- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Hippo; 1 edition (21 Jan 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0439012708
- ISBN-13: 978-0439012706
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 319,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts to statistics they don't teach at school. Readers will 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. Guarantee: this book contains absolutely no sums!
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How to deal with fractions and averages
All the bits that were too rude and badly behaved to get into "The Essential Arithmetricks" are in here! Yes, whether you're sharing a pizza with the most fanciable person you know, arguing over the bill, or even if you're just working out who you love the most, you need to know about fractions (the vulgar bits) and averages (the mean bits). Not only does this book tell you all about fractions, decimals, means, modes and medians, it tells you how to smash them all to bits with prime numbers. Of course you also get to catch up on One Finger Jimmy, Half Smile and their gang, you follow Pongo McWhiffy's desperate attempts to get off with the terribly lovely Veronica Gumfloss, you defeat Professor Fiendish and the one-legged-Bottigrubs and you save the Fastbuck sewage system from being overtaken by hairy mutant fish. Worst of all you'll meet the "Meanies" and find out why they chop bits of their fingers off and wear half a bra. Be warned though, because of the vulgar nature of fractions, this Murderous Maths book is probably the most murderous yet!
All the bits that were too rude and badly behaved to get into "The Essential Arithmetricks" are in here! Yes, whether you're sharing a pizza with the most fanciable person you know, arguing over the bill, or even if you're just working out who you love the most, you need to know about fractions (the vulgar bits) and averages (the mean bits). Not only does this book tell you all about fractions, decimals, means, modes and medians, it tells you how to smash them all to bits with prime numbers. Of course you also get to catch up on One Finger Jimmy, Half Smile and their gang, you follow Pongo McWhiffy's desperate attempts to get off with the terribly lovely Veronica Gumfloss, you defeat Professor Fiendish and the one-legged-Bottigrubs and you save the Fastbuck sewage system from being overtaken by hairy mutant fish. Worst of all you'll meet the "Meanies" and find out why they chop bits of their fingers off and wear half a bra. Be warned though, because of the vulgar nature of fractions, this Murderous Maths book is probably the most murderous yet!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
`Warning: this book contains some extremely vulgar fractions!',
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This review is from: The Mean and Vulgar Bits (Murderous Maths) (Paperback)
Each of the books in this series is dedicated to a particular branch of mathematics - in this case, we have fractions and averages.The colourful, humorous cover opens to 160 pages, split over 11 chapters:- You have been warned Very vulgar fractions Blinkin' awkward numbers The bug buster Brotherly love and the LCD The phantom sausage and the wrong button Deadly decimals All-out calculator warfare The mean bits The terrible test! Goodbye.....and don't forget to shut the book! written in a variety of fonts in the usual Kjartan Poskitt entertaining style, e.g.:- `If you've read a `Murderous Maths' book called `The Essential Arithmetricks', then you'll already know what vulgar bits are.........The vulgar bits were supposed to have had a few chapters to themselves in the aforementioned book, but they were so badly behaved that they were rounded up and herded off to this maximum security book.'......... Black and white illustrations/cartoons throughout. Maths as you have never seen it before!
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best yet!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Mean and Vulgar Bits (Murderous Maths) (Paperback)
This book is excellent, it tells you how to get rid of those nasty fractions and reduce them to almsot nothing, also giving you an excellent summary of all the averages (there are three!) this book will settle arguments to come for years!
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny and Educational!!!,
This review is from: The Mean and Vulgar Bits (Murderous Maths) (Paperback)
This is a humorous, educational and DOESN'T include boring old schoolwork when I say 'educational'. It simply wipes out all the boring old maths that deeps on droning stuff like eg.;the digit 1 is obviously included in 8,971 ... and it is amazing how that voice could go forever without stopping!The fun and interesting delight will thrill anyone who: Likes humour Wants to avoid their brainjuice squeezed right out of them in a tricky and complicated test or exam. Is ready to HAVE FUN!!! And that's about it! I do hope you enjoy reading this book!
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