Murderous Maths

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If I could get them to put the books down I know they would say, "Thanks for making learning so much fun!" Or, more likely, "Dude, your books are funny." Either way it means the same thing! Extremely rare picture of Kjartan Poskitt and Philip Reeve both smiling because they each think the other one is about to pay the restaurant bill. Triangle Numbers: MM2 123-130, KEY 54-56, PSAUS 17-18, 21, 89, MMoE 18, The link between Squared Triangle and Cube Numbers, KEY 64-65 If you've seen one of Kjartan's sessions, these are some of the resource sheets he uses so you can print out further copies. AGATHA PARROT, BORGON THE AXEBOY, HOUDINI, plus the novels, the biogs, the puzzle books, the picture books, the stage shows and all the rest since 1989!

If you don't want to measure everything out yourself, you can just print off the triflexagon template. Presented in a question and answer format, lots of key maths topics are demonstrated in use including: Mastrelli Maths Online Tutoring Services Paul and Giles Mastrelli's online home-tutoring sessions are the perfect boost for KS1, KS2 and KS3 children. With over 10 years of classroom experience, they combine learning with fun, all online at a time to suit you. Guaranteed to Mash your Mind (previously More Murderous Maths), ISBN 0-439-01153-1 (the monomino, domino, tromino, tetromino, pentomino, hexomino and heptomino, length area and volume, dimensions, measuring areas and volumes, basic rectangle and triangle formulas, speed, conversion of units, Möbius strip, Pythagoras, right-angled triangles, irrational numbers, pi, area and perimeter, bisecting angles, triangular numbers, topology networks, magic squares.) Question: If the probability of throwing a dart and hitting the bullseye wearing a blindfold = 0.0025Desperate Measures (previously Desperate Measures: Length, Area and Volume), ISBN 0-439-01370-4 (measuring lines: units and accuracy, old measuring systems, the development of metric, the SI system and powers of ten, shapes, measuring areas and area formulas, weight, angles, measuring volume, Archimedes Principle, density, time and how the modern calendar developed.) All Shapes and Sizes is an abridged version of "Savage Shapes" and also includes sections from Desperate Measures and other MM titles. If you understand algebra, (and you've read The Phantom X ) then you'll know that all prime numbers can be written as (6n+1) or (6n-1).

CIRCLES: ASAS 49-57, SAVSH 100-120, PSAUS 152-157, The Names of Bits of Circles Quiz, How to find the centre of a circle using a book, How to make a Circle into a Square The Mean & Vulgar Bits (previously The Mean & Vulgar Bits: Fractions and Averages), ISBN 0-439-01270-8 (fractions, converting improper and mixed fractions, adding subtracting multiplying and dividing fractions, primes and prime factors, reducing fractions, highest common factor and lowest common denominators, Egyptian fractions, comparing fractions, cancelling out fractions, converting fractions to decimals, decimal place system, percentages: increase and decrease, averages: mean mode and median.) Easy Questions, Evil Answers, ISBN 1-407-11451-4 (formulas, working out square roots by hand, π, Pythagoras, paradoxes, problem solving, metric prefixes, large numbers, vectors.) The Four Colour Map Theorem The maths problem that simply involves colouring in - and could make you famous! Find how to make your birthday last twice as long, how prime numbers can stop you from being eaten and build a pile of pennies higher than the sun!Diagonals: PSAUS rectangle 10, 13, polygons 123, 124, cuboids 144, Diagonals of Polygons (with proof) What was the Pantasuarus? How did God punish the serpent in the Garden of Eden? What did spies use to send secret messages in World War Two? Visit the Eighth Wonder of the World and learn about the dreadful curse of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Parpunsnuiffet's wedding pants. Here are the instructions to draw the diagram pictured on the right. (Photo taken at the North East Maths Fair June 2001)

Since Murderous Maths was first launched by Scholastic UK in 1997, we've been delighted to get messages from all over the world. Recently we've heard from a lot of Chinese readers and we have really enjoyed seeing all these covers with simplified Chinese text!A Murderous Maths fan called OBAID pointed out that if you square ANY prime number bigger then 3, then subtract 1, the answer always divides by 24! Your pencil line should be on the outside of the fold when you've finished and you should end up with a shape like this: mega prime numbers. You can find how this works in The Secret Life of Codes. There's even a VERY simple prime code in the

Archimedes: BBB 29-40, principle DMEAS 135-144, MM1 10, DMEAS 150-157, sphere formula PSAUS 167-170 Teachers and homeschoolers might be interested in the guide to the maths in the mm books otherwise try the teacher resources or our A-Z guide. The Murderous Maths books have been published in over 25 countries. The books, which are aimed at children aged 8 and above, teach maths, spanning from basic arithmetic to relatively complex concepts such as the quadratic formula and trigonometry. The books are written in an informal similar style to the Horrible Histories, Horrible Science and Horrible Geography series, involving evil geniuses, gangsters, and a generally comedic tone. Square Roots: EQEA 18-22, How to work out Square Roots without a calculator, square root of i The Research LabResources (including past papers and revision notes) prepared by qualified teachers to help students studying for A Level, GCSE, IGCSE and IB exams. How a Vintage Synthesiser works! Kjartan Poskitt gives a detailed demo of what happens inside a 1970's keyboard.