Numbers / Joseph Midthun, Samuel Hiti. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. - Building blocks of mathematics .

Includes index.

What are numbers? -- Early counting methods -- Number words -- Early number systems -- Roman numerals -- Hindu-arabic numerals -- Place value -- The invention of zero -- Why study numbers?

"A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the history of numbers and number systems"--

5-11

9780716614364 (hdbk.) 9780716614777 (pbk.)

2012031038


Number concept--Juvenile literature.
Numbers, Natural--Juvenile literature.
Number concept--Comic books, strips, etc.
Numbers, Natural--Comic books, strips, etc.

R 512.7 M629 2013