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4-6
Math Everywhere! series.
Challenging multi-step word problems center on practical topics--fitness, gardening, money, weather--with scenarios and questions that are livelier than typical word-problem fare. Hints offer formulas, unit conversions, and suggestions for rounding, but more substantive problem-solving strategies are not suggested or demonstrated. Well-chosen stock photos are included, and detailed answers are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Math Everywhere! titles: Fitness Math, Garden Math, Money Math, and Weather Math.
(4)
4-6
Math Everywhere! series.
Challenging multi-step word problems center on practical topics--fitness, gardening, money, weather--with scenarios and questions that are livelier than typical word-problem fare. Hints offer formulas, unit conversions, and suggestions for rounding, but more substantive problem-solving strategies are not suggested or demonstrated. Well-chosen stock photos are included, and detailed answers are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Math Everywhere! titles: Fitness Math, Garden Math, Money Math, and Weather Math.
(4)
4-6
Math Everywhere! series.
Challenging multi-step word problems center on practical topics--fitness, gardening, money, weather--with scenarios and questions that are livelier than typical word-problem fare. Hints offer formulas, unit conversions, and suggestions for rounding, but more substantive problem-solving strategies are not suggested or demonstrated. Well-chosen stock photos are included, and detailed answers are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Math Everywhere! titles: Fitness Math, Garden Math, Money Math, and Weather Math.
(4)
4-6
Math Everywhere! series.
Challenging multi-step word problems center on practical topics--fitness, gardening, money, weather--with scenarios and questions that are livelier than typical word-problem fare. Hints offer formulas, unit conversions, and suggestions for rounding, but more substantive problem-solving strategies are not suggested or demonstrated. Well-chosen stock photos are included, and detailed answers are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Math Everywhere! titles: Fitness Math, Garden Math, Money Math, and Weather Math.
32 pp.
| Chronicle
| August, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4521-1248-0$16.99
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K-3
Illustrated by
Simona Mulazzani.
The Latin American almendro tree hosts thousands of living creatures, including the endangered great green macaw. In this book, one tree provides habitat for two macaws, four toucans, eight howler monkeys, and so on to 1,024 leaf-cutter ants, all illustrated in lush acrylics. Concise information is provided about each species, while mini-creature visuals represent the progressively doubled numbers. Rainforest-ecology-themed math problems are included. Reading list.
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Jim Paillot.
Lively word problems are leveled for "wee ones," "little kids," and "big kids," with additional "bonus" challenges. The wording of questions is occasionally awkward, and the topics are quite the hodgepodge. That said, Overdeck's third Bedtime Math book, like the others, does the trick: it makes math fun. Cartoonlike illustrations, answers, and problem-solving details are included.
(4)
4-6
Math Everywhere! series.
Challenging multi-step word problems center on everyday activities: shopping, traveling, sports, and cooking. The scenarios and questions are livelier than typical word-problem fare. However, other than definitions of formulas and suggestions for rounding, no problem-solving strategies are suggested or demonstrated. Well-chosen stock photos are included, and detailed answers are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Math Everywhere! titles: Ball Game Math, Kitchen Math, Math on the Move, and Shopping Trip Math.
(4)
4-6
Math Everywhere! series.
Challenging multi-step word problems center on everyday activities: shopping, traveling, sports, and cooking. The scenarios and questions are livelier than typical word-problem fare. However, other than definitions of formulas and suggestions for rounding, no problem-solving strategies are suggested or demonstrated. Well-chosen stock photos are included, and detailed answers are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Math Everywhere! titles: Ball Game Math, Kitchen Math, Math on the Move, and Shopping Trip Math.
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4-6
Math Everywhere! series.
Challenging multi-step word problems center on everyday activities: shopping, traveling, sports, and cooking. The scenarios and questions are livelier than typical word-problem fare. However, other than definitions of formulas and suggestions for rounding, no problem-solving strategies are suggested or demonstrated. Well-chosen stock photos are included, and detailed answers are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Math Everywhere! titles: Ball Game Math, Kitchen Math, Math on the Move, and Shopping Trip Math.
(4)
4-6
Math Everywhere! series.
Challenging multi-step word problems center on everyday activities: shopping, traveling, sports, and cooking. The scenarios and questions are livelier than typical word-problem fare. However, other than definitions of formulas and suggestions for rounding, no problem-solving strategies are suggested or demonstrated. Well-chosen stock photos are included, and detailed answers are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Math Everywhere! titles: Ball Game Math, Kitchen Math, Math on the Move, and Shopping Trip Math.
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Jim Paillot.
Overdeck's aim is ambitious: "to make math as common and beloved as the bedtime story." Each word problem is leveled for "wee ones," "little kids," and "big kids," with an additional "bonus" challenge. The kid-friendly writing is occasionally clunky, but the topics (underwear, animal sounds, sneezing) and illustrations are lively. Answers are included; an "Equation Chart" with problem-solving specifics is appended.
48 pp.
| Enslow/Elementary
| January, 2014
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-4250-6$23.93 New ed. (2005)
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K-3
Ready for Math series.
Mathphobes may doubt Wingard-Nelson's promise: "Get ready to discover math...made easy!" Yet her concise explanations, clear examples, helpful diagrams, and clutter-free pages do make for friendly introductions to (or reviews of) math concepts. Illustrations, often humorous, help break up the text. There's nothing groundbreaking going on in these updated, retitled editions, but students and teachers will find the volumes useful. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Ready for Math titles: Ready for Addition, Ready for Division, Ready for Fractions and Decimals, Ready for Multiplication, Ready for Subtraction, and Ready for Word Problems and Problem Solving.
64 pp.
| Enslow
| October, 2011
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-3943-8$27.93
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4-6
Math Smarts! series.
Each of these dense, textbooklike volumes, purportedly intended to let students "learn...at your own speed," includes twenty-eight subtopics on the title math concept. Even with some overlap (geometry/trigonometry) the organization is clear, and helpful graphics and embedded definitions are plentiful. The level varies greatly, from simple word problems to complex statistics. There are five other fall 2011 books in this series. Websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Math Smarts! titles: Geometry Smarts!, Percent and Ratio Smarts!, Data, Graphing, and Statistics Smarts!, Problem Solving and Word Problem Smarts!, and Trigonometry Smarts!.
32 pp.
| Dutton
| March, 2010
|
TradeISBN 978-0-525-47994-9$16.99
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K-3
Illustrated by
Thor Wickstrom.
In this sixth story about Mrs. Shepherd's class, Juan Dore-Nomad, true to his goofy name, wanders off at every turn during a field trip to an organic farm. But his disappearances demonstrate how curiosity can aid learning, and they also provide opportunities for his classmates to solve math word problems. Plourde's humorous but dizzying dialogue is well matched by Wickstrom's energetic, amusing illustrations.
64 pp.
| Enslow
| December, 2010
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-3371-9$27.93
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4-6
Math Busters Word Problems series.
These approachable books examine word problems as found in various branches of mathematics. The texts provide general tips and strategies; twenty-eight topics are then reviewed, with one topic per double-page spread. Pages are overcrowded with text and cheesy photographs of smiley math-doing kids, but the definitions, examples, and instructions themselves are clear. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Math Busters Word Problems titles: Algebra Word Problems, Fraction and Decimal Word Problems, Geometry Word Problems, Graphing and Probability Word Problems, Math Measurement Word Problems, and Multiplication and Division Word Problems.
64 pp.
| Enslow
| December, 2010
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-3367-2$27.93
(4)
4-6
Math Busters Word Problems series.
These approachable books examine word problems as found in various branches of mathematics. The texts provide general tips and strategies; twenty-eight topics are then reviewed, with one topic per double-page spread. Pages are overcrowded with text and cheesy photographs of smiley math-doing kids, but the definitions, examples, and instructions themselves are clear. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Math Busters Word Problems titles: Algebra Word Problems, Fraction and Decimal Word Problems, Geometry Word Problems, Graphing and Probability Word Problems, Math Measurement Word Problems, and Multiplication and Division Word Problems.
64 pp.
| Enslow
| December, 2010
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-3372-6$27.93
(4)
4-6
Math Busters Word Problems series.
These approachable books examine word problems as found in various branches of mathematics. The texts provide general tips and strategies; twenty-eight topics are then reviewed, with one topic per double-page spread. Pages are overcrowded with text and cheesy photographs of smiley math-doing kids, but the definitions, examples, and instructions themselves are clear. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Math Busters Word Problems titles: Algebra Word Problems, Fraction and Decimal Word Problems, Geometry Word Problems, Graphing and Probability Word Problems, Math Measurement Word Problems, and Multiplication and Division Word Problems.
64 pp.
| Enslow
| December, 2010
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-3370-2$27.93
(4)
4-6
Math Busters Word Problems series.
These approachable books examine word problems as found in various branches of mathematics. The texts provide general tips and strategies; twenty-eight topics are then reviewed, with one topic per double-page spread. Pages are overcrowded with text and cheesy photographs of smiley math-doing kids, but the definitions, examples, and instructions themselves are clear. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Math Busters Word Problems titles: Algebra Word Problems, Fraction and Decimal Word Problems, Geometry Word Problems, Graphing and Probability Word Problems, Math Measurement Word Problems, and Multiplication and Division Word Problems.
64 pp.
| Enslow
| December, 2010
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-3368-9$27.93
(4)
4-6
Math Busters Word Problems series.
These approachable books examine word problems as found in various branches of mathematics. The texts provide general tips and strategies; twenty-eight topics are then reviewed, with one topic per double-page spread. Pages are overcrowded with text and cheesy photographs of smiley math-doing kids, but the definitions, examples, and instructions themselves are clear. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Math Busters Word Problems titles: Algebra Word Problems, Fraction and Decimal Word Problems, Geometry Word Problems, Graphing and Probability Word Problems, Math Measurement Word Problems, and Multiplication and Division Word Problems.
64 pp.
| Enslow
| December, 2010
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-3369-6$27.93
(4)
4-6
Math Busters Word Problems series.
These approachable books examine word problems as found in various branches of mathematics. The texts provide general tips and strategies; twenty-eight topics are then reviewed, with one topic per double-page spread. Pages are overcrowded with text and cheesy photographs of smiley math-doing kids, but the definitions, examples, and instructions themselves are clear. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Math Busters Word Problems titles: Algebra Word Problems, Fraction and Decimal Word Problems, Geometry Word Problems, Graphing and Probability Word Problems, Math Measurement Word Problems, and Multiplication and Division Word Problems.