A fantastic guide to how Maths applies to everyday life!

What are statistics and how are they used? What is the golden ratio? This book explores the maths of probability and statistics and shows how it relates to the everyday world with fantastic appealing visuals.

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 .

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: Luck of the draw
• 1: Out of 100
• 1: Rolling the dice
• 1: How to win the lottery
• 1: Coins and cards
• 1: Taking an average
• 1: Not what it seems
• 1: How to mislead with statistics
• 1: Ratios
• 1: The golden ratio
• 1: Showing your final results
• 1: How to run a fair election
• 1: Quiz
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Index and Answers