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Hickory
Grove Press
3151 Treeco Lane
Bellevue, IA 52031
Ph/Fax: 563 583-4767 |
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Hickory Grove
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Challenge
Math
For the Elementary
and Middle School Student |
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Math
is often taught as all scales and no music. This
book contains the music! |
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A
unique new resource for children gifted in math.
Children will love the fascinating true stories
that tie math and science together and will be
challenged by 1000 problems at three levels of
difficulty.
Parents
and teachers will appreciate the entertaining
instructional format that makes teaching and
learning enjoyable. This book allows children to
improve their problem solving skills and see the
wondrous side of math and its important role in
the world. (345 pages)
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What
people are saying about
Challenge Math... |
Reviewed in Home Education Magazine Nov.-Dec.
2000
"...the intent here is not problems for the
sake of rote practice, but problems to encourage
thought and interest, and to give kids a feel
for the many fascinating real-world uses of
math. Metric conversions are demonstrated with
measurements of elephant tusks, viruses, and the
wingspans of ancient dragonflies; statistics
explained with examples taken from medical
research; ratios and proportions taught with
jumping fleas, metal alloys, map scales, and the
heights of trees. All the basics are here too:
for example, kid-friendly introductions to the
Pythagorean theorem, the "how-tos" of
dividing fractions and coordinate graphing, the
distinctions among sine, cosine, and tangent,
the formulas for calculating the volumes of
cylinders and spheres.
Challenge Math
is a great resource for the
worksheet-discouraged and the mathematically
curious."
- Becky Rupp, Ph.D. |
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$23.95 |
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Spiral Bound $26.95 |
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24 Challenge
Math |
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A
group of 24 college students decided to climb Mt.
McKinley. They bought enough food to last 20
days. If 16 additional students join them, how
many days will their food last? |
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When you are
faced with a problem such as this, the best approach is to
Think 1. |
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If
the food will last 20 days for 24 students, then for
1 student, that amount of food will last 20 x 24 or
480 days. Once you think about 1 person, the
problem becomes fairly easy.
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1
student..................... |
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480 days |
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2
students.................... |
divide by
2...................... |
240 days |
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3
students.................... |
divide by
3...................... |
160 days |
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40
students.................. |
divide by
40.................... |
12 days |
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