A day's adventure in math wonderland /
Akiyama, J.
A day's adventure in math wonderland / Jin Akiyama, Mari-Jo Ruiz ; illustrations by Frances Alcaraz - New Jersey : World Scientific, c2008 - 233 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233)
Math is fun? -- Fat triangles & flattened bagels -- Cool curves -- A roomful of right triangles -- Math in music -- Pachinko math -- GCF-LCM machine -- Baumkuchen, spaghetti & watermelon -- Automat(h) -- A slice of a cone -- Paper twists -- Fold and cut -- Jigsaws from tetrahedrons -- Single & double duty solids -- Reversible solids --All the way home
9789812814760 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9812814760 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9789812814753 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9812814752 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Mathematics--Study and teaching
Manipulatives (Education)
Mathematical models
Mathematics in literature
A day's adventure in math wonderland / Jin Akiyama, Mari-Jo Ruiz ; illustrations by Frances Alcaraz - New Jersey : World Scientific, c2008 - 233 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233)
Math is fun? -- Fat triangles & flattened bagels -- Cool curves -- A roomful of right triangles -- Math in music -- Pachinko math -- GCF-LCM machine -- Baumkuchen, spaghetti & watermelon -- Automat(h) -- A slice of a cone -- Paper twists -- Fold and cut -- Jigsaws from tetrahedrons -- Single & double duty solids -- Reversible solids --All the way home
9789812814760 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9812814760 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9789812814753 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9812814752 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Mathematics--Study and teaching
Manipulatives (Education)
Mathematical models
Mathematics in literature