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For All Practical Purposes: Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics
Lynn Steen, Consortium for Mathematics & Its Applica, and Solomon A. Garfunkel

interesting math applications
Importance: Stars-3-0
Topic: math
Level: advanced
You'll use it occasionally
0673459268 Functions, Statistics, and Trigonometry
Sharon L. Senk, Steven S. Viktora, Zalman Usiskin, Nils P. Ahbel, Virginia Highstone, David Witonsky, Rheta N. Rubenstein, James E. Schultz, Margaret Hackworth, and John W. McConnell

secondary math text
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: math
Level: secondary
You'll use it daily
1883672589 G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book
Schwartz David and Moss Marissa

entertainment with math terms
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: math
Level: middle school
You'll use it occasionally
0716743612 Geometry, Third Edition : Seeing, Doing, Understanding
Harold R Jacobs

a classic & contemporary geometry text
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: math
Level: secondary
You'll use it daily
0439598400 Grapes Of Math (bkshelf) (Scholastic Bookshelf)
Greg Tang and Harry Briggs

art and arithmetic patterns
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: math
Level: elementary
You'll use it weekly
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GridWorks (The Fun Game of Logical Deduction)
ThinkFun

Loving Logic
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: math
Level: middle school
You'll use it daily
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Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar Fractions Book
Jerry Pallotta and Rob Bolster

sweet way to learn about fractions
Importance: Stars-1-0
Topic: math
Level: elementary
You'll use it occasionally
0262062186 How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing
Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shriram Krishnamurthi

detailed guide to program design
Importance: Stars-2-0
Topic: math
Level: middle school
You'll use it weekly
069111966x How to Solve It : A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)
G. Polya

from the master problem solver himself
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: math
Level: advanced
You'll use it occasionally
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Introduction to Geometry
Richard Rusczyk

learn geometry through problem solving
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: math
Level: advanced
You'll use it daily