Riddle-Iculous Math [Hardcover]

Joan Holub (Author), Regan Dunnick (Author), Heather Boyd (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: 2 and up

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 5 million dollars in one month!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 5--A collection of funny, corny, and sometimes challenging riddles and rhymes based on math. Some are adaptations of familiar rhymes or chants ("Miss Lucy had a student;/his name was Brainy Ben./She gave him some math problems/and told him to begin"). Others involve simple addition and subtraction functions to solve a riddle. Simple, colorful cartoons appear throughout. The riddles appear in black type, with the answers in red just below. These selections can be used as bonus test questions, quick brainteasers, or just for fun.--Nancy A. Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library, NY
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Gr. 2-5. "Where do math teachers eat? On multiplication tables." With verbal puns, rhymes, and wild watercolor-and-pencil cartoons, this book makes numbers a hilarious part of schoolyard play, from metric food fights to pizza fractions. The slapstick word-and-picture scenarios will appeal to young children, but some of the math, especially metric conversion and multiplication and division, is more advanced and best for sharing with older children at home and in the classroom. The best pages blend verbal and math fun: "You will discover treasure in an Egyptian (15 - 13) mb." Fortunately, the answers are always right there. Hazel Rochman
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807549967
• ISBN-13: 978-0807549964
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Author of 130+ books including 12 in the GODDESS GIRLS series: Athena the Brain, Persephone the Phony, Aphrodite the Beauty, Artemis the Brave, Athena the Wise, Aphrodite the Diva, Artemis the Loyal, Medusa the Mean, The Girl Games (Super Special) for ages 8-12 co-written with Suzanne Williams. OTHER POPULAR TITLES: Groundhog Weather School; Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers and Swirly Stars; The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School; Wagons Ho! (co-written with G. Hallowell); Who Was Babe Ruth?; Zero the Hero (picture book illus by Tom Lichtenheld, Henry Holt/Macmillan). COMING IN 2012: Ballet Stars (Random House).

I'm at http://www.joanholub.com and http://joanholub.blogspot.com

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and Helpful, January 4, 2004

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Alma B (Unionville, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Riddle-Iculous Math (Hardcover)

Kids will enjoy this amusing book on their own and it has many good math lessons. My kids particularly liked the Egg and Spoon Race (subtraction and addition as kids move forward and backward in the race) and The Spud Brothers (teaches even and odd), and Plenty of Pizza (fractions a la Mr. and Ms. Sweet-za eating and sharing pizza). We all liked the math jokes and short riddles thrown in on most pages as well. The art is lively and colorful. I liked the style of it--it's unusual and active. The book is well-organized and packed with info, but not too busy. An excellent math choice for about ages 7-10 or so. (I'm 36, and I enjoyed it too!)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Riddleiculous Math is so coool, March 14, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Riddle-Iculous Math (Hardcover)

I like math because Im in the girls only math class. no boys hahahah!!!! My mom got Riddle-iculous Math so I showed my teacher and she showed my whole class. It was so cool and this book is cool. I likeit because I like the riddles and becasue you learn.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Math Fun, October 29, 2010

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Carrie L. Cooker "A Shopper" (Cincinnati, OH, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Riddle-Iculous Math (Hardcover)

I am using this book in my 5th grade math classes. Math doesn't have to be boring. This book encourages some basic computation and problem solving by way of riddles. There are a few jokes--knock, knock jokes and other grade school appropriate styles. (What's a math teacher's favorite season? Sum-mer.) The illustrations will definitely entertain. No heavy learning here, just a quick, fun way to get in some more practice.