mathematics

"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up"--Provided by publisher.

"Autumn has arrived and the fourth graders at Arthimos Elementary couldn't be more excited for the Fall Festival! But when the tickets go missing, the pie eating contest is sabotoged, and a suspiciously humongous pumpkin shows up, will anyone be able to save the day and catch the culprit? The school's best (and only) investigators are on the case, The Prime Detectives--Abby 'the Abacus' Feldstein, Cameron 'Cam' McGill, and Gabriel 'Gabe' Kim. Using arithmetic, geometry, and logic, the Prime Detectives will stop at nothing to figure out who did what, when, and why!"--Amazon.

Readers will learn all about adding.

Chirpy the chick learns that music is math and songs can solve noisy problems.

"On a trip to school, a chick and duckling learn about fractions, tally marks, and pizza, and share what they have learned back at the coop. Includes recipe for pizza muffin treats"--Provided by publisher.

"This picture book biography follows a brilliant South Indian mathematician whose love of numbers spurred him to ask big questions and make incredible discoveries. The book's back matter includes an author's note, a glossary of Ramanujan's world, and mathematical content about number patterns and magic squares"--Provided by publisher.

Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Olrin's first book, based on his popular blog of the same name, has netted 43,000 copies in hardcover. Combined with his three other books, we have shipped more than 80,000 copies of Orlin's books to date.

"[A] guide to finding joy and understanding by adopting a diverse approach to learning math . . . Stanford researcher, mathematics education professor, and the leading expert on math learning Dr. Jo Boaler argues that our differences are the key to unlocking our greatest mathematics potential . . . Boaler shares . . . neuroscientific research on how embracing the concept of 'math-ish'--a theory of mathematics as it exists in the real world--changes the way we think about mathematics, data, and ourselves. [She argues that] when we can see the value of diversity among people and multi-faceted approaches to learning math, we are free to truly flourish"--Provided by publisher.

"Young readers can discover the wonders of science and mathematics with this . . . guide. . . From ecology to number theory, kids will find a new way of looking at the world and the laws of science and mathematics that govern it"--OCLC.

As the smallest of five brothers, Tyson is used to being left out; but when the family's pet gerbil, Swish, escapes, Tyson's creative thinking and mathematical skills save the day.