Product Description

This book provides challenging, realistic, humorous, sometimes even whimsical problems. Each problem was carefully created to develop critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies. Students are required to use mathematical ideas and concepts to find solutions to the problems that are created by the stories presented. A wide variety of computational skills including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents is reinforced. Each story is followed by thought-provoking and engaging questions. Students are encouraged to develop a variety of strategies to find the solutions. Stories can be used for individual work, in teams, and in cooperative learning groups.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #356001 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-29
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .80 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Real World Math for Kids!
I purchased this book for my 10 year old to work on during summer vacation. Delaware is deep into education standards, writing and problem solving. This book touches it all! The "word problems" are great short stories and deal with topics children are familiar with. The questions after each story challenge children in reading comprehension as well as math skills. I would recommend this book for teachers as well as parents for enrichment purposes.