Product Description

BLOver 300 mathematics terms clearly explained using everyday examples BLIllustrated with lively artwork and photographs throughout BLSpecial features on key topics eg Computers and Numbers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75888 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Customer Reviews

`Oxford Children's A-Z of Mathematics' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for 8 years+'
`The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Mathematics' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for children of eight years+.
Over 300 alphabetical entries are clearly explained, with special features on key topics of:-

computers, measure, number, shape, probability and statistics, famous mathematicians


Do you know
what a pie chart is?
how to find the volume of a cube?
how many sides a dodecagon has?

Open up this book and find answers to all your maths problems!'

64 glossy, high quality pages with full colour illustrations throughout, designed to take the strain out of Maths!

Each entry has a blue, lower case title and just enough information, e.gs.:-

radius
The radius is the length of a straight line from the centre of a circle to its circumference.
Other geographical words which are referenced, ie `circumference`, in this case, are highlighted in a bold font and also appear, defined, in the book.

product
The product is the answer you get when you multiply together two or more numbers. The product of 2 and 3 is 6 (2 x 3 = 6). See also multiply.
Very useful reference book.