Do you feel lucky? / Kjartan Poskitt, illustrated by Philip Reeve.
By: Poskitt, Kjartan.
Contributor(s): Reeve, Philip [illustrator.].
Series: Murderous maths.London, UK : Scholastic, ©2010Description: 176 pages : illustration ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781407107127 (pbk); 1407107127.Subject(s): Probabilities -- Juvenile literature | Mathematical recreations-- Children's non-fiction | Mathematical statistics -- Children's non-fiction | Probabilities -- Juvenile humourDDC classification: 372.79 P84 2010 Summary: 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.Summary: In Do you feel Lucky? readers will discover why coins have no memory, whether Urgum the Axeman is likely to lose his head and join Riverboat Lil and Brett Shuffler in a mathematical tangle with swamp snake. Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts to probability they don't teach at school.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Grade School Library General Circulation Section | GC | GC 372.79 P84 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | GS000509 |
Originally published in 2001.
From cover : "It's maths with the laughs added in! A humorous look at how maths can predict the likelihood of something happening." -- cover.
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.
In Do you feel Lucky? readers will discover why coins have no memory, whether Urgum the Axeman is likely to lose his head and join Riverboat Lil and Brett Shuffler in a mathematical tangle with swamp snake. Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts to probability they don't teach at school.
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