The Numbers Race
This upbeat and accessible picture book biography makes math fun with the true story of record-breaking Indian mathematician Shakuntala Devi taking on the worldâs toughest math problems.
Little Shakuntala loved to race all over her small town, against her siblings and cousinsâand even chickens! But she wasnât just speedy on her feet. She raced against numbers in her mind. Shakuntala would count up all the animals at her fatherâs circus, multiply the times her mother flipped the dough for dosas, and solve her older brotherâs long division in her head!
As she grew up, Shakuntala zipped all around the world performing her mathematic magic, racing against professors, the clockâand even a computer! This fast-paced true story celebrates women and girls in STEM and makes solving math problems become the most amazing race youâve ever watched.
The Numbers Race is an exciting tribute to Shakuntala Devi's extraordinary talent and a delightful inspiration for young readers to embrace the wonders of maths.
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This upbeat and accessible picture book biography makes math fun with the true story of record-breaking Indian mathematician Shakuntala Devi taking on the worldâs toughest math problems.
Little Shakuntala loved to race all over her small town, against her siblings and cousinsâand even chickens! But she wasnât just speedy on her feet. She raced against numbers in her mind. Shakuntala would count up all the animals at her fatherâs circus, multiply the times her mother flipped the dough for dosas, and solve her older brotherâs long division in her head!
As she grew up, Shakuntala zipped all around the world performing her mathematic magic, racing against professors, the clockâand even a computer! This fast-paced true story celebrates women and girls in STEM and makes solving math problems become the most amazing race youâve ever watched.
The Numbers Race is an exciting tribute to Shakuntala Devi's extraordinary talent and a delightful inspiration for young readers to embrace the wonders of maths.
