Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts to probability they don't teach at school. Readers will learn why coins have no memory, and whether Urgum the Axeman is likely to lose his head and join Riverboat Lil and Brett Shuffler in a mathematical tangle with swamp snake.

 

This book is part of a book series called Murderous Maths .

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Scholastic .

Kjartan Poskitt has written over 80 books which have been translated into 30 languages. He is best known for writing the Murderous Maths series. Philip Reeve is a hugely talented author. He won the Carnegie Medal for Here Lies Arthur and is also the author of the Mortal Engines series, and Goblins which was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.