Customer Reviews

Spectrum Math, Grade 3

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I think this workbook will work more for some students than for others. The print is small in comparison to some other third grade workbooks available. This does give more problems per page, but this could be overwhelming too. It does cover things other than addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, such as telling time, measuring, money, calendars, and roman numerals, but it spends very little time on them. I did not like how it teaches addition and subtraction. It shows a graph and then for the addition problem 9 plus 8 it says: Find the 9-row. Find the 8-column. The sum is named where the 9-row and 8-column meet. I thought this was more confusing than anything. It does the same for multiplication and division. In explaining division it gives one page of groupings. Then the only explaination is "If 2x3=6, then 6[divided by]2=3. This is ok, but further explaination might be necessary. The book is also only 160 pages in total.

The biggest thing I do not like is that there are not answers at the back of the book for every page of problems. At one point I found that four pages in a row did not have answers. Unless you want to sit and do the math yourself or don't care if they are correct this can be frustrating.

The best thing I liked about this workbook is that there are lots of word problems. They don't fit many word problems on a page (usually about 5), but many times they are every other page.

I would say that this would make a great supplemental volume if your child doesn't get bored doing so many problems with small print and little color or pictures (I know these aren't necessary, but sometimes it helps). I wouldn't trust this volume to instruct your child, though if this is just a practice volume it might fit your needs just fine.

Product arrived as described, simple but very good math curriculum. Spectrum Math books are clean and very easy to use with my young children. There are always extra practice problems and space for additional practice if needed. I am pleased with the product.

My daughter finds the book easy, but I guess it is appropirate for the third graders.
A great practice book.