PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW
Author: Linda Powley and Catherine Weiskopf
Illustrator: Tom Kerr
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Number of pages: 216
Publisher: Barron's (USA) First published in: 2009 Format: Chapterbook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (Mathopolis) Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
In this brand-new Adventures in Mathopolis story, the town's befuddled Mayor Lostis Marbles is having all kinds of trouble dealing with fractions and decimals--and with a new dilemma: how to get out of a locked safe before it's too late! This time superheroes Silver Splitter and Dixie Dot come to the rescue, and readers who follow this fun-filled story will learn how to solve the many mysteries of fractions and decimals along the way. They discover easy ways to: Understand proper, improper, and mixed numbers; Find the least common multiple in fractions; Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions Understand decimals; Convert from decimals to fractions, and back again. This amusing Mathopolis story is enhanced with clever black-and-white illustrations. Kids learn along with Mayor Lostis Marbles and his gang that working with fractions and decimals can be fun. |
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Recommended age range:
10 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Fraction
Possible teaching activities:
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10 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.
