The new and expanded edition of this tremendously fun resource offers even more math learning fun. Jam-packed with more than 100 amazing math "tricks" that show how fun math can be!

Batter up! Both boys and girls will enjoy the thrill of their favorite sport as they practice and apply important math skills. Grandslam activities and projects based on historical and real-life situations involve students in every aspect of baseball: scorekeeping, recordds, statistics, schedules, salaries, travel budgets, ticket prices, refreshments, baseball card profits and losses, and fantasy leagues. Answers provided.

Have you ever wanted to keep statistics on your own team? Your own game? Basketball Math, Third Edition, has tons of information about basketball-professional basketball, men's and women's college ball, and even high school basketball. And even better, it shows you how to use the math you learn in school to collect data, develop statistics, prepare field-goal percentages, construct a shooting chart, figure point differentials, and so much more.

Help children get hooked on learning as they solve puzzles involving both words and visuals. With more than 70 puzzles, this book is sure to spark visual, logical, spatial, and mathematical thinking. Perfect for spare classroom moments or hours of learning fun at home.

"When are we ever going to use this?"

Help students answer this often heard question with ready-to-use, motivating math activities that apply to the real world. Students will see how math is used in professions like meteorology, medicine, food preparation, zoology, and personal fitness. Correlates to NCTM standards.

"When are we ever going to use this?"

Help students answer this often heard question with ready-to-use, motivating math activities that apply to the real world. Students will see how math is used in professions like meteorology, medicine, food preparation, zoology, and personal fitness. Correlates to NCTM standards.

Tackle real-life math skills as you follow your favorite professional, college, or high school football team. Problems are based on football statistics, stories, historical and current situations, and focus on the computation of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents. You will help students analyze home field advantage, compute salary averages, figure rushing records and yards gained, and compare coaching records. Answers provided.

Open-ended math projects lead students on interesting investigations into American history. Students solve problems related to such historical events as the Boston Tea Party, covered wagons, African American quilts, the Statue of Liberty, the Gold Rush, Pony Express, and voting rights. Students learn how math applies to the world around them as they use skills in geometry, fractions, decimals, measurement, volume, probability, and more. Includes possible solutions.

Engage young children in 121 manipulative math experiences that help them discover concepts naturally. Age-appropriate activities use easy-to-find materials. Includes take-home projects to stimulate parent-child interaction. Ages 3-6

Math and Stories is brimming with hands-on activities that stem naturally from some of the most awarded and popular books for children, including Color Zoo, Fish Eyes, Jumanji, Walk Two Moons, The Secret Garden, and Dear Mr. Henshaw. There are 29 works covered in each book.

Math and Stories is brimming with hands-on activities that stem naturally from some of the most awarded and popular books for children.

Magic squares and golden rectangles, skeletons and footprints, quilt patterns and temari balls make math ideas come to life in Math Amazements. Walk in the footsteps of history's great mathematicians like Plato, Fibonacci, Mobius, and Gauss as you explore math's big ideas.

More than 100 problems-solving exercises challenge kids to solve problems that relate to their everyday lives-car repairs, school lunches, yard work, dish duty, and more. Students work with percents, geometry, probability, number theory, fractions, algebraic expressions, and other math concepts. Includes answers.

190 creative word problems about interesting facts and everyday situations challenge kids to give their math skills a workout. Cartoon illustrated, these lively books will have kids calculating the length of a day on Jupiter, discovering out how far a gray whale travels in a lifetime, figuring out how much pizza their money will buy, and more! Includes answers.

190 creative word problems about interesting facts and everyday situations challenge kids to give their math skills a workout. Cartoon illustrated, these lively books will have kids calculating the length of a day on Jupiter, discovering out how far a gray whale travels in a lifetime, figuring out how much pizza their money will buy, and more! Includes answers.

Math Cycles systematically strengthens math concepts and skills so that they are introduced, expanded, and reinforced. Excellent for use as homework and as review practice for tests. Each of the 12 concepts includes 12 math problems. Six (6) quizzes are also included to assess student progress. Aligns to National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards.

Kids won't ask "Why am I studying this?" when they figure the probability of guessing a correct answer on a test, estimate change at a restaurant, score a bowling game, or work with sport statistics. This rich sourcebook of 70 problem-solving activity sets is organized according to the Content Standards of the NCTM, making it easy for teachers to select lessons that support the curriculum and for parents to provide appropriate supplementary activities. Includes answers.

Get your children hooked on math! More than 60 hands-on activities suggest opportunities in daily life to learn math concepts. Fun but practical activites such as riding in the car, searching through a junk drawer, or playing a game together engage children in critical thinking. Grades K - 2

Winner of this year’s 2009 Teachers’ Choice Award and The 2007 Arizona Book Award! !

Math Poetry invites students to learn math vocabulary and concepts by writing their own word problems in the form of poems. You'll be amazed by the sparks of creativity that fly around the classroom! With crystal clear instructions and easy-to-use activities and templates, Math Poetry provides an innovative way to teach both math and writing.

Mathematics Explorations calls for students to "put on a detective hat" and search for patterns in order to discover math concepts and formulas, break codes, solve mysteries, and more! Correlates to NCTM standards.