--- product_id: 175090890 title: "What's the Point of Math?" price: "NT$879" currency: TWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tw/products/175090890-whats-the-point-of-math store_origin: TW region: Taiwan --- # What's the Point of Math? **Price:** NT$879 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** What's the Point of Math? - **How much does it cost?** NT$879 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tw](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/175090890-whats-the-point-of-math) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Math makes the world go around. An educational book that will give you surprising answers to everyday math challenges. This book unpacks how math is an essential part of our everyday life in ways that you never thought of. Full of crazy facts, magic tricks, and mathematical brainteasers and beautiful illustrations show you that math is interesting, fun, and not intimidating at all! Ever wondered where math originated from? This fantastic educational book unpacks all the curious questions that your child has about math including intriguing historical stories that explore the often-surprising origins of math that we use in our daily lives. Learn about how the formation of number sequences began, to the origins of trigonometry, and find out how to become a trillionaire! Math in our daily lives is used in many things that might not even seem that obvious. Math Controls Just About Everything Inspire your children with numbers and help bring mathematical explanations to life with this engaging educational book. Expand their knowledge in the complexity of understanding math by using simple illustrative examples. To make these topics more exciting and impactful, the book is full of great puzzles, awesome games, and interesting facts that will break barriers in their understanding. "Try it out" examples give mathematical explanations that are simple and easy to grasp. What’s The Point Of Math? will not only change your child’s perception of numbers but give them the skills and understanding to apply the principles in their everyday life! This educational book explains the point of: - Numbers and counting - Shapes and measuring - Patterns and sequences - Probability and logic - Data and statistics Review: Unique - This book is fascinating for adults as well as children. I've never before seen anything like it, explaining what math is used for and great discoveries through the ages. The authors' efforts to strike a gender balance in what has historically been an almost entirely all-male field would be more successful if they looked to the more recent past, though, such as the enabling of artificial intelligence neural networks by the ImageNet picture database assembled in 2010 by Fei-Fei Li of Stanford University. Review: Makes Math Fun and Relatable – A Hit for My 7-Year-Old! - I bought this for my son, and it’s been a fantastic way to answer that age-old question: "Why do I need to learn this?" What's the Point of Math? does an incredible job of breaking down complex concepts into visual, easy-to-digest stories. It shows how math is used in everything from sports stats and architecture to space travel and everyday life. For a kid who loves baseball, seeing how numbers work in the real world has been a huge lightbulb moment. The illustrations are vibrant and the explanations are clear without being condescending. It’s transformed math from a school subject into a fascinating tool for understanding the world. Highly recommended for any curious young mind! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #37,463 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #157 in Children's General Study Aid Books #285 in Children's History #298 in Children's Math Books (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,674 Reviews | ## Images ![What's the Point of Math? - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81tVmH7kl-L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Unique *by P***A on February 23, 2026* This book is fascinating for adults as well as children. I've never before seen anything like it, explaining what math is used for and great discoveries through the ages. The authors' efforts to strike a gender balance in what has historically been an almost entirely all-male field would be more successful if they looked to the more recent past, though, such as the enabling of artificial intelligence neural networks by the ImageNet picture database assembled in 2010 by Fei-Fei Li of Stanford University. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Makes Math Fun and Relatable – A Hit for My 7-Year-Old! *by J***. on February 4, 2026* I bought this for my son, and it’s been a fantastic way to answer that age-old question: "Why do I need to learn this?" What's the Point of Math? does an incredible job of breaking down complex concepts into visual, easy-to-digest stories. It shows how math is used in everything from sports stats and architecture to space travel and everyday life. For a kid who loves baseball, seeing how numbers work in the real world has been a huge lightbulb moment. The illustrations are vibrant and the explanations are clear without being condescending. It’s transformed math from a school subject into a fascinating tool for understanding the world. Highly recommended for any curious young mind! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic read. *by N***K on November 15, 2025* Fantastic book and material. ## Frequently Bought Together - What's the Point of Math? (DK What's the Point of?) - What's the Point of Science? (DK What's the Point of?) - What's the Point of Philosophy? 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