A fantastic guide to how Maths applies to everyday life!

What is the most perfect sphere known in nature? What is pi? Why were the Great Pyramids built in that shape? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this book about the shapes that are all around us. Once you've read all about shapes, have a go at the fun quizzes which test your knowledge.

The book is part of the Maths is Everywhere series, which demystifies all aspects of maths and shows how it relates to your everyday world with fun, colourful graphics. These are fantastic books for children aged nine plus who are studying maths, or for anyone who wants to get to grips with maths in a fun way.

This book is part of a book series called Maths Is Everywhere .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

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

Rob Colson is an author and editor of a wide range of books for children and adults, including many natural history, maths and science titles. His previous titles as author include Ultimate Cars, Ultimate Machines (Wayland); Super Science (Franklin Watts); Bone Collection: Animals (Scholastic), and Puzzles, Conundrums and Enigmas (Parragon).

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Flat shapes
• 1: Shapes around us
• 1: Triangles
• 1: Triangles around us
• 1: Transformations
• 1: Tiling
• 1: Circles and ellipses
• 1: Solids
• 1: Unfolding solids
• 1: Prisms
• 1: Pyramids
• 1: Spheres
• 1: Cylinders and cones
• 1: Size matters
• 1: Quiz
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Index and answers