Marya Washington Tyler

On-the-Job Math Mysteries

Real-Life Math From Exciting Careers (Grades 4-8)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

On-the-Job Math Mysteries offers exciting math problems that are taken from real-world situations. The word problems come from interviews with people in unique professions, such as circus performers, a bush pilot, and a railroad engineer, providing students with real-life contexts for how math is used in people's daily lives. Students will use information presented by the professionals to help solve their mathematical dilemmas that they encounter on the job. Grades 4-6

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 281mm x 216mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9781593633257
• ISBN-10: 1593633254
• Artikelnr.: 29942715

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

Circus Performers (Washington State) Measurement: length
diameter Addition
multiplication
division Decimals: multiplication Extraneous information Organic Farmer (Washington State) Volume: cubic feet Division with remainder Weight: pounds Capacity: pints
quarts
gallons Decimals: multiplication Dogsled Musher (Alaska) Two-step problem solving Division Temperature: positive and negative Capacity: cups
gallons Time: days
minutes
hours Beekeepers (Washington State) Multistep problem solving Addition
multiplication
division with rounding Weight: ounces
pounds Capacity: pints
gallons Kayak Guide (Alaska) Multiplication: fraction or decimal Division with remainder Equivalent fractions Time: minutes
hours Rate: miles per hour Logical thinking
Make a chart Shellfish Farmer (Washington State) Multistep problem solving Multiplication Decimal: multiplication Time: minutes
hours
days
weeks
years County Judge (Washington State) Addition
subtraction Fractions: multiplication Fractions: equivalent Railroad Engineer (Washington State) Multistep problem solving Fractions: finding half Time: minutes
hours
addition Rate: miles per hour Videographer (Washington State) Multistep problem solving Addition: list Subtraction
multiplication Time: seconds
minutes
hours Weight: kilograms
grams Heavy Equipment Operator (Alaska) Addition
subtraction
multiplication Time: minutes
hours Weight: pounds
tons Fractions: multiplication Volume: cubic feet
yards Wildlife Veterinary Technician (Alaska) Decimals: multiplication
division Weight: kilograms
milliliters Ratios Software Engineer (Washington State) Logic: organizing information Greater than
less than
equal to Prime numbers
divisibility Environmental Health Specialist (Washington State) Addition
subtraction
multiplication Decimals: multiplication Volume: cubic yards Waste Manager (Washington State) Multiplication
division with remainder Extraneous information Ratios: gallons/mile Soup Kitchen Operator (Washington State) Fractions: multiplication Capacity: tablespoons
cups
gallons Percent: finding percent of Ratios Statistics: analyzing data Logging Manager (Washington State) Division with rounding Weight: pounds
tons Ratios Decimals: dividing Sawmill Operator (Alaska) Multistep problem solving Addition
subtraction
multiplication
division Fractions: multiplication Decimals: multiplication Length: inches
feet
diameter Volume: finding Pythagorean theorem
square numbers Commercial Fisherman (Alaska) Division with remainder Multiplication: money Diagram: reading a chart Graphing Addition: list Mental calculation Air Traffic Controller (Alaska) Time: minutes
hours
time zones Rate: miles/hour
miles/minute Master Carver (Alaska) Drawing a diagram Subtraction
multiplication Length: feet
inches Circles: diameter
circumference Weight: pounds
tons Decimals: multiplication Percent Time: weeks
years Estimation: length Diver (Alaska) Multistep problem solving Fractions to decimals Time: addition and subtraction Rate Extraneous information Bush Pilot (Alaska) Multistep problem solving Time: subtraction Decimals: multiplication
division
rounding Rate: gallons/hour
miles/hour Finding information Answer Key About the Author Common Core State Standards Alignment