What's the Point of Math?

Math makes the world go around. An educational book that will give you surprising answers to everyday math challenges. 

This book 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 book 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 book 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 book explains the point of:

- Numbers and counting 
- Shapes and measuring
- Patterns and sequences
- Probability and logic
- Data and statistics

• ISBN10: 1465481737
• ISBN13: 9781465481733
• Publish Date: 28 January 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
• Imprint: DK Children
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 128
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781465481733

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

What's the Point of Math? is a new graphic format introduction to some basic mathematical concepts and history. Due out 28th Jan 2020 from Penguin Random House on their DK imprint, it's 128 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.

This is an engaging and logically formatted book which will appeal to middle grade readers. There's a short introduction which includes information about the history and usefulness of mathematics as well as a little info on dating systems (BCE and CE), as well as a 2 page spread with how mathematics ties into everyday life and is used for situations as disparate as music and medicine. This intro leads seamlessly into chapters covering counting and number systems, shapes and area/measurements, patterns, data and statistics, and probability and logic.

The concepts are useful and the colorful graphics and accessible language make them understandable and interesting. The art is simple and supports the text well. There are a fair number of humorous drawings (an alien showing base-8 counting smilingly shows us its 8 tentacles for example) which will certainly appeal to most kids.

This would make a super choice for a classroom or school library as well as a fun read for middle school readers (circa 9-12 years). Math and sciences are so vital and holding readers' interest is key. This is a fun book which might help show reluctant students how math can be very useful and fun.

Five stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes