Alien Math
by Washington Tyler, MaryaFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-06-01
Publisher(s): Prufrock Pr
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Summary
Go shopping through an intergalactic mall...ride on a subterranean hover module...converse with creatures who know your every thought...and eat exotic food at an alien restaurant (if you can keep it from crawling away).
Author Biography
Nick Bollow (bottom right) is an eighth grader at Marshfield Junior High School Rita Berg (center) earned a B.S.E. in mathematics from Arkansas State University in 1980 and an M.S. in statistics from the University of Arkansas in 1982
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Why a Book About Number Bases? | p. viii |
| Does Alien Math Support The NCTM Standards? | p. ix |
| How To Use This Book | p. x |
| Starlog 1200: The Crash | p. 1 |
| Starlog 1300: The Challenge | p. 2 |
| Starlog 1400: Introduction to Base 6 | p. 4 |
| Starlog 1500: Converting Numbers from Base 10 to Base 6 and Back Again | p. 7 |
| Starlog 1600: Adding and Subtracting Numbers in Base 6 | p. 11 |
| Starlog 1700: Introduction to Base 2 (Binary) | p. 13 |
| Starlog 1800: Converting Numbers from Base 10 to Binary and Back Again | p. 17 |
| Starlog 1900: Practice Converting Numbers from Base 10 to Binary | p. 19 |
| Starlog 2000: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing in Binary | p. 22 |
| Starlog 2100: Exponents in Binary | p. 25 |
| Starlog 2200: Introduction to Base 16 (Hexadecimal) | p. 29 |
| Hexadecimal Multiplication Table | p. 32 |
| Starlog 2300: Multiplying and Dividing in Hexadecimal Using Binary Multiplication and Division | p. 33 |
| Starlog 2400: Dividing to Three Hexadecimal Places and Rounding in Hexadecimal | p. 36 |
| Starlog 2500: Multiplying and Dividing in Base 6 The Challenge Is Met, Finally Heading Home | p. 39 |
| Answer Key | p. 45 |
| Space Traveler's Training Manual | p. 79 |
| Starlog 1400 | p. 80 |
| Starlog 1500 | p. 82 |
| Starlog 1600 | p. 85 |
| Starlog 1700 & 1800 | p. 86 |
| Starlog 1900 | p. 88 |
| Starlog 2000 & 2100 | p. 90 |
| Starlog 2200 | p. 93 |
| Starlog 2300 & 2400 | p. 94 |
| Starlog 2500 | p. 96 |
| Training Manual Answer Key | p. 99 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 135 |
| About the Authors | p. 137 |
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