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Introducing an off-beat guide to math from award-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay.

Math is all around you...if you look closely enough! From computer games to bridges, shopping malls to game shows, mathematics truly is everywhere. David Macauleys terrific troupe of curious mammoths will lead you through the basics of math, including numbers, calculation, geometry, measurement and so much more in this highly original guide to math for kids aged 8+.

In Mammoth Math, not only will you learn the essential principles of math, youll enjoy learning about them too! From start to finish, the mammoths are your guide as they seek to understand the math!

These intrepid demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain, as they wrestle with adding or subtracting numbers, measuring angles, creating a pie chart, solving equations, and much more.

Observing and recording the mammoths behavior is best-selling illustrator David Macaulay. Renowned for his ability to explain complex ideas with simple genius, Macaulay captures the oddball humor of his subject matter, making Mammoth Math the perfect introduction to math for young learners to love.

Discover math as youve never known it before, with:

Fun-filled illustrations show Macaulays mammoths exploring mathematical ideas demonstrating key mathematical principles in unusual and amusing ways.
An action-packed alternative to dry, unappealing math textbooks.
Supporting panels contain diagrams and extra information to aid understanding.
The book is divided into chapters, each focusing on a different branch of math

The ideal math book for all children aged 8+ as well as for reluctant math learners who dont think math is for them, Mammoth Math includes a highly original and unique approach to the subject, with over 60 topics covered in total, including numbers geometry, measurement and operations. Encompassing all-new illustrations featuring Macaulays trademark mammoths, familiar to readers of The Way Things Work - a best-selling book of David Macaulays, which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide!

Join the math journey today! Solving the problem is only one mammoth ride away!

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Mammoth Math David Mac aulay wi th a li ttle he lp from some e lephan t - photo 1

Mammoth

Math

David Mac aulay

(wi th a li ttle he lp from some e lephan t shrews)

Mammoth

Math

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Senior Editor Je nny Sich Senior Art Editor Stefan Po dhorodecki Senior US Editor Megan Douglass Editors Michelle Crane, Sam Ke nnedy , Ro na Skene Designer Kit Lane Senior Jack et Designer Suhita Dharamjit DTP Designer Rakesh Ku mar Senior Jack ets Coor dinator Priyanka Sharm a-Saddi Jacke t Design Development Manag er Sophia MTT Production Editor Gillian R eid Production Contr oller Sian Cheung Managing Editor Fr ancesca Baines Managing Art Editor Philip Letsu Publisher Andrew Macintyre Art Director Karen Self Associate Publishing Dir ector Liz Wheeler Publishing Dire ctor Jo nathan Metcalf Te xt by Ro na Skene Consultant Branka Surla With thanks to Elizabeth Wi se for the index; Haz el Beyno n for proofr eading; Carro n Brown, Elizabeth Dav ey , Ashwin Khurana, and Vi cky Richards f or additional text and editing First American Edition, 2022 Published in the United States b y DK Publishing 1450 Broadwa y , Suite 801, New Y o rk, NY 10018 Artwork cop yright 2022 Dav id Macaulay Te xt and design copy right 2022 Dorling Kindersle y Limited DK, a Division of Pe nguin Random House LLC 22 23 24 25 26 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001324983J uly/2022 All rights reserve d. With out limiting the rights under the copy right reserve d abov e, n o part of this publication ma y be repr oduced, stor ed in or intro duced into a retrieval s ystem, or transmitted, in any f orm , or by any means (electronic, mec hanical, photocop ying , r ecording , o r otherwise), without the prior written per mission of the cop yright o wner . Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersle y Limited A catalog recor d for this book is av ailable fr om the Library of Congress. ISBN: 978-0-7440-5611-2 Printed and bound in China For t he cur io us www. dk.com This book was made with F o rest Stewardship Council certied paperone small step in DKs commitment to a sustainabl e future. Fo r more inform ation go to www . dk.com/our-gre en-pledge

Count on it Keep ing count Ta llying to keep count Number symbols Place value - photo 6

Count on it! Keep ing count Ta llying to keep count Number symbols Place value Zero Negative numbers Innity Number know-how Ordering numbers Estimating R ounding Addition Subtraction Number bonds Multiplication Division Fac tors Equations F ractions T ypes of fractions Decimals Per centages Ratio Scaling Puzzling patterns and s uper sequences Sequences Prime numbers Square numbers Cube numbers Fibonacci sequence Magic shapes Pasca ls triangle Codes Maps, maneuvers, a nd movement s Angles T ypes of ang le Symmetry Tra nsform ations Maps Map scales Using a compass Amazing mazes Stupendous shapes Lines 2D shapes Tri angles Measuring a mammoth Tri angle test Quadrilaterals Circles 3D shapes Making 3D shapes Pol yhedrons Impossible shapes How much? How big? H ow long? Length Area V olume Speed W eight and mass Te lling time Te mperature Discoverin g data Gathering data Data handling Ve nn diagrams Aver ages Probability Ref erence Glossary Index Solutions

Contents

Count

on it!

Keeping count

Being a ble t o cou nt is esse ntial fo r everyt hing fro m telli ng the time to k eeping score at a s occer m atch. B efore p eople h ad writing o r nu mber sys tems (se e pages 1213), t hey h ad to count in t heir he ads (and with what ever t hey h ad aro und to help them). The ma mmoth and elephan t shrews a re d emonstrating t he dif ficulties of counting their fa v orite fruit this way , using only bits of their bodies. Using fingers and t oes Fingers (or mammoth toes) are conve nient things to help keep track of numbers less than 10. The shrew wor ks his way from toe to toe, touching one for eac h apple, counting 8 in total. Count ing in t ens Our number syst em is based on count ing things in groups of 10 probably because count ing on ngers and thumbs is so handy .

You can count on a mammot h If you h ave no words or symbols f or numbers - photo 10

You can count on a mammot h If you h ave no words or symbols f or numbers , bodies can be useful for helping to count. To uching ngers or other bits of the body as y ou count helps y ou kee p track. Y ou can also hold ngers up to tell someone else how many of something yo u hav e. Counting without c ounting Sometimes we know how many things there are without hav ing to count them. Wi th a small group of things, w e can often tell how many there are just b y loo king . This amazing skill we all ha v e is called subitizing . Most of us can easily do this with groups of up to ve . An d we use it for lar ger numbers , by seeing smaller groups and adding them together . Can yo u see how many pies ther e are here , wit hout counting them? Counting beyo nd 10 If you n eed to count numbers larger than 10, y ou could add more body parts . The mammoth has tried to count a lot of apples like this and got into a m uddle . Maybe tallying (see pages 1011) would w ork bett er? Too many apples Wit h this many ob j ects to keep tra ck of , count ing on body part s ca n be trick y. Eigh t toe s, eigh t apples Fo r each apple, the shrew ta ps a mammo th t oe. Body work Y ou coul d assi gn numbers to as many body part s as you want as long as you can remember what th ey all sta nd for .

Tallying to

keep count

Counting o n fing ers, t oes, o r othe r body parts is fine, as long yo uv e got a good enough memor y to keep track of what yo uv e c ounted. Keep ing a written rec ord i s often a m uch b etter i dea. T a llying i s making a stro ke or scrat ch m ark f or e ach t hing yo ure c ounting, such a s eve ry tim e the sun rises or h ow ma ny m ammoths t here are i n the herd . Tall y ho! When yo ure cou nting a herd in a hurry , the simplest way is to make one straight line for eac h mammoth. But all those marks soon add up and become har d to keep track ofimagine how long it would take to count all the mar ks to get to 100! It s quicker to make groups of marks, and count the groups instead. Making your mark Each ver tica l line represen ts one mammo th. The e lephan t shrew draws a line for ea ch mammo th tha t goes past. Chinese symbol means true or correct Making tally ing easier Ta lly marks ar e still useful today , especially to count things that are moving quicklylike trac for example. Grouping the mar ks means you ca n count groups instead of individual marks , whic h is quicker and easier . There are dier ent ways of tallyingall these examples show groups of ve mar ks. T he rst makes a simple gate shape . Th e second builds into a Chinese c haracter . The last method makes a square with a diagonal line through it.

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