Marvelous Multiplication: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun

ISBN-13: 9780471369820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 128 str.

Lynette Long

Opis

Inside Marvelous Multiplication, you will explore and solve the mysteries of multiplication. You'll use ten tasty snacks to learn the one times table, get to know the ten times table using finger paints, and write a zany story using the multiples of a number to practice the multiplication tables. You'll go on to learn even more about multiplication by deciphering the fascinating puzzles of prime factors, exponents, and three digit multiplication while playing games like Prime Solitaire, Three by Three, and Fingers So why wait? Jump right in and find out how easy it is to become a mathematics master

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THE MAGIC OF MULTIPLICATION.

GAMES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE MULTIPLICATION TABLES.

Can You Eat Just One?

Pair It Up!

Don′t Skip This Activity.

Counting Corners.

Nickel Mania.

Tallying Toothpicks.

Calculating Sevens.

Graphing Eights.

Hidden Nines.

Fingerprints.

Big Fat Zero.

Book It!

MULTIPLICATION PRACTICE GAMES.

Cover–Up!

Multiplication Tic–Tac–Toe.

Fingers!

Possible or Impossible.

Shout It Out!

Split Second.

Multiplication Search.

Off to the Races.

Multiplication Crossword Puzzle.

Multiplication War.

Unscramble.

Multiplication Memory.

Silly Multiple Stories.

Multiple Search.

Buzz–Bizz.

Multiplication Grid.

BECOMING MARVELOUS AT MULTIPLICATION.

License Plate Multiplication.

Amazing Multiples.

What′s the Problem?

Flashing Factors.

Prime Factors.

Prime Solitaire.

Engaging Exponents.

Mental Multiplication Tricks.

Guesstimating.

Three by Three.

Handfuls of Change.

Annualizing.

MULTIPLICATION MASTER CERTIFICATE.

Index.

O autorze

Lynette Long has a Ph.D. in psychology and an M.S. in mathematics. 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 Dealing with Addition and Painless Algebra.

Blurb

Don’t Just Learn Multiplication...Master It! 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 own unique style to help you truly understand mathematical concepts as you play with everyday objects such as playing cards, dice, coins, paper, and pencil. Inside Marvelous Multiplication, you will explore and solve the mysteries of multiplication. You’ll use ten tasty snacks to learn the one times table, get to know the ten times table using finger paints, and write a zany story using the multiples of a number to practice the multiplication tables. You’ll go on to learn even more about multiplication by deciphering the fascinating puzzles of prime factors, exponents, and three digit multiplication while playing games like Prime Solitaire, Three by Three, and Fingers!So why wait? Jump right in and find out how easy it is to become a mathematics master!