- ISBN13: 9780439443906
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Greg Tang is back with his bestselling approach to addition and subtraction: problem solving. By solving challenges that encourage kids to “group” numbers rather than memorize formulas, even the most reluctant math learners are inspired to see math in a whole new way! Math Potatoes is full of Tang and Briggs’ trademark humor, wit, and extraordinary creativity. Tang has proven over and over that math can be fun, and this new addition to his acclaimed series of mind-s… More >>
This is a MUST-HAVE book for all elementary classrooms! This book is a superb example of literacy across the curriculum… and it is FUN!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is fantastic to get kids to think about numbers in groups. It allows for deep thinking about numbers.
Rating: 5 / 5
My almost-8 year old daughter has hundreds of books, but which one does she want me to read to her EVERY NIGHT? _Math Potatoes_. I read the little rhyme, then she solves the math problem. I’m going to get some more from this series. She loves it. I love it because it teaches problem solving and math. It’s very cool. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Rating: 5 / 5
The book entitled Math Potatoes contains 16 poems of “mind-stretching brain food.” Through cleverly written rhymes, Tang offers kids a way to understand what is being asked and find the answer using problem solving techniques that make arithmetic smarter, easier, and a lot more fun!
Many of the students that I tutor say they don’t like math. They resort to counting on their fingers instead of grouping numbers the way Tang suggests in his book. For example, the riddle entitled “Smart Cookies” challenges kids to count each chocolate chip by grouping them into a square and adding the rest. The colorful illustrations and the solutions provided in the back of the book help the students to understand the concepts.
The entire Scholastic math series by Tang is a great educational tool. Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5