Marya Washington Tyler

Real Life Math Mysteries (eBook, ePUB)

A Kid's Answer to the Question, "What Will We Ever Use This For?" (Grades 4-10)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Zookeeper, horse stable owner, archaeologist, lawyer, pilot, fireman, newspaper editor, dairy farmer, arson detective . . . these are just a few of the real people who, in their own words, share their own daily encounters with mathematics. How much lettuce does the Pizza Hut manager need to order for next week? How many rose bushes can a gardener fit around a wading pool? How many fire hoses will be needed to extinguish the fire? Your students will be amazed at the real-life math faced by truck drivers, disc jockeys, farmers, and car mechanics.

Real Life Math Mysteries introduces students to math in the real world through a series of problems drawn from a vast array of community leaders, business professionals, and city officials. The problems are designed to stimulate students' creative thinking and teach the value of math in a real-world setting.

Each concise and clear problem is provided on a blackline master and includes problem-solving suggestions for students with a comprehensive answer key. The problems are tied to the guidelines for math instruction from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. This book will get students thinking about the mathematics all around them.

Make math last a lifetime. Students will delight in the real-life approach to math as they realize that they will use math skills over and over again in whatever vocation they choose. Make math an exciting experience that children realize will last a lifetime.

More books that make math fun for students include Extreme Math, It's Alive!, and It's Alive! And Kicking!.

Grades 4-10

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000495720
• Artikelnr.: 62664058

Autorenporträt

Marya is the author of several Prufrock bestsellers, including Real Life Math Mysteries, It's Alive!, and Extreme Math, which she cowrote with her husband Kip. They have four wonderful, spontaneous, gifted children scattered across the country.

Inhaltsangabe

About Real Life Math Mysteries Abbreviations and Symbols You Should Know Note to Teachers Real Life Math Mysteries and the NCTM Standards Real Life Math Problems Banker
Associated Bank addition
subtraction
multiplication of decimals Landscaper
Schalow's Nursery Pythagorean theorem; squares and square roots; use of ¿ Veterinarian
Wildwood Animal Hospital multiplication of fractions Administrator
Marshfield Heart Care multiplication
subtraction of large numbers; division Pizza Restaurant Manager
Pizza Hut addition
multiplication of fractions; finding common denominator; reading a chart Lawyer
Juneau
Minder
Gross & Stevning-Roe
S.C. PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: WRITE AN EQUATION changing percent to decimal; multiplication of decimals Farmer
The Lucas Farm PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: MAKE A TABLE addition
subtraction
multiplication
division of decimals Taekwon-do Instructor
Side-Kix PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: WRITE DOWN EACH STEP using a formula; subtraction
multiplication
division of decimals Auto Repair Shop Owners
Foreign Automotive Service PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: MAKE A CHART Travel Agent
Marathon Travel finding percentage; subtraction of decimals Truck Driver
Roehl Transport Inc. addition
subtraction of fractions; multiplication of decimals; finding percent; reading a log Horse Stable Owners
Widmare Stables multiplication of decimals Contractor
Boson Company PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: WRITE A WORD EQUATION finding volume; conversion feet to inches; conversion cubic feet to cubic yards; addition
multiplication
division of decimals Detective
Marshfield Police Department subtraction
division of decimals Disc Jockey
WDLB AM multiplication of decimals; finding the square root Zookeeper
Wildwood Park Zoo PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: YOUR CALCULATOR IS YOUR FRIEND multiplication
division of decimals Electrician
Ken Weis Electric addition
subtraction
multiplication
division of fractions Fireman
Marshfield Fire Department changing percent to decimal; addition
multiplication of decimals; finding the square of a number Fitness Program Director
YMCA PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: LET'S TALK ABOUT IT changing percent to decimal; multiplication
division of decimals Newspaper Editor
Marshfield News-Herald PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: DRAW A DIAGRAM changing decimal to percent Engineer
City of Marshfield PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: USE SIMPLER NUMBERS PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: CONSTRUCT A MODEL addition
subtraction of decimals Sporting Goods Specialists
Perkins Sports PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: USE SIMPLER NUMBERS PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: LET'S TALK ABOUT IT mental math strategies for multiplication
percent; reading a chart Recycling Representative
Valley Sanitation mental mathematics strategies to use with addition of large numbers; multiplication
division; decimals Archeologist
Anthropological Studies Institute Pythagorean theorem; square root; multiplication
division of decimals; subtraction of large numbers; changing percent to decimal Nurse
Marshfield Clinic multiplication
division of decimals; changing decimals to percent; changing percent to decimal Airplane Pilot
Aviation Services large number addition; addition
multiplication of decimals Mayor
City of Marshfield reading statistics; creating charts and diagrams Writer
Prufrock Press PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY: MAKE A LIST OF POSSIBILITIES WORK SYSTEMATICALLY Teacher's Guide to Real Life Math Problems Answer Key Index About the Author Common Core State Standards Alignment