Contains twelve reproducible bingo math games for use with students in grades one and two, covering addition, subtraction, shapes, fractions, time, money, and the concept of greater than/less than.
Egyptian civilization began thousands of years ago and many developments and discoveries can be traced to ancient times. Contents include patterns, drawings, numbers, calculations, ancient art and tools.
from counting ants to games of chance--an awe-inspiring journey through the world of numbers
Bellos, Alex
2011
Provides a global history of mathematics, spotlighting unusual stories pertaining to numbers and math that the author has found all over the world. Outlines an assortment of mathematical discoveries, revealing how they were found and the interesting uses they serve.
a guide to answering the unanswerable, making sense of the insensible, and solving the unsolvable
Tattersall, Graham
2010
Graham Tattersall uses his math skills to identify solutions to some of life's great questions, and deciphers the depth of someone's vocabulary, the weight of a house, whether the dead outnumber the living, the best words to use in a personal ad, and more.
Discusses the unity among Johann Sebastian Bach's multifaceted compositions, graphic artist M.C. Escher's paradoxical drawings, and the mathematical concepts of Kurt Godel, exploring the Strange Loop phenomenon that occurs in all their work, in which moving upwards or downwards through the levels of a hierarchical system leads right back to the beginning.
Presents reproducible math activities for students in grades two through four, based on twenty-five popular picture books, covering numbers, patterns, geometry and spatial sense, measurement, and other math concepts.
