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Mesmerizing Math
Incredible ideas + interactive flaps and tabs = math made easy!
An interactive, engaging and exciting exploration of math, from the invention of zero to the geometry of a donut! Clear, humorous text, bright illustrations, and interactive novelties help explain such topics as numbers, geometry, probability, transformations, and statistics. The focus is on making math accessible and exciting, so each topic has an investigation for young numbersmiths to try at home.
An interactive, engaging and exciting exploration of math, from the invention of zero to the geometry of a donut! Clear, humorous text, bright illustrations, and interactive novelties help explain such topics as numbers, geometry, probability, transformations, and statistics. The focus is on making math accessible and exciting, so each topic has an investigation for young numbersmiths to try at home.
16 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2013
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March 12, 2014
I absolutely love this book, full of great math facts and presented in a super graphic, interactive way.
OTOH, it would get absolutely destroyed (and fast) in my classroom library so I may gift it to you one of my particularly interested in math students. (And order another for myself, to keep.)
OTOH, it would get absolutely destroyed (and fast) in my classroom library so I may gift it to you one of my particularly interested in math students. (And order another for myself, to keep.)
August 17, 2013
This book is the perfect anecdote to math’s unwarranted reputation as not easy and not exciting, by showing you how math can be both.
Using cartoons, pop-up parts, bright colors, and fun examples, the creators of this book make concepts from the golden triangle to tessellation to data collection interesting and easy to understand. Take fibonacci numbers: what kid could resist checking out flower petals or snail shells to learn about them?
Readers will be thrilled to share with other kids how you can understand Pascal’s triangle using “hockey sticks” or the story of how the inventor of chess outsmarted the king who offered him a gift for his invention. You can learn how to win at game shows and a clever way to square numbers. Fractions are much more fun when you see how to figure out how much pizza or cake you might want. And use the movable wrecking ball to figure out which numbers can be divided and which are prime!
Evaluation: Mesmerizing Math provides a fabulous way to make math fun and interesting. The pages are packed with fascinating facts and fun activities. Jonathan Litton is a math teacher and Thomas Flintham illustrates other non-fiction works for children using the same pop-up techniques.
Recommended for ages 7-10.
Using cartoons, pop-up parts, bright colors, and fun examples, the creators of this book make concepts from the golden triangle to tessellation to data collection interesting and easy to understand. Take fibonacci numbers: what kid could resist checking out flower petals or snail shells to learn about them?
Readers will be thrilled to share with other kids how you can understand Pascal’s triangle using “hockey sticks” or the story of how the inventor of chess outsmarted the king who offered him a gift for his invention. You can learn how to win at game shows and a clever way to square numbers. Fractions are much more fun when you see how to figure out how much pizza or cake you might want. And use the movable wrecking ball to figure out which numbers can be divided and which are prime!
Evaluation: Mesmerizing Math provides a fabulous way to make math fun and interesting. The pages are packed with fascinating facts and fun activities. Jonathan Litton is a math teacher and Thomas Flintham illustrates other non-fiction works for children using the same pop-up techniques.
Recommended for ages 7-10.
May 7, 2014
Far from a textbook, this colorful, vibrant volume introduces a variety of math concepts, from fractions to probability to Fibonacci numbers, all presented in a way that's designed to entice children. The numerous flaps, tabs, popups, and fold-outs encourage interaction, and the informal sequence makes it easy for readers to skip around, landing on only those concepts that appeal to them at the time. Because of its design, the book is more delicate than most, so it would likely not last long in a classroom or library without supervision. However, it would be a wonderful addition to many a student's bedside table or homework area. In some households, it may even make an appealing coffee table book.
September 6, 2014
Strange, oversized pop-up book promising information about Numbers, Geometry, Statistics, Measurement, Transformations, Probability, and Sequences and series -- which initially struck me as a list of things that Pearson thinks 10-year-olds need to know about. My concern was unwarranted. These topics are dealt with in a fun way - the presentation is too busy for these old eyes, and there's nothing resembling a narrative, but it's engaging for the target audience.
I especially liked some of the "try this at home" activities: Why is the sum of the angles in a triangle 180 degrees? The treatment of symmetry and tessellations was also nice.
(from my not-really-a-blog at https://sites.google.com/site/molnarm...)
I especially liked some of the "try this at home" activities: Why is the sum of the angles in a triangle 180 degrees? The treatment of symmetry and tessellations was also nice.
(from my not-really-a-blog at https://sites.google.com/site/molnarm...)
September 4, 2014
This book is so FUN and oh so full of all facets of math - numbers and operations, geometry, measurement, probability and statistics, and number sequences. Famous mathematicians and their contributions are explained along with many interactive games and puzzles.
The cover recommends this book for ages 7-10, but I think it would be appropriate up through middle school.
The one drawback of this book is that it has so many movable parts and flaps that it would not hold up in a school or public library.
The cover recommends this book for ages 7-10, but I think it would be appropriate up through middle school.
The one drawback of this book is that it has so many movable parts and flaps that it would not hold up in a school or public library.
September 5, 2016
this is an interactive and engaging look at math principles that many children don't grasp too easily. great introduction to many concepts for both the mathematically inclined, and the not so inclined.
September 28, 2013
marked to read
February 9, 2015
I like this hands-on "lift the flap" math book, especially the last few pages where it presents information about Fibonacci numbers and Pascal's triangle.
August 1, 2013
An engaging, interactive book about math concepts, philosophy, and history.
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