A brand new strand for Developing Mathematics: the best-selling library of photocopiable teaching resources. Written specifically to support the government's new Primary Framework for Mathematics it features completely new activities a fresh modern design both inside & out & comes with a CD that contains all the activity sheets in a customisable format. Using our unique software supplied on the CD-ROM teachers can effortlessly adapt the activities to make them more challenging or to create further exercises for children who need a bit more practice. New text & images can be easily imported & saved without fear of corrupting the original files & teachers can print out as many copies as they wish. ...

Did you now that the Hundred Years War actually lasted 116 years? Do you know what decimoctoseptology is? Or what the numbers in a Fibonacci sequence are? Or how to calculate your Erdos-Bacon number? Number fanatic Derrick Niederman has a mission
- to bring numbers to life. In Number Freak he explores the unique properties of the most fascinating numbers from 1 to 200 wherever they may crop up: from mathematics to sport from history to the natural world from language to pop culture. Packed with illustrations amusing facts puzzles brainteasers & anecdotes Number Freak is an enthralling & thought-provoking numerical voyage through the history of mathematics investigating problems of logic geometry & arithmetic along the way. Entertaining & accessible it is a must for trivia addicts maths-lovers & number-philes alike.
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From the author of ' The Music of the Primes' & ' Finding Moonshine' comes a short lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved
- & on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths. Every time we download a song from Itunes take a flight across the Atlantic or talk on our mobile phones we are relying on great mathematical inventions. Maths may fail to provide answers to various of its own problems but it can provide answers to problems that don't seem to be its own
- how prime numbers are the key to Real Madrid's success to secrets on the Internet & to the survival of insects in the forests of North America. In ' The Number Mysteries' Marcus du Sautoy explains how to fake a Jackson Pollock; how to work out whether or not the universe has a hole in the middle of it; how to make the world's roundest football. He shows us how to see shapes in four

Dimensions
- & how maths makes you a better gambler. He tells us about the quest to predict the future
- from the flight of asteroids to an impending storm from bending a ball like Beckham to predicting population growth. It's a book to dip in to; a book to challenge & puzzle
- & a book that gives us answers.






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In Nazi-occupied Denmark ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. Winner of the Newbery Medal newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range. They plan to arrest all the Danish Jews. They plan to take them away. & we have been told that they may come tonight." It is 1943 & life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for Annemarie. There are food shortages & curfews & soldiers on every corner. But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend Ellen as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign. With Ellens life in danger Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape. Inspired by true events of the Second World War this gripping novel brings the past vividly to life for todays readers." ...

Since her mother's death fifteen-year-old Jem has kept a secret. When her eyes meet someone else's a number pops into her head the date on which they will die. Knowing that nothing lasts forver Jem avoids relationships but when she meets a boy called Spider & they plan a day out together her life takes a new twist & turn. Waiting for the London Eye she sees everyone in the queue has the same number
- something terrible is going to happen.
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Like his mother Jem when he looks in people's eyes Adam can see the dates of their deaths. It's hard enough living with this terrible gift but life is about to get tougher. Adam sees that everyone around him has the same date
- January 2027. Something huge is going to happen. Something bad. But what is it? & what can he do about it?
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Post-Chaos 2029. Adam Sarah & Mia are living together struggling with the fame of seeing numbers
- the dates when people will die.
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The Numbers Game by Chris Anderson & David Sally reveals football's astonishing hidden rules. Football has always been a numbers game: 4-4-2 the big number 9 & 3 points for a win. But what if up until now we've been focusing on the wrong numbers? What if the numbers that really matter the ones that hold the key to winning matches are actually 2.66 53.4 50/50 & 0 > 1? What if managers only make a 15 per cent difference? What if Chelsea should have bought Darren Bent? In this incisive myth-busting book Chris Anderson former goalkeeper turned football statistics guru & David Sally former baseball pitcher turned behavioural economist show that every shred of knowledge we can gather can help us to love football & understand it even more. You'll discover why stopping a goal is more valuable than scoring one why corners should be taken short & why it is better to improve your worst player than to buy a superstar. You'll never play or watch a game of football in quite the same way again. The Numbers Game is essential reading for football fans everywhere & will also appeal to readers who loved Moneyball & Freakonomics. At 17 Chris Anderson found himself playing in goal for a fourth division club in West Germany; today he's a professor in the Ivy League at Cornell University in Ithaca New York. An award winning social scientist & football analytics pioneer Anderson consults with leading clubs about how best to play the numbers game. David Sally is a former baseball pitcher & a professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in the US where he analyses the strategies & tactics people use when they play compete negotiate & make decisions. He is an adviser to clubs & other organizations in the global football industry. ...

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How to pass numerical reasoning tests is a fantastic 176 page guide that provides the reader with a wealth of sample test questions answers & explanations. The guide has been designed for anyone who is serious about passing numerical reasoning tests with high grades. It contains lots of sample test questions & essential tips on how to answer the questions. The author of this comprehensive guide David Isaacs is a masters degree qualified mathematician who has achieved the highest grades possible in GCSE A Level & Masters Degree level Mathematics. Contents of this book include:
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