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Series
Publisher
John Murray Learning
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Do you shy away from using numbers? Basic Mathematics can help. An easy-to-follow guide, it will ensure you gain the confidence you need to tackle maths and overcome your fears. It offers simple explanations of all the key areas, including decimals, percentages, measurements and graphs, and applies them to everyday situations, games and puzzles to help you understand mathematics quickly and enjoyably."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
128 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
From prime numbers to pentagons, a homework and learning resource features more than three hundred entries on the words, phrases, and concepts used by grade-school students in their math classes and their lives outside school.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
259 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
When people start vanishing from a godforsaken trailer park next to the Folsom Energy Plant, two eleven-year-olds investigate using mathematical clues that were hastily planted by their friend Mrs. Clarke before she disappeared.
6) Earthquakes
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Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm.
Description
Shows readers math skills can be used to learn more about earthquakes, including the triggers, the destruction left behind, and where they occur most often.
9) In real life
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Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old math prodigy Seth Gordon hopes to compete professionally playing Starfare, the world's most popular computer game, but when he gets the chance to move to Korea and train full-time, he may not be ready for the culture shock and leaving his possible girlfriend, Hannah.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (ii, 72 p., ii, 73 p. ; 22 cm.)
Description
"This course of 24 half-hour lectures celebrates the sheer joy of mathematics, taught by a mathematician who is literally a magician with numbers. Professor Arthur T. Benjamin of Harvey Mudd College is renowned for his feats of mental calculation performed before audiences at schools, theaters, museums, conferences, and other venues. Although racing a calculator to solve a difficult problem may seem like a superhuman achievement, Professor Benjamin...
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Formats
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Geometry defines the world around us, helping us make sense of everything from architecture to military science to fashion. Euclid's Elements is arguably the most influential book in the history of mathematics. Berlinski provides a concise homage to this elusive mathematician and his staggering achievements, and shows that, for centuries, scientists and thinkers have relied on Euclid's axiomatic system, a method of proof still taught in classrooms...
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Series
Gregory K. (Greg Pincus) volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
226 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Gregory Korenstein-Jasperton is an eleven-year-old boy who likes to write stories and poems and is not excited by math, but he has a problem--he is the middle child in a family of math geniuses and his father expects him to participate in the City Math contest.
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
271 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Misfits Alice and Mattia bond as teens over shared experiences of suffering before mathematically gifted Mattia accepts a research position that takes him far away, a situation that restores their isolation before they meet by chance years later.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Every page of this innovative picture book contains a thoughtfully designed set of four shapes and the question 'Which one doesn't belong?' Each of the shapes could be a correct answer to the question. Because there is no one right answer, children naturally shift their focus to justifications and arguments based on the shapes' geometric properties."--
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Series
Kate the chemist volume 3
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
136 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Will fifth-grader Kate find the culprit who is sabotaging her science project and be able to fix the project in time for the STEM competition?
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
312 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," twelve-year-olds Trish and Ben should be automatic friends because they both play baseball on a Little League team in Comity, Massachusetts, and they both love solving math puzzles, but obstacles stand in their way.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Struggling with her Puerto Rican identity, her grandfather's memory loss and transfer to a nursing home, and her sister's depression, seventh-grader Cassi joins the Mathletes at school, finding comfort in numbers and in her new friendship with Aaron.
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