You wouldn't want to live without math!
(2017)
By:
Rooney, Anne
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
J/510/ROONEY,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[New York] : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2017
DESCRIPTION
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780531224618, 9780531224908 (pbk.), 9780531224618 (library binding), 0531224619 (library binding), 0531224902 (pbk.), 9780531224908 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Includes index
What are numbers? -- Does it add up? -- Where did numbers come from? -- How many is 10? -- What if you can't count? -- Putting math to work -- Less than zero -- Numbers, codes, and labels -- Do you have the time? -- Precisely -- Numbers don't need us -- So, would you want to live without math?
"Describes what life would be like without math."--
"You might not like math when you have to do your homework, but it would be hard to live without it. Read all about what math does for us, allowing us to count, measure, and calculate. Find out how numbers and math have helped us to transform the world, build computers, and even change the way we go shopping,"--back cover
880L