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Math on the Job: Working in Sports

Richard Wunderlich (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427117434

This exciting book makes you a math problem solver by putting you into situations faced by people who work in sports and sports-related businesses. Math is an important part of many jobs involved in athletics. Three exciting stories lead to a problem you must solve using math. A toolbox section helps take you through similar examples and provides math exercises you can do that will help give you a better understanding of how to solve the problem in the story.

A Math Journey Around the Wonders of the World

Hilary Koll, Steve Mills (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427177193

Fun pictograms and infographics about the natural and human-made wonders of the world make learning about math topics easy and fun. In this book, readers go on a mission to explore these wonders and use their mathematical skills at such sites as the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, Mount Everest, and the Galapagos Islands. Math puzzles and exercises help children build confidence in their math skills.

Measure It!

Crystal Sikkens (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427115881

This informative book goes to great lengths to explain how scientists around the world use the metric system and related tools to help them compare, contrast, and analyze the measurement data they collect. Opportunities for hands-on learning make the content meaningful to readers as they refine their measuring skills.

Spending and Saving Money

Steffi Cavell-Clarke (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427122230

This intriguing title will help children learn the importance of earning, saving, raising, and spending money. They will gain an understanding of how money can make a difference in peoples’ lives.

What is Money?

Ben Hubbard, Beatriz Castro (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125002

Leo is confused! Money is everywhere, but he never actually sees any. Then on his birthday, his aunt sends him some cash. What will Leo do with it?

Spending Money

Ben Hubbard, Beatriz Castro (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427124999

Ava has inherited some money, and she can't wait to spend it! She wants a pair of cool new sneakers, but does she really need them? And where is the best place to buy them?

Saving Money

Ben Hubbard, Beatriz Castro (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427124982

Marek wants a new kick scooter but he’s got to save up for it! Will Marek manage it—or will he be tempted by new clothes, toys, and treats?

Earning Money

Ben Hubbard, Beatriz Castro (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427124975

Maya wants some extra money but her parents tell her she has to earn it! So Maya helps tidy up her neighbor’s garage. But it’s harder work than she thought. Will Maya finish the job and earn the money?

Place Value at Playtime

Adrianna Morganelli (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427123657

During recess, friends learn about place value by working together to add and subtract by tens on the playground at school.

Meeting Needs in Our Community

Rachel Eagen (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427121370

This title introduces basic concepts related to exchange and markets, including how communities meet challenges caused by scarcity, and factors that influence pricing. Readers are encouraged to look for examples of the goods and services produced and provided in their local communities.

Time

Penny Dowdy (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778790242

From time of day to reading calendars, time concepts are part of daily life. Children will love this colorful and easy-to-understand introduction to the concepts of time. Amazing full-color images and useful, instructional text guides ensures readers understand the material.

Percentage

Dorianne Nardi, Marsha Arvoy (authors)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778791584

Mr. Santiago's class is going to the zoo. Children can follow along on the class trip and learn how percentages, ratios, and fractions work using real-life examples.

Line, Bar, and Circle Graphs

Claire Piddock (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778791560

Lily, the librarian, has started a summer reading club. Children can follow along with the club's members to learn all about bar, line, and circle graphs, as well as concepts such as data, scale, maximum, and minimum.

3-D Shapes

Marina Cohen (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427194985

A grocery store is filled with much more than food. The aisles and shelves hold plenty of fun, too. As Justin helps his mother shop, he explores the variety of 3-D shapes all around him. As Justin can show you, there are always plenty of shapes to see!

Addition

Paul Challen (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778797630

This entertaining book takes young readers to a soccer practice to show them the basics of addition. Easy-to-follow text helps children learn about addition words and symbols, strategies for adding up to 10+10 and beyond, the additive identity and commutative property in addition, and how to use objects, pictures, and number sentences to represent real-life addition problems.

Dinosaur Numbers

David West (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427193223

Four hungry Torosauruses are chasing three fast Mynonykuses. One of them is not going to get lunch! Kids will love counting dinosaurs in this exciting book about numbers.

Time Word Problems

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427191977

Engaging narrative, vivid photographs, and real-world examples combine to teach readers how to solve time word problems. Readers will learn how to measure time intervals in minutes and represent authentic time problems on a number line diagram.

Comparing Fractions

Minta Berry (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196460

This engaging title builds on the material covered in the Fractions title in this series. Readers will develop an understanding of fractions as numbers. Easy-to-follow text and supportive images help readers recognize and generate equivalent fractions. Readers will also learn how to compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator and represent fractions on a number line.

Building Sets of Ten

Minta Berry (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196484

Understanding how to make ten is a key building block in the base-ten system. In this engaging title, young readers explore different number combinations that make up the number ten. Easy-to-follow text and colorful images introduce readers to the concept of a fact family and related facts. The text also models how readers can use their fact family knowledge to solve missing addend questions that equal ten.

A Math Journey Through the Animal Kingdom

Anne Rooney (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427176622

Fun pictograms and infographics about the animal kingdom make learning about math topics such as symmetry, coordinates, and place value easy and fun. In this book, readers go on a mission to some of the worlds amazing habitats and use their mathematical skills to track tigers, count penguins, and search for jaguars. Math puzzles and exercises help children build confidence in their math skills.

Calendar Math

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427191960

Calendar Math provides an ideal introduction to measuring time. From the days of the week to months of the year, readers will learn the different ways a calendar measures time. Vivid, full-color images and entertaining narrative text model concepts such as patterning, comparing and contrasting, and solving simple problems.

Patterning

Minta Berry (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196491

This entertaining title introduces young readers to the concept of patterning. Readers will learn that a pattern is an ordered set of numbers or shapes arranged according to a rule. Accessible text and vivid images guide readers as they learn to identify patterning rules and extend patterns. Readers are also encouraged to create their own patterns and recognize patterns in the world around them.

A Math Journey Through Space

Anne Rooney (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427176615

Fun pictograms and infographics about space make learning about math topics such as angles, decimals, and probability easy and fun. In this book, readers are in control of a space mission through the Solar System and use their mathematical skills to navigate past comets, dodge asteroids, and land on the surface of Mars! Math puzzles and exercises help children build confidence in their math skills.

A Math Journey Through the Human Body

Anne Rooney (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427176639

Fun pictograms and infographics about the human body make learning about math topics such as bar charts, percentages, averages and fractions easy and fun. In this book, readers go on an amazing mission inside the human body and use their mathematical skills to check their diet, test their strength, and chart their growth. Math puzzles and exercises help children build confidence in their math skills.

A Math Journey Through Planet Earth

Anne Rooney (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427176608

Fun pictograms and infographics about planet Earth make learning about math topics such as volume, scale diagrams, division, and number lines easy and fun. In this book, readers go on a mission to protect threatened areas around the world and use their mathematical skills to measure geysers, protect forests, and check on glaciers. Math puzzles and exercises help children build confidence in their math skills.