Math

Explains how in the language of mathematics, fractions, decimals and percents are three different ways of describing the same parts of things.

Provides fourth to sixth grade students and their parents with information they need to complete math assignments. Includes information such as: the decimal system, fractions, rounding off and estimation, averages, percentages, square roots and square numbers, measurement, and much more.

Christine Gouda, called Tink, and her best friend Jackie are entering sixth grade, and suddenly everything seems awkward and just plain wrong--boys are behaving differently, clothes do not fit the way they should, long term friendships suddenly seem tenuous, and most of all she needs a new nickname because "Tink" just does not fit anymore.

Actress and math theorem coauthor Danica McKellar teaches math concepts introduced in middle school, the period when many young girls lose interest in math, using entertaining examples.

When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.

A collection of poems about math, featuring selections such as "Math Makes Me Feel Safe," "Fractions," "Pythagoras," and "Time Passes," by a variety of authors including Janet S. Wong, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Ilo Orleans, and others.

A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.

Explains the meaning of mathematical terms which begin with the different letters of the alphabet from abacus, binary, and cubit to zillion.

A guide to mathematics written especially for girls, explaining the role of math in everyday life, introducing fifteen women who use math in their work, and including activities.

Presents projects and experiments suitable for science fairs, utilizing mathematical skills in relation to light, temperature, angles and heights, distance, time, and velocity.

A math adventure in which King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table with the ideas of his wife and son, and the assistance of his knight, Sir Cumference.

Describes the education, training, earnings, and outlook associated with twenty careers in the field of math, including auditor, bookkeeper, computer programmer, engineer, math teacher, and statistician.

Includes alphabetically arranged terms of the basic vocabulary of mathematics along with definitions for each.

A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.

Discusses the methods of computation developed in various civilizations around the world, from prehistoric times up until the end of the Roman Empire.

Lisa learns about the mathematics of measuring by measuring her dog Penny with all sorts of units, including pounds, inches, dog biscuits, and cotton swabs.

Presents the life of the Bolivian-born teacher who immigrated to the United States where he inspired and motivated his inner city students to excel in mathematics.

In 1934, a thirteen-year-old with a gift for numbers is offered the chance to leave her family's dairy farm to spend one term at an exclusive Philadelphia girls' school preparing for a scholarship exam.