Go on a real-life maths journey to practise the core topics of numbers, geometry, statistics, ratio & proportion, algebra and measurement. Through data visualisation methods, including colourful diagrams, pictograms, illustrations, photographs and infographics, Go Figure! brings maths into the real world in an innovative, exciting and engaging visual way. It makes even the trickiest problem easier to understand and builds valuable confidence in maths!Find out how the maths you learn at school can help you go on an adventure through the world of extreme sports!Maths challenges encourage you to use real data and fascinating facts to solve mathematical problems that will help you on your way!

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Go Figure .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Steve Mills and Hilary Koll are both full-time maths education writers and consultants. They have written many of the titles in previous Developing Numeracy series

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Mission 1: Skyrunning (calculating, comparing, ordering and data handling)
• 2: Mission 2: The skeleton (decimals)
• 3: Mission 3: Hang gliding (ratio and similar triangles)
• 4: Mission 4: Windsurfing (area and reading tables)
• 5: Mission 5: Ice climing (angle and scale drawings)
• 6: Mission 6: Mogul skiing (percentages)
• 7: Mission 7: Motocross (circles and Pi)
• 8: Mission 8: Caving (coordinates, 2D and 3D shapes)
• 9: Mission 9: BASE jumping (trigonometrical ratios)
• 10: Mission 10: Slacklining (measurement conversions)
• 11: Mission 11: Snowboarding (mean, median and mode averages)
• 12: Mission 12: Wakeboarding (speed and angle)
• 13: Answers to maths challenges
• 14: Glossary and Index