way to understand large numbers. Starting with ten, each page shows more and more colorful candies, leading up to a giant fold-out surprise--ONE MILLION JELLY BEANS!"--
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
xiv, 168 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uses explanations, word problems, and games to cover some mathematical topics that middle school students need to know, including the invention of numerical notations, basic arithmatical operations, measurements, geometry, graphs, and probability.
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Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Pub. Date
2009
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208 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
Just the mention of mathematics is enough to strike fear into the hearts of many, yet without it, the human race couldn't be where it is today. By exploring the subject through its 50 key insights - from the simple (the number one) and the subtle (the invention of zero) to the sophisticated (proving Fermat's last theorem) - this book shows how mathematics has changed the way we look at the world around us.
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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vii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"Where does math come from? From a textbook? From rules? From deduction? From logic? Not really, Eugenia Cheng writes in Is Math Real?: it comes from curiosity, from instinctive human curiosity, "from people not being satisfied with answers and always wanting to understand more." And most importantly, she says, "it comes from questions": not from answering them, but from posing them. Nothing could seem more at odds from the way most of us were taught...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"X and Y are desperate to bake infinite pie! With the help of quirky and uber-smart Aunt Z, X and Y will use math concepts to bake their way to success!"--
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Publisher
Math Made Fun
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
172 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Math and Movement is a kinesthetic, multi-sensory approach to teaching math that incorporates physical exercise, stretching, and cross-body movements. This manual includes over 250 movements to energize children and adults. Use the math-movements to wake up a child's sleepy brain, liven up faculty meetings or just to feel better! Your students will receive rigorous and intentional math practice while engaging in physical exercise!
15) Anathem
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English
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Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.
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Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
2010, c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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English
Description
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34... Look carefully. Do you see the pattern? Each number above is the sum of the two numbers before it. Though most of us are unfamiliar with it, this numerical series, called the Fibonacci sequence, is part of a code that can be found everywhere in nature. Count the petals on a flower or the peas in a peapod. The numbers are all part of the Fibonacci sequence. In Wild Fibonacci, readers will discover this mysterious code...
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.
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