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008 230210s2014 enka b 000 0 eng d
020 _a9781845908898
040 _cQCPL
082 _a513.5
100 1 _97310
_aDay, Andrew
_eauthor
245 1 4 _aThe numberverse
_b: how numbers are bursting out of everything and just want to have fun
_c/ Andrew Day ; edited by Peter Worley
264 1 _aCarmarthen, Wales :
_bCrown House Publishing,
_c2014
300 _av, 253 pages :
_billustrations
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (page 251).
505 0 _aThis and that make ten : number bond operations
505 0 _aThe real deal : numbers, digits and numerals
505 0 _a1, 2, 3, lots : the purpose and scope of numbers
505 0 _aTwo square thoughts : the nature of numbers
505 0 _aBase jumping : the decimal system and its alternatives
505 0 _aA jump to the left ... and a step to the right : place value
505 0 _aA plus point : addition and the beginning of mathematics
505 0 _aDon't drag the tables : rote learning
505 0 _aThe cocky chicken : mathematical knowledge and logic
505 0 _aSquare are they? : Shapes and definitions
505 0 _aPrime innit, sir : prime numbers
505 0 _aArch angles : geometry in art
505 0 _aLess to square : square numbers
505 0 _aThe land is my land : area
505 0 _aZero the hero : the history and development of our number system
505 0 _aSquintasticadillion and one : high numbers and the invention of numerical terms
505 0 _aBeauty secrets : the golden section in art and nature
505 0 _aA bit more than three : pi, and the perimeter and area of circle
505 0 _aInbetweeny bits : the concept of fractions
505 0 _aHalf to you : fractions in everyday language
505 0 _aAction fractions : the practical application of fractions
505 0 _aGo compare : percentage
505 0 _aYour average number : averages - mode, median and mean
505 0 _aOur street : geometry in the built environment
505 0 _aSets education : sets and the individual's number line
505 0 _aStairs into space : estimating, reasoning and dividing
505 0 _aBone setting : algebra
505 0 _aVoyager : maths as universal truth
650 _aCardinal numbers
650 _aNumeration
700 1 _97311
_aWorley, Peter
_eeditor
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
690 _aMathematics