Ball Game Math (Math Everywhere!) - Softcover

Marsico, Katie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 146774512X ISBN 13: 9781467745123

Publisher: LernerClassroom, 2014

Synopsis

Math is everywhere in sports! See who's scoring inside this book―and how we need math to finish the game! You'll need your math smarts to calculate scores and statistics, plan season schedules, measure distances, choose the right size equipment, and more. It all adds up to a lot of fun!

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Review:

"'Without math, sports would not exist,' Marisco informs us. You'd also have difficulty making muffins for 90 people, figuring out the cost of your hockey team's trip, or getting the most goods for your shopping dollars. Numerous practical examples set in busy, two-page entries encourage children to use computation in making everyday decisions. A diverse cast of children and adults face quandaries requiring readers to add, subtract, multiply, divide, or apply percentages or fractions to find a solution. Brief reminders of common math formulas are included within some problems. Most of the math is quickly done with a calculator or paper and pencil, and there's an answer key at the end of the book.The realistic scenarios are generally appealing and well constructed for math practice and learning sensible decision making in numerous aspects of daily life. The recipes in Kitchen Math are a little lackluster, but Shopping and Sports are particularly strong, with the latter covering 12 different sports. Old-fashioned word problems made fresh and new." ―School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

(Journal)

"The books in this series answer the classic student question, 'When will I ever use this?' Both books reviewed dive right into the math problems with 13 story problems in each. There are multiple questions for each story giving students plenty of practice with the skill being covered. Tips on conversion factors, order of operations, and equations needed to solve problems are provided for easy differentiation. An answer key and more resources to explore are included in the back of each book. Glossary. Index. [Editor's Note: Available in e-book format and paperback.] Recommended."―Library Media Connection

(Journal)

About this edition

• Publisher: LernerClassroom
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 146774512X
• ISBN 13: 9781467745123
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32