Challenge Math: For the Elementary and Middle School

by Edward Zaccaro

Overview

Difficult concepts in areas such as statistics, probability, trigonometry and calculus are explained in an easy to understand format using cartoons and drawings. This makes self-learning easy for both the child and any teacher whose math skills are a little rusty. The second edition has an expanded answer section with detailed solutions for the more difficult problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780967991559
Publisher:	Hickory Grove Press
Publication date:	02/28/2005
Pages:	429
Product dimensions:	6.94(w) x 10.58(h) x 1.16(d)
Age Range:	12 - 14 Years

Editorial Reviews

...the intent here is not problems for the sake of rote practice, but problems to encourage thought and interest, and to give kids a feel for the many fascinating real-world uses of math. Metric conversions are demonstrated with measurements of elephant tusks, viruses, and the wingspans of ancient dragonflies; statistics explained with examples taken from medical research; ratios and proportions taught with jumping fleas, metal alloys, map scales, and the heights of trees. All the basics are here too: for example, kid-friendly introductions to the Pythagorean theorem, the "how-tos" of dividing fractions and coordinate graphing, the distinctions among sine, cosine, and tangent, the formulas for calculating the volumes of cylinders and spheres. Challenge Math is a great resource for the worksheet-discouraged and the mathematically curious.

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