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Book

The great number rumble : a story of math in surprising places

Author

Cora Lee

Call Number

  • J 510 LEE (CEN)

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Edition

Revised edition.

Publication Information

Toronto : Annick Press, [2016]

Physical Description

99 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"Math can show up in the most unlikely places! When the schools in Jeremy&#x;s town ban math, all the kids cheer, all except his friend Sam, a self-proclaimed mathnik, who sets out to prove that math is not only important, but fun. Running parallel to the fictional narrative are informative sidebars that discuss the weird, puzzling, and amusing aspects of mathematics. Some topics covered are math in nature, art, music, magic and tricks, crime solving, and sports"--Publisher's description.

Contents

  • No more math!
  • Game on, math-letes!
  • A math-sterpiece
  • Rhythm or algorithm?
  • Wild about math
  • Flower power
  • Taking sides
  • Crimes and primes
  • The after-math.

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