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Maths All Around You: Calculations
Series: Maths All Around You
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Maths is all around you, it can be seen everywhere in nature and in the human-made world. In Sums, simple artworks illustrate each concept to help visual learners get to grips with mathematical concepts and to encourage children to open their minds to how maths plays...
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Description
Maths is all around you, it can be seen everywhere in nature and in the human-made world.
In Sums, simple artworks illustrate each concept to help visual learners get to grips with mathematical concepts and to encourage children to open their minds to how maths plays an important part of the buildings we live in, the games we play and the ways we live our lives.
This series is designed for readers aged 7 to complement the content of traditional maths textbooks. Readers are also encouraged to have a go at some simple maths exercises, putting into practice what they have learned.
Written in consultation with a specialist former maths publisher.
The six titles in this series are:
Fractions
Measurements
Numbers
Shapes
Statistics
Sums
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Series: Maths All Around You
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Maths All Around You: Fractions
Maths is all around you, it can be seen everywhere in nature and in the human-made world. In Fractions, discover how we use fractions and decimals to, among many other things, share a pizza, play music and tell the time. Simple artworks illustrate each concept to help visual learners get to grips with mathematical concepts and to encourage children to...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Maths All Around You: Calculations
Maths is all around you, it can be seen everywhere in nature and in the human-made world. In Sums, simple artworks illustrate each concept to help visual learners get to grips with mathematical concepts and to encourage children to open their minds to how maths plays an important part of the buildings we live in, the games we play and...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Maths All Around You: Statistics
Maths is all around you; it can be seen everywhere in nature and in the human-made world. In Statistics, learn how to conduct research and display numbers in brightly coloured pie charts, find out how to take a census, and discover how statistics help to track the weather. Simple artworks illustrate each concept to help visual learners get to grips...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Maths All Around You: Shapes
Maths is all around you, it can be seen everywhere in nature and in the human-made world. In Shapes, discover how triangles make strong structures, the interesting properties of 2D and 3D shapes, and where spirals appear in nature. Simple artworks illustrate each concept to help visual learners grasp mathematical concepts and encourage children to open their minds to how...HardbackSold Out -
Maths All Around You: Shapes
Maths is all around you, it can be seen everywhere in nature and in the human-made world. In Shapes, discover how triangles make strong structures, the interesting properties of 2D and 3D shapes and where spirals appear in nature. Simple artworks illustrate each concept to help visual learners get to grips with mathematical concepts and to encourage children to open...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781526320582
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wayland
Edition: Illustrated edition
Audience: Primary and secondary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 188.0mm
Height: 248.0mm
Weight: 180g
Pages: 48
About the Author
Rob Colson is an author and editor of a wide range of books for children and adults, including many natural history, maths and science titles. Previous titles as author: Ultimate Cars, Ultimate Machines (Wayland); Super Science (Franklin Watts). Other titles: Bone Collection: Animals (Scholastic), Puzzles, Conundrums and Enigmas (Parragon). Contributing author to Battle (DK).
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