Imagine guessing someone's age with just three simple questions, totaling up any five shopping items faster than a calculator, or changing the color of a toothbrush in a flash. You can--with these colorful math challenges. All you need are some readily available materials, a sense of fun, and the desire to experiment. Do instant calculations and mind reading, vanishing tricks and illusions, precision measuring without instruments, and solitaire pastimes. Create beauty with circles and flexagons--and make a terrific paperweight with a tetrahedron! With just a little patience and effort, you'll meet every one of these challenges. 80 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10. NEW IN PAPERBACK
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Grade 5 Up-Packed with full-color photographs and diagrams, this fascinating volume offers detailed instructions on the construction of mathematical models of two and three dimensions and related activities. The 37 projects are grouped into six categories: "Beauty with Circles and Flexagons," "Instant Calculations and Mind Reading," "Vanishes and Illusions," "Precision Measuring without Instruments," "Math in Everyday Life Situations," and "Solitaire Games." Additional challenges and all solutions are provided. The required materials can be found around the house or purchased inexpensively. The activities range from the simplicity of the Buffon Toothpick Experiment, for which all that is required is a box of toothpicks, a large sheet of paper, a pencil, and a ruler, to the more complicated Floating Sphere and 3-D Stadium Design. The math concepts used in these mental workouts also cover a wide range of abilities. Students will be drawn to this colorful book because of its attractiveness, its challenges, and its hands-on approach.
Linda Wadleigh, Oconee County Middle School, Watkinsville, GA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Linda Wadleigh, Oconee County Middle School, Watkinsville, GA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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