What's the Point of Math? (DK What's the Point of?)

Math makes the world go around. An educational book that will give you surprising answers to everyday math challenges. This ebook unpacks how math is an essential part of our everyday life in ways that you never thought of. Full of crazy facts, magic tricks, and mathematical brainteasers and beautiful illustrations show you that math is interesting, fun, and not intimidating at all! Ever wondered where math originated from? This fantastic educational ebook unpacks all the curious questions that your child has about math including intriguing historical stories that explore the often-surprising origins of math that we use in our daily lives. Learn about how the formation of number sequences began, to the origins of trigonometry, and find out how to become a trillionaire! Math in our daily lives is used in many things that might not even seem that obvious. Math Controls Just About Everything Inspire your children with numbers and help bring mathematical explanations to life with this engaging educational book. Expand their knowledge in the complexity of understanding math by using simple illustrative examples. To make these topics more exciting and impactful, the ebook is full of great puzzles, awesome games, and interesting facts that will break barriers in their understanding. "Try it out" examples give mathematical explanations that are simple and easy to grasp. What's The Point Of Math? will not only change your child's perception of numbers but give them the skills and understanding to apply the principles in their everyday life! This educational ebook explains the point of: - Numbers and counting - Shapes and measuring - Patterns and sequences - Probability and logic - Data and statistics CONTENTS 6 What’s the point of math? 8 WHAT’S THE POINT OF NUMBERS AND COUNTING? 11 How to track time 12 How to count with your nose 16 How to count your cows 18 How to make nothing a number 22 How to be negative 26 How to tax your citizens 30 How to use proportions 34 How to know the unknown 36 WHAT’S THE POINT OF SHAPES AND MEASURING? 39 How to shape up 40 How to use symmetry 42 How to measure a pyramid 44 How to measure your field 48 How to measure the Earth 52 How to get a piece of pi 56 How to tell the time 58 How to use coordinates 62 WHAT’S THE POINT OF PATTERNS AND SEQUENCES? 67 How to predict a comet 68 How to become a trillionaire 72 How to use prime numbers 76 How to go on forever 78 How to keep secrets 80 WHAT’S THE POINT OF DATA AND STATISTICS? 87 How to impress with a guess 88 How to catch a cheat 92 How to estimate the population 96 How to change the world with data 100 How to compute big numbers 104 WHAT’S THE POINT OF PROBABILITY AND LOGIC? 109 How to plan your journey 110 How to win a game show 114 How to escape prison 118 How to make history 122 Glossary and answers 128 Index 130 "You may not realize it, but math controls just about everything in our world. From cracking codes to winning game shows, from predicting comets to solving crimes. his unique book reveals where our most important math ideas came from (you'll be surprised!), explains really simply how they work (good for homework, zzzz), and identifies the extraordinary things you can do with them, from measuring a pyramid to becoming a trillionaire. It might change your mind about math forever!"-- Back cover Provides an introduction to mathematics and its uses, discussing numbers and counting, shapes and measurements, patterns and sequences, data and statistics, and probability and logic