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Informationen zum Autor Lynette Long, PhD, is the author of many children's math books, including Fabulous Fractions, Measurement Mania, and Painless Algebra. Klappentext Helps children grasp the basics of standard word problems-even kids who have a hard time with math Like the other books in Lynette Longs Magical Math series, Wacky Word Problems helps make basic math fun. Children will learn how to answer common word problems, such as computation problems, percent problems, distance problems, and much more, through dozens of activities, entertaining examples, and lively illustrations. All activities are appropriate to the learning level and can be done at home or in the classroom with easy-to-find materials, such as playing cards, dice, and paper and pencil. Lynette Long, PhD (Washington, DC), is the author of several childrens math books, including Marvelous Multiplication (0-471-369829), Dazzling Division (0-471-36983-7), Fabulous Fractions (0-471-36981-0), Measurement Mania (0-471-36980-2), and Great Graphs and Sensational Statistics (0-471-21060-9). Zusammenfassung Like the other books in Lynette Long's Magical Math series! Wacky Word Problems helps make basic math fun. Children will learn how to answer common word problems! such as computation problems! percent problems! distance problems! and much more! through dozens of activities! entertaining examples! and lively illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: The Magic of Word Problems. II: Computation. 1. Word Clues. 2. All about Me! 3. All Four. 4. Two Steppers. III: Measurement. 5. Conversion Cards. 6. Crazy Contests. 7. Vital Statistics. 8. Up and Down. 9. Quart Power. 10. Measurement Jeopardy. IV: Counting and Logic Problems. 11. Block It Out. 12. Penny math. 13. Venn Diagrams. 14. Who is Older? V: Percentage Problems. 15. Percentage War. 16. Tipping Wheel. 17. Sales Galore. 18. How Much? 19. Simple Interest. VI: Distance Problems. 20. How Fast? 21. How Far? 22. How Slow? 23. How Long? 24. Ten-Second Sprints. 25. Racing Cars. VII: Algebra. 26. Crazy Sentences. 27. Just X. 28. Shoebox Math. 29. X and Y. 30. Guess and Check. 31. Envelope Stuffing. VIII: Geometry and Graphing. 32. Graph Paper Geometry. 33. Shape Illusions. 34. Tricky Triangles. 35. True Circles. 36. Switch. IX: Wrap It Up. 37. Mystery Word Problems. 38. Word problem Charades. 39. Answers, Answers, and More Answers. 40. Formulas... Formulas... Formulas. Word Problem. Master Certificate. Index. ...
