Math Girls Talk about Integers

Math Girls Talk About Integers introduces students to a variety of fun and informative topics in discrete math including curious features of the prime numbers tricks for checking for multiples of 3 and 9 (and why those tricks work!) using division remainders to solve some unusual problems and an in-depth look at proof by mathematical induction. These topics are introduced through conversations between the characters from Math Girls offering a fun way to learn this serious content. Each chapter comes with review problems and answers and an appendix gives more challenging open-ended problems for readers wanting to push the limits of their understanding.