Table of Contents
Introductions
Why I Wrote This Book-Eric 11
Why I Wrote This Book-Natalie 13
Math at Home 15
1 Heavy Toll 17
2 Roll of the Dice 19
3 Pancake Mix-up 21
4 In Hot Water 23
5 Flooring Them 25
6 Compounding His Interest 27
7 Setting the Date 29
8 Corralling the Problem 31
9 It's a Gas 33
10 Cover Up 35
11 Cereal Numbers 37
12 Toss-up 39
13 Seeing the Light 41
14 All Wound Up 43
15 Getting the Point 45
Math Outside 47
16 Raking their Brains 49
17 A Measured Response 51
18 Lawn Ranger 53
19 Tall Tale 55
20 Don't Fence Me In 57
21 Slow Boat 59
22 Stepping Up to the Challenge 61
23 Getting a Lift 63
24 Shoe on the Other Foot 65
25 The Hole Truth 67
26 In the Deep End 69
27 A Ton of Trouble 71
28 Go Take a Hike 73
29 Chute the Works 75
30 How Much Wood? 77
Math at Play 79
31 Jumping Through Hoops 81
32 Ace of Clubs 83
33 A Slice of Life 85
34 A Perfect 10 87
35 Cutting Corners 89
36 Net Result 91
37 Capture the Difference 93
38 Way to Go 95
39 Hit Parade 97
40 Miniature Math 99
41 Calling Long Distance 101
42 Luck of the Draw 103
43 Head Over Heels 105
44 Batter Up 107
45 Doing Swimmingly 109
Math Every Day 111
46 Rows and Columns 113
47 Sweet Solution 115
48 Driving Them Crazy 117
49 Cold-Blooded Calculation 119
50 Ups and Downs 121
51 Yuck Around the Clock 123
52 Mixing It Up 125
53 String Theory 127
54 Product Placement 129
55 Coupon Rate 131
56 Turning Up the Volume 133
57 Down to the Last Drop 135
58 A Fan of Keeping Cool 137
59 Overdue Blues 139
60 Paper Chase 141
Bonus Section: Five More Minutes of Mysterious Math! 143
1 Ice Cream, Anyone? 145
2 Puttin' on the Hits 147
3 And They Call This a Fair? 149
4 Cold as Ice 151
5 A Switch in Time 153
Discover One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With Science! 155
1 Pumpkin Patch 157
2 Stuck with the Mud 159
3 Freeze Fall 161
4 Left in the Dark 163
5 Occupational Hazards 165
Index 168
Photo and Illustration Credits 170
About the Authors 171
