mathematics

Do you know how to use a savings account to your advantage? This book introduces readers to putting aside money for later. Real world examples help readers learn the importance of math skills for money management. Callouts prompt inquiry, further thinking, and close examination of photographs. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

Have you ever wondered how to help your savings accumulate interest? This book introduces readers to investment strategies. Real world examples help readers learn the importance of math skills for money management. Callouts prompt inquiry, further thinking, and close examination of photographs. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

This witty and comprehensive guide revels in the wonders of mathematical concepts, from the basics of numeration and counting, to two-dimensional shapes and sold figures, all the way through to the influence of advanced mathematics theory on physics, chemistry, modern computing, and astrophysics. New mathematical theories, including chaos theory, fractals, and Non-Euclidian mathematics and geometry, are examined. A reference section breaks down formulae, provides conversion charts for weights and measurements, lists common compounds from the periodic table, as well as measurements of the distance between the Milky Way and other Local Group galaxies.

Readers will learn how STEM subjects--science, technology, engineering, and math--make amusement parks fun and safe, and how these classroom concepts are used to run each part of a park's operations.

"[A] guide to the information, techniques, and activities that can be put in place to make math more enjoyable and achievable for all students"--Back cover.

" ... Jordan Ellenberg shows [readers] that math isn't confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything [they] do ... pull[ing] from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need"--Provided by publisher.

Provides a guide to taking the math part of the SAT, including two practice SAT math tests, and hundreds of additional practice problems.

Milli, Geo, and Bot become police officers for a day and have to use their mighty math powers to protect Umi City from the stinkbugs.

"Organized around the grade 7 Common Core State Standards for mathematics, this book reviews all five domains that seventh-grade students are expected to understand in their grade 7 math class"--Back cover.

"Organized around the grade 6 Common Core State Standards for mathematics, this book reviews all five domains that sixth-grade students are expected to understand in their grade 6 math class"--Back cover.