How likely is it that you could learn to love maths?

What are the chances of your boring maths class being cancelled today?

How about winning the lottery tomorrow or going on a school trip to the Bahamas?

What are the chances of:

• tossing a coin ten times and always getting "heads"
• a pigeon splattering you at the station
• winning the lottery
• throwing 3 doubles and going to jail in Monopoly?
• a monkey typing this book?

Don’t fancy your chances?

Well, if probability puts you in a panic, this is the Murderous Maths book for you! See why coins have no memory! Find out whether Urgum the Axeman is likely to lose his head! Join Riverboat Lil and Brett Shuffler in a mathematical tangle with swamp snakes! Chances are, you’ll love it!

Discover all the secrets of being lucky or unlucky including what factorials are and the amazing Pascal's triangle.

We also help the terribly lovely Veronica Gumfloss sort out her boyfriend selection, we find out how many ways there are to eat the Friday Special at The Ravenous Rajah, we see the Great Rhun of Jepatti play a really mean trick, and see why Weasel and Chainsaw end up doing the dishes.