Math Hacks for Scratch

Unlock the Power of Math with Scratch Programming

Michael Mays (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2024
No Starch Press,US (Verlag)
978-1-7185-0338-0 (ISBN)

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If you're a student looking for project ideas to practice your math and coding skills, or a Scratch enthusiast just looking for something different, this is the book for you! Scratch is mainly used to learn programming and design computer games, but it has plenty of other useful applications - like solving maths problems. This book reveals the block-based coding system's mathematical superpowers, guiding you through over 20 hands-on projects that investigate a variety of interesting numerical puzzles. You'll quickly find that core math concepts, like number representations, divisibility, and cryptography, are fun to code using Scratch. In addition to learning how to hack Scratch to get it to work with numbers in unusual ways, you'll discover efficient algorithms for making time-consuming computations a snap. Along the way, you'll see how the right mathematical or programming trick can simplify a seemingly complex task, as you think through bonus coding challenges that further promote independent experimentation while improving both your math and programming skills.

Michael Mays has a PhD in mathematics from Penn State University. His teaching career at West Virginia University spanned 40 years, including roles as director of the Institute for Math Learning and chair of the Department of Statistics. His innovative approach to math education has earned him recognition as an Eberly Teaching Professor.

Introduction
Chapter 1: What Computers Think About Numbers
Chapter 2: Exploring Divisibility and Primes
Chapter 3: Splitting Numbers With Priem Factorization
Chapter 4: Finding Patterns in Sequences
Chapter 5: From Sequences to Arrays
Chapter 6: Making Codes, and Cracking Them Too
Chapter 7: Experiments in Counting
Chapter 8: Three Helpings of Pi
Chapter 9: What Next?
Appendix: Programming Challenge Hints

Erscheinungsdatum	14.11.2024
Verlagsort	San Francisco
Sprache	englisch
Maße	177 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
ISBN-10	1-7185-0338-5 / 1718503385
ISBN-13	978-1-7185-0338-0 / 9781718503380
Zustand	Neuware