number systems

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number systems

Places along the way

2007
Teaches the concept of place value, following a young girl as she studies the numbers on road signs during a car trip to her grandma's house.

Hot numbers, cool math

2007
Teaches young readers how temperature is measured by using numbers.

Base five

1975
Explains in simple terms the principles of a base five number system.

Numbers and counting

1996
Discusses the development of numbers and systems of counting to answer the question "How many?".

The story of our numbers

the history of Arabic numerals
2004
Presents an introduction to Roman numerals, and traces the history and development of the Hindu-Arabic numerals used throughout the modern world.

A trip around the world

using expanded notation to represent numbers
2004
Explains the math concept of expanded notation, and uses expanded notation to plan an imaginary trip around the world.

Odd and even socks

2005
Presents a children's book for early readers that teaches basic math concepts by sorting out socks.

How to count like a Martian

1975
Introduces different systems of counting including the Egyptian base ten, the Babylonian base sixty, the Hindu system using three symbols, and the abacus and computer systems.

One odd day

2006
A boy wakes up to discover his alarm clock has only odd numbers on it, and his day proceeds to get odder and odder.

My even day

2007
A boy wakes up to find a strange day where everything is even, his mother has two heads, and a field trip turns into a very odd ordeal.

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