Awesome arithmetricks /
Kjartan Poskitt ; [illustrated by Daniel Postgate and Philip Reeve].
- 176 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Murderous maths .
- Murderous maths. .
Originally published as The essential arithmetricks: Originally published as The essential arithmetricks: London: Hippo, 1999. "It's maths with the laughs added in!" -- cover.
Murderous Maths has been given a gorgeous new cover look! Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts they don't teach at school. Readers must pit their wits against Professor Fiendish in the Foul Formula Challenge and Chainsaw Charlie and his gruesome gang discover that even the simplest maths can be murderous. A humourous look at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and their uses. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.