A fantastic guide to how Maths applies to everyday life!

Numbers are all around us but why are they important? This book finds out what numbers are, from how we count them, to what are prime and base numbers and takes you upto the really big ones - millions, billions and to infinity and beyond. You'll also explore some really strange numbers, find out about your body in numbers and get to grips with roman numerals. Plus, there are fun quizzes to help you 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 has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

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: A history of counting
• 1: Numbers that come naturally
• 1: Zero
• 1: Getting negative
• 1: Making bases
• 1: Taking powers
• 1: Big numbers
• 1: Really big numbers
• 1: Infinity
• 1: Numbers going bang!
• 1: Strange numbers
• 1: Your body in numbers
• 1: Quiz
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Index
• 1: Answers