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Three cheers for the champions of the animal kingdom! These are the largest, smallest, smartest, and sneakiest creatures in the world. From the tiny bumblebee bat to the massive saltwater crocodile, these unique animals deserve a round of applause for breaking records for size and speed. By integrating math and literacy skills, this high-interest math reader makes learning fractions fun and easy as students are engaged in reading about amazing animals....
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What do soccer, steam trains, and the gramophone have in common? They're all innovations of the Victorian Age! This intriguing title teaches readers about England during the reign of Queen Victoria, and the new inventions and new ways of thinking that emerged. Students will build literacy and math content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled math readers featuring problem solving and real-world connections. This full-color book teaches...
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Take a tour of some of the greatest engineering marvels-bridges! From San Francisco to Sydney, these feats of engineering have a unique history waiting to be told. Learn about the engineers-and the engineering-behind the most famous and revered bridges in the world. By integrating math and literacy skills, this high-interest math reader makes learning fractions fun and easy as students are engaged in reading about bridges. With detailed images, clear...
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What do soccer, steam trains, and the gramophone have in common? They're all innovations of the Victorian Age! This intriguing Spanish title teaches readers about England during the reign of Queen Victoria, and the new inventions and new ways of thinking that emerged. Students will build literacy and math content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled math readers featuring problem solving and real-world connections. This full-color book...
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This enticing title introduces readers to mouth-watering desserts from around the world! Whether its babka or baklava, students will learn that fractions are the essential "ingredient" in all baked goods as they are engaged in reading about the world's most delicious desserts. Students will build their literacy skills and math content knowledge with this high-interest, appropriately leveled math reader that features problem solving and everyday connections....
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From Alexander Graham Bell to Steve Jobs, creative thinkers have revolutionized the way we communicate. Come aboard a young inventor's time machine as he explores the history of the telephone, one fraction at a time! By integrating math and literacy skills, this math reader makes learning fractions simple, relevant, and fun, and the real-world examples of problem solving allow students to explore the concepts in meaningful ways. Text features such...
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How many types of roller coaster inversions can you name? Do you know the difference between a hypercoaster and a powered roller coaster? What does a trackwalker do? Students will learn the answers to these questions as they practice dividing fractions! This informational text builds math content knowledge and literacy skills, and uses real-world examples to help students explore math in a meaningful way. Text features such as a glossary, a table...
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Learning about fractions isn't always easy, but who says it can't be fun? Using one very entertaining cow, math teacher Taryn Souders has devised a very clever (and fun) way of explaining fractions to beginning learners. One whole cow, calmly eating hay, decided to act differently on this particular day. One whole cow - what should we do? I know! Let's paint one half blue! Prompted by a poem and a visual clue, students are asked to answer what fraction...
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Bayesian Probability for Babies is a colorfully simple introduction to the basic principles of probability.
If you took a bite out of a cookie and that bite has no candy in it, what is the probability that bite came from a candy cookie or a cookie with no candy? You and baby will find out the probability and discover it through different types of distribution.
Yet another book of simple explanations of complex ideas for your future genius!
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Author Rebecca Wingard-Nelson makes fraction and decimal word problems a snap with this great book. Readers will learn all the strategies they need to solve tricky fraction and decimal word problems. Color photographs and modern topics help readers stay interested and conquer word problems once and for all. Free downloadable worksheets are available on www.enslow.com.
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Straightforward yet engaging text and attainable, sports-related examples will help even the most reluctant math student tackle word problems using decimals and percentages. Full-color photos help connect math to the real world, and the inviting design supports understanding while drawing readers in. A Words to Know section defines any unfamiliar terms to allow readers to fully engage with the text.
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Shapes are everywhere, and understanding geometric properties is an essential part of math education. A comprehensive introduction to geometry is told through relatable narratives and real-world situations, teaching readers how to recognize geometry in everyday life. Engaging visuals and age-appropriate content work together to reinforce complex math concepts. Readers join the narrator as she plans a farm, learning how to partition a rectangle into...
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This book will introduce readers to fractions through relatable contexts and clear explanations. Straightforward visuals will help students to fully grasp the concept of fractions as being multiple parts of a whole. Accessible text and an engaging storyline make fractions easy to understand and apply to everyday life. Joining a band is a great way to apply math skills in the real world, including using a number line to represent fractions. This volume...
17) Pizza Counting
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These pizzas have all the right ingredients. Pepperoni, cheese, and onions make a purr-fect pizza cat. Is it time for a clock pizza made of sausages and peppers? Count the toppings on these pizza masterpieces, then divide them up into filling fractions. Zesty pizza facts add to the flavorful fun.
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When a valuable fraction goes missing, George Cornelius Factor (a.k.a. GCF) vows to track it down. Knowing that the villainous Dr. Brok likes to disguise his ill-begotten fractions, GCF invents a Reducer-a tool that strips away the disguise, reducing the fraction and revealing its true form. Equal parts of action and humor add up to a wholly entertaining introduction to simplifying fractions.
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Shapes are everywhere, and understanding geometric properties is an essential part of math education. A comprehensive introduction to geometry is told through relatable narratives and real-world situations, teaching readers how to recognize geometry in everyday life. Engaging visuals and age-appropriate content work together to reinforce complex math concepts. Creating a mural is hard work, so readers learn how to divide a surface into the shapes...
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This engrossing guide to the number system and fractions combines the history of math with its practical applications, making the story of math engaging for all readers. Both the number system and computations with fractions constitute important elements of the Common Core mathematical standards for grades 6–8, and in this text, theory and practice combine, giving students an excellent approach to both fields. Sample problems are couched in the...
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