Math is made fun with the help of some colorful birds.

Over 100 kid-friendly math problems on topics from jalapeños and submarines to roller coasters and flamingos, designed to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives.

Timothy and his classmates learn to add and subtract, count from one to twenty, and recognize shapes and patterns. Includes activities.

The most thrilling and perilous word problems readers will ever encounter, these 24 life-or-death scenarios from the author of the award-winning "The Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science" is sure to get kids excited about math--and prove just how useful it can be.

Introduces the seven symbols and their values, shows how to add and subtract to make numbers. Teaches how the symbols interact and about the bar across the top and the open box that are used for larger numbers. Shows Roman numerals in real life settings: on clocks, in books, and on buildings.

Once you start looking, you can find symmetry all around you. It's in words and even letters. It's in both nature and man-made things. In fact, art, decoration, and buildings are full of it. This clear and concise book explains different types of symmetry and shows you how to spot them make your own symmetrical masterpieces. Notes and a glossary are included, as well as activities that show kids how to make their own symmetrical masterpieces.

"A biography of Sophie Germain, who grew up during the French Revolution and followed her dream of studying mathematics, becoming the first woman to win a grand prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences and changing the world with her discoveries"-- When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him under a male pen name came from...

A drive to recycle cans on Earth Day teaches the children of the Maple Street School Save-the-Planet Club about place value.

"Presents the mathematical concepts involved with the sport of basketball"--Provided by publisher.