Murderous Maths: Do You Feel Lucky?
by Kjartan Poskitt Author
(From Amazon): Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts to probability they don't teach at school. Readers will learn why coins have no memory, and whether Urgum the Axeman is likely to lose his head and join Riverboat Lil and Brett Shuffler in a mathematical tangle with swamp snake.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781407107127
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 16
- Pages
- 176
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 8th
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Copyright
- 2009
Chapters
- 1 One day in the forgotten desert p.7-11
- 2 Before we enter the strange world of probability p.12-28
- 3 How not to lose your trousers p.29-35
- 4 Fair play p.36-43
- 5 Heads or dishes? p.44-60
- 6 One of the most gorgeous things in maths p.61-77
- 7 Perms, coms, curries, burgers, bells and the lottery p.78-103
- 8 Bells and the lottery p.78-103
- 9 Dice, dates and devious decks p.104-136
- 10 When meteors collide and monkeys type p.137-142
- 11 Making pie with a cocktail stick p.143-148
- 12 Adding adders p.149-153
- 13 Some odd odds p.153-161
- 14 Spots, spinners, and silver dollars p.162-167
- 15 The Great Rhun's golden egg p.168-172
- 16 So what do you think now? p.173-176
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