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Math Games for Middle School : Challenges and Skill-Builders for Students at Every Level.
Title:
Math Games for Middle School : Challenges and Skill-Builders for Students at Every Level.
Author:
Salvadori, Mario.
ISBN:
9781569767252
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (185 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter One: The Invention of Numbers -- What Happened 20,000 Years Ago -- Abstraction -- Counting -- International Counting Symbols -- Positional Shorthand -- Exponential Shorthand -- Math Camp 1 -- The Binary Number System -- Math Camp 2 -- Chapter Two: Adding, Multiplying, Subtracting, and Dividing Numbers -- Addition -- Math Camp 3 -- Multiplication -- Math Camp 4 -- Subtraction -- Math Camp 5 -- Division -- Math Camp 6 -- Chapter Three: More Operations on Numbers -- The Number Line -- Math Camp 7 -- Exponents -- Math Camp 8 -- Roots -- Math Camp 9 -- Fractions -- Operations on Fractions -- Math Camp 10 -- Working with Negative Numbers -- Math Camp 11 -- Estimating and Rounding Off -- Math Camp 12 -- Chapter Four: Measurements -- What Is Measuring? -- Math Camp 13 -- The SI System -- How to Get Used to the SI System -- Math Camp 14 -- Chapter Five: Plane Geometry -- The Circle -- Math Camp 15 -- The Triangle -- Math Camp 16 -- The Quadrilaterals -- Math Camp 17 -- The Regular Polygons -- Math Camp 18 -- Chapter Six: Space Geometry -- Our Space -- Space Figures Generated by Plane Figures -- Math Camp 19 -- Polyhedra -- Math Camp 20 -- Chapter Seven: The Art of Graphing -- Bar Graphs -- Straight Lines in the Cartesian Plane -- Curved Graphs -- The Asymetric Approach to π -- The Concept of Scale -- Math Camp 21 -- Chapter Eight: Simultaneous Linear Equations -- Two Questions and Two Answers -- Math Camp 22 -- Chapter Nine: Permutations And Combinations -- Permutations and Combinations -- The Birthday Party -- The Pizza Shop -- Repeating Yourself -- Using the Words of Mathematicians -- The U.S. Alpine Club -- The Graduation Prom -- Sitting in Class -- Math Camp 23 -- Chapter Ten: The Mathematics of Chance -- Throwing Pennies -- Playing Lotto.

The Car License-Plate Game -- Shooting Craps (the Simple Way) -- Math Camp 24 -- Answers: Answers to Math Camps -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
From addition and subtraction to plane and space geometry, simultaneous linear equations, and probability, this book explains middle school math with problems that kids want to solve: “Seventy-five employees of a company buy a lotto ticket together and win 22.5 million. How much does each employee get?" Intriguing facts about the history of math show what a human creation it is, and human errors are revealed through explorations of both Maya and Hindu concepts of zero as well as Mr. William Shanks' 1858 attempt at hand-calculating pi.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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