The School of Numbers: Learn about Mathematics with 40 Simple Lessons

Length: 96 pages
Edition: I
Language: English
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
ISBN-10: 1786031841
ISBN-13: 9781786031846
Sales Rank: #78242 (See Top 100 Books)

Greetings Cadet! Congratulations on being accepted into the prestigious Astro Academy for math! Now strap on your space boots, secure you helmet and let’s get ready for a mathematical journey like no other!

Hop on board the spaceship School of Numbers and head off on an intergalactic mathematical journey that will introduce young readers to key concepts including arithmetic, shapes, fractions, percentages, and sequences.

Six eccentric professors will teach budding space mathematic Cadets all there is to know about the world of numbers! Meet Captain Archimedes Brown who keeps everyone in order; Lois Carmen Denominator who’s got a passion for fractions; Di Ameter who’s a stickler for geometry; Al Jabra who loves algebra; Ava Ridge who’s looney for statistics; and last but certainly not least, Adam Up who just can’t get enough of arithmetic!

Float into this gravity-free classroom, prepare yourself for antics aplenty and get ready to see math in action like never before.

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Contents
Welcome Aboard the Starship Infinity
Why is Maths Important?
Meet the Crew
Term 1 Getting the Knack of Numbers
	Lesson 1: What are Digits?
	Lesson 2: Making Things Add Up
	Lesson 3: Take-Away-Tastic
	Lesson 4: What are Negative Numbers?
	Lesson 5: Feel the Freeze!
	Lesson 6: Learn to Master Multiplication
	Lesson 7: Sneaky Short Cuts
	Lesson 8: Dealing with Division
	Lesson 9: How Can We Make Division Easier?
	Lesson 10: Number Tricks
	Lesson 11: What is a Prime Number?
	Lesson 12: Square Numbers and Square Roots
	Lesson 13: What are Triangular Numbers?
	Lesson 14: Feel the Power!
	Lesson 15: Fraction Action
	Lesson 16: Delightful Decimals
	Lesson 17: What’s a Percentage?
	Lesson 18: Sequences and Series
	Lesson 19: The Fibonacci Sequence
	Lesson 20: The Amazing Number 9
Term 2 All Shapes and Sizes
	Lesson 21: Getting a Handle on Angles
	Lesson 22: Ship Shapes
	Lesson 23: Terrific Triangles
	Lesson 24: Going Round in Circles
	Lesson 25: Easy as Pi
	Lesson 26: Puzzling Perimeters
	Lesson 27: Area Hysteria
	Lesson 28: Rock Solid: The 3-D Shapes You Need to Know
	Lesson 29: What a Transformation!
	Lesson 30: Symmetry and Tessellation
Term 3 Real-World Maths
	Lesson 31: Body Maths
	Lesson 32: Mastering Measurements
	Lesson 33: Distances in Space
	Lesson 34: Keeping Time
	Lesson 35: The Need for Speed
	Lesson 36: What are Statistics?
	Lesson 37: Graphs and Charts
	Lesson 38: What is Probability?
	Lesson 39: Maps and Compasses
	Lesson 40: Mission to Mars
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