Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percents: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun [Paperback]

Lynette Long (Author)

Book Description

Series: Magical Math | Publication Date: September 27, 2002

Don't Just Learn Decimals and Percents ...Master Them!

Brimming with fun and educational games and activities, the Magical Math series provides everything you need to know to become a master of mathematics! In each of these books, Lynette Long uses her unique style to help you truly understand mathematical concepts as you play with everyday objects such as playing cards, dice, coins, and paper and pencil.

In Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percents, you'll learn how to read and write decimals, how to change decimals into fractions and percents, and much more. While you play exciting games like the fast-paced Dynamite Decimal Reduction and Here's a Tip, you'll also learn to estimate percentages in your head and even figure out what tip to leave at a restaurant. And with great games like Zeros Exchange, Multiplication War, and Math Review, you'll practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing both decimals and percents-- and have fun while you're doing it!

So why wait? Jump right in and find out how easy it is to become a mathematics master!

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Don’t Just Learn Decimals and Percents ...Master Them!

Brimming with fun and educational games and activities, the Magical Math series provides everything you need to know to become a master of mathematics! In each of these books, Lynette Long uses her unique style to help you truly understand mathematical concepts as you play with everyday objects such as playing cards, dice, coins, and paper and pencil.

In Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percents, you’ll learn how to read and write decimals, how to change decimals into fractions and percents, and much more. While you play exciting games like the fast-paced Dynamite Decimal Reduction and Here’s a Tip, you’ll also learn to estimate percentages in your head and even figure out what tip to leave at a restaurant. And with great games like Zeros Exchange, Multiplication War, and Math Review, you’ll practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing both decimals and percents–– and have fun while you’re doing it!

So why wait? Jump right in and find out how easy it is to become a mathematics master!

About the Author

LYNETTE LONG, PhD, is the author of several children s math books, including Fabulous Fractions, Measurement Mania, Dazzling Division, and Marvelous Multiplication, all from Wiley. She has taught math and was a professor of education, specializing in mathematics education.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471210587
• ISBN-13: 978-0471210580
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lynette Long has an M.S. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in psychology. She has taught math and was a professor of education, specializing in mathematics education. She is the author of several children's math books, including Dazzling Division and Marvelous Multiplication, both published by Wiley.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great games for understanding math concepts, August 13, 2003

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Sue S. - a homeschooler (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percents: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun (Paperback)

I am a homeschooler. My son is a very visual and hands-on learner, so when he learned math using paper and pencil calculations only, he would quickly forget the concepts by the next day. I searched the internet for math games to reinforce conceptual understanding of decimals for my son. I think this is an exceptional book filled with fun and interesting methods to reinforce math concepts. It relates math to the real world in many of the activities.

Some activites are not really games, but are still interesting ways to present concepts. I plan to buy all of Lynette Long's math activity books!