Washoe County Library System

A lot of us hate math, but that's just because we don't remember much of it from high school or we think it's too hard (which is probably why we've forgotten it). But who needs it, when you've got a calculator, right? Wrong. We all use math everydayto calculate a tip, to figure out an interest rate, to estimate the cost of the groceries in your cart, etc. Math doesn't have to be hard. It can be easy, fast, and even fun...if you know how to do it all...

Animal characters help readers play twelve different math games.

Number tricks for children.

"In his latest book, mathematician Alfred S. Posamentier provides easily understandable, easily presentable and easily replicated tricks that one can do with mathematics"--

Games and projects introduce the number system, starting with place value and ending with the four operations--addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems in using visual clues.

Sir Cumference, Radius, and Sir Vertex search for Edgecalibur, the sword that King Arthur has hidden in a geometric solid.