TOM AND THE TINFUL OF TROUBLE (also known as THE TIME IT TOOK TOM)
Author: Nick Sharratt and Stephen Tucker
Illustrator: Nick Sharratt
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Number of pages: 26
Publisher: Scholastic (UK) First published in: 1998 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? No 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
Take a tin of bright red paint. Take a boy called Tom. Mix the two together. How long before the trouble starts....? |
“It took him three hours to paint the front room. [...] Tom's mum came in. It took her ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one seconds to explode!”
Recommended age range:
5 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Time telling & Days of the week
Possible teaching activities:
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5 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Time telling & Days of the week
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.
