MAX'S MATH
Author: Kate Banks
Illustrator: Boris Kulikov
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Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Books (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? No Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
Max and his two brothers hop into a car and go looking for problems they can solve. They cruise down highway number 4 on their way to Shapeville, but they see an abandoned number along the way. Is it a 6? Is it a 9? And what's it doing on the side of the road? Once the trio reach Shapeville, there's another problem: a flood washed away all of the squares. Max and his brothers show the town that putting together two triangles will bring their shapes back together, and then they follow the residents on a trip to Count Town, where they put the missing number back in its place in the countdown to a rocket's blastoff. |
“Karl spied a bird's nest with eggs. Among them was the 0. "Here it is," cried Karl. "Oh, that's nothing," said the bird. "Let it be." "It's not nothing," said Karl. "It's a zero. And without it there wouldn't be a 10." "Or a 100," said Ben. "Or a rocket launch," said Max. "Come on."”
Recommended age range:
6 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
2D Shapes; Mathematics all around us; Zero
Possible teaching activities:
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6 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
2D Shapes; Mathematics all around us; Zero
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.
