numeration

An assortment of interesting facts about numbers including a history of counting systems, how numbers began to be written down, the development of the concept of zero, the measurement of time and distance, and problem solving with numbers and electronic calculators.

Presents a collection of one hundred poems that follow a school year to the hundredth day, each featuring the number one hundred.

Describes the evolution of counting and the many ways to count and write numbers.

An illustrated alphabet book that contains twenty-six different ways to use numbers.

With a mixture of facts, experiments, and tricks, shows how we can measure the speed of light, fly to the moon, or buy things in a shop with only ten numbers.

Explains the development of our system of numbers, place value, and why numbers are used.

Describes how finger counting is used for communication of price and quantity in an African market place.

Introduces counting and number systems by showing mathematical relationships in nature.