CHARLIE PIECHART AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING PIZZA SLICE
Author: Eric Comstock and Marilyn Sadler
Illustrator: Eric Comstock
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Number of pages: 40
Publisher: HarperCollins (USA) First published in: 2015 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (Charlie Piechart) Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
With a dinnertime mystery and 5 hungry suspects, Charlie Piechart makes fractions fun. Charlie Piechart has a piechart for a belly, and it’s a belly that’s perfect for showing fractions. In his first mystery, perfect for little math enthusiasts, it’s pizza night at the Piecharts’ house. How about veggies on top? “NO VEGGIES!” yell 4/6 of the pizza eaters. No one wants anchovies, either. They like Charlie’s idea best: pepperoni. But with 6 pizza eaters, 3 sizes of pizza on the delivery menu, and 2 slices allotted for each person, it is no surprise when there’s a mystery! A scream from Charlie’s sisters reveals the issue: 1 out of 12 slices has gone missing. So who did it? Charlie counts the suspects and questions each one (except Mom!). But could he be forgetting someone? |
“"YUCK, NO VEGGIES!" yelled 4/6 of the pizza eaters. And no one wanted anchovies.”
Recommended age range:
6 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Fraction
Possible teaching activities:
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6 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Fraction
Possible teaching activities:
At MathsThroughStories.org, we believe that stories can be meaningfully incorporated in mathematics teaching in different ways. Thus, we are inviting you to share your experience of how you have used this story in your mathematics lesson with other members of the community. By sharing your experience with us, you will be added to our team of On-line Contributors here, where you can also find our submission guideline.
