Year in Numbers: 365 Astonishing Maths Facts

Did you know:
-Only around 100 people have ever lived beyond a million hours (that’s about 114 years)
-Around 7% of everyone who has ever lived is currently alive
-The ’12 days of Christmas’ song, when sung in full, results in 364 gifts being given – one for every day… except Christmas


Broken down into 12 chapters that correspond roughly to months of the year – from going ‘back toschool’ with arithmetic and times tables through prime numbers and all the way to the 12 Days of Chris-maths, this book features a collection of 365 fascinating numerical nuggets’,accompanied by clear, bite-size explanations of the mathematics that underpin them.

Format: Hardback
Pages: 352
Imprint: Atlantic Books UK
Publication date: 23/01/2024