Puzzle & Game Books > Murderous Maths

Answers the student's favourite question: why do I need to learn this stuff? This title features illustrations that present the history of mathematics and famous mathematicians. It covers a range of maths topics, from algebra to geometry, charts and statistics.

Why nothing sometimes means something? Can you beat Professor Fiendish's foul formula? What can stop a hairy green spot epidemic? This work features tricks, tips and short-cuts.

This work offers an introduction to maths with the laughs added in! Why does a horse need hands? How many metres are there on the head of a pin? How dense are you? Find out in "Desperate Measures" - all the tricks, tips and short-cuts they don't teach at school.

Features maths with the laughs added in, alongwith tricks, tips and short-cuts.

Features maths with the laughs added in, alongwith tricks, tips and short-cuts.

Using a host of hilarious characters, this book presents various tricks, tips and shortcuts to statistics. It helps readers find out how fractions can save them from the toxic mutant fish of Fastbuck, what makes Pongo McWhiffy a mathematical freak, and travel to Planet Mean to discover how averages can be absolutely revolting.

Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts to shapes they don't teach at school. Readers will find out how to command respect throughout the entire Universe, learn why the US defence headquarters is a penagon, and discover the quickest way to get a naked Colonel back to his beach hut.

Using a host of characters, this work presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts to probability they don't teach at school. It helps readers 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.

Using a host of characters, this title presents the tricks, tips and shortcuts to maths. It helps readers learn how to encode and decode their own messages.

Why do people think Friday 13th is unlucky? How can you make a liar tell the truth? How many people in the world share your birthday? "Easy Questions, Evil Answers" provides the answers to all these questions and more. It's the perfect laugh-out-loud, boredom busting read for everyone who's ever wondered just how many footballs you can fit in a swimming pool and how long it takes to count to a million.