mathematics

The author provides an account of how she confronted her math phobia, and spent a year applying calculus to gas mileage, dieting, economics, shooting craps in Las Vegas, and other aspects of life.

Describes an evaluation process that may be used to evaluate and improve mathematics programs in classrooms from kindergarten through grade twelve, identifying ten components of an effective mathematics program, and including templates, evaluation rubrics, and forms.

Contains over two thousand alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on terms and topics in mathematics, and includes more than 130 line drawings, a bibliography, and appendices such as symbols and notation, expansions, derivatives, trigonometry formulas, powers and roots, and the Greek alphabet.

Explains how mathematical naivete can put newspaper readers at a distinct disadvantage.

Simple text and photographs describes how people use math at the hospital.

After a prank is pulled putting dangerous chemicals in the fountain at Stacy's new science magnet school, four friends from Sifu Faiza's Kung Fu School use multiplication and division to help figure out who did it and how.

Students at the kung fu school use their knowledge of mathematics to determine how the science club managed to get their large sculpture into the public library through a tiny window.

The students of Sifu Faiza's Kung Fu School use their knowledge of fractions as they try to discover what happened to Leung Jan's long-lost healing formula.

Explores the different ways that math is used on a farm.