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New Math Books

December 14th, 2006 · No Comments

Bair, Sheila. Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock. (332.02 Bai)

Rhyming tale of two twins: one spent his allowance and the other saved it. When grandpa promises to match their savings, they start on the road to become millionaires.

Fisher, Valorie. How High Can a Dinosaur Count? And Other Math Mysteries. (513 Fis)

A series of one page illustrated math story problems involving simple multiplication, addition, subtraction, money, and time. For each page there are additional questions found at the back of the book.

Goldstone, Bruce. Great Estimations. (519.5 Gol)

With beautiful color photos, the author gives readers the secret to guessing how many jellybeans are in the bowl along with other estimation tasks from estimating how many swimmers are in the pool to estimating the number of grains of rice. Readers start by identifying groups of ten objects, then a hundred, and then a thousand objects. Hints are provided on each page.

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