Lots of silly math questions can be found in this funny book of riddles and jokes. Children can learn basic math skills while reading about animal sleepover parties, cafeteria food fights, and a boy who made more than five million dollars in one month!

The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.

Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems by using visual clues.

Who knew solving math problems could be this much fun? Do you get protests and whining every time your child has to do some math exercises?Do you hear, "I give up!" more often when they're doing math homework compared to their other school subjects?Do you want to make study time more exciting and something your child will actually look forward to?Many kids struggle with math, especially as they move on to more and more abstract concepts. It's harder to understand an idea when you can't visualize it and see how it applies to you.By making math concepts more relatable, children may find that math can actually be enjoyable and relevant.If you want to help your child become a math whiz, or even just to become more receptive to this unpopular subject, you don't need to look any further.With this collection of math riddles and brain teasers, carefully created by Cooper the Pooper, you won't get the same old math problems that only cover what's taught in school.You'll get unique problems that require your child to think beyond basic mathematical concepts and actually apply problem-solving and analytical skills.Plus, wouldn't your child be more inclined to answer questions from a dog?

Explores ways to teach math principles using children`s books, shows how to connect children with real-world math, and encourages linking text with relevant manipulatives in a hands-on, minds-on, problem-solving environment. Book lists, suggested activities, assessment strategies. and reproducible graphic organizers are included. Primary level.

Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides teachers with 40 strategies for using fiction and non-fiction trade books to teach in five key content areas: language arts and reading, social studies, mathematics, science, and the arts. Each strategy provides everything a teacher needs to get started: a classroom example that models the strategy, a research-based rationale, relevant content standards, suggested books, reader-response questions and prompts, assessment ideas, examples of how to adapt the strategy for different grade levels (K–2, 3–5, and 6–8), and ideas for differentiating instruction for English language learners and struggling students. Throughout the book, student work samples and classroom vignettes bring the content to life.

Brain Stretching Math Riddles This book is the second in a series of riddles books. It is a collection of 150 brain teasing math riddles and puzzles. Their purpose is to make children think and stretch the mind. They are designed to test logic, lateral thinking as well as memory and to engage the brain in seeing patterns and connections between different things and circumstances. They are laid out in three chapters which get more difficult as you go through the book, in the author's opinion at least. The answers are at the back of the book if all else fails. These are more difficult riddles and are designed to be attempted by children from 10 years onwards, as well as participation from the rest of the family.