How long does it take to read Murderous Maths?
Murderous Maths by Kjartan Poskitt takes about 2 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 38 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 144 pages, about 39,600 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
First you learned to count. Wasn't that exciting? Then you found out how to do sums. Gosh! Now get ready for Murderous Maths! It really is dead funny, dead interesting and, best of all, it's got NO NASTY EXERCISES AND NO BORING SUMS! In this dangerously different guide you'll meet One Finger Jimmy, Chainsaw Charlie and their ghastly gangster friends, who are living proof that maths really can be murderous. Find out how maths could help you rescue someone in deadly peril ,how not to shoot yourself with a cannon, and meet some famous mathematicians who were really hard (and even some who were murdered). If you want to be in the know, get The Knowledge!
Subjects: Mathematics, Juvenile humor, Miscellanea, Wit and humor, Mathematical recreations, Mathematics, miscellanea
