Math adventures | Tracy Public Library

1) The big buck adventure

Author

Gill, Shelley

Series

Math adventures

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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Rhyming account of a little girl's quandary as she tries to decide what she can get with her dollar in a candy shop, toy store, deli, and pet department.

2) Sold!: A Mathematics Adventure

Author

Zimelman, Nathan

Series

Math adventures

Language

English

Description

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A curious boy finds out what it's like to spend money before you have it. Can he somehow multiply the debt into a profit of millions?

3) What's your angle Pythagoras?: a math adventure

Author

Ellis, Julie

Series

Math adventures
Pythagoras Math Adventure

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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In ancient Greece, young Pythagoras discovers a special number pattern (the Pythagorean theorem) and uses it to solve problems involving right triangles.

4) Equal Shmequal

Author

Kroll, Virginia

Series

Math adventures

Language

English

Description

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What does it mean to be equal? Mouse and her friends want to play tug-of-war but they can't figure out how to make teams that are equal. Nothing works until Mouse starts thinking mathematically. Wonderful illustrations capture Mouse and her animal friends from whiskers to tails.

5) Beanstalk: The Measure of a Giant

Author

McCallum, Ann

Series

Math adventures

Language

English

Description

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In this new spin on the classic tale, Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds a giant friend. How can Jack and the giant do things together when they are such different sizes? Humorous illustrations clearly show their math problems and how they solve them.

6) Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin

Author

Calvert, Pam

Series

Math adventures

Language

English

Description

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Rumpelstiltskin is back! This time he's making mischief with his multiplying stick. Can Peter unlock the secret of the stick in time to save the kingdom? Whimsical illustrations bring fun to multiplying whole numbers and fractions.

7) Zachary Zormer: Shape Transformer

Author

Reisberg, Joanne Anderson

Series

Math adventures

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Friday is Zachary Zormer's favorite day of the week. At least it is until he realizes he forgot this week's assignment, "Bring in something fun to measure." Tyler, the class show-off, brings a picture of himself from the newspaper. How can Zack top that when all he has to work with is a piece of paper he finds in his pocket? Week after week Zack takes on a different math concept (length, width, area, perimeter) with surprising projects including a...

8) The Multiplying Menace Divides

Author

Calvert, Pam

Series

Math adventures

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A ribbiting math adventure! After being banished to the Abyss of Zero in MULTIPLYING MENACE: THE REVENGE OF RUMPELSTILTSKIN, Rumpelstiltskin is back, and he's stirring up more trouble than ever. Together with his sidekick, a witch named Matilda, Rumpelstiltskin plots his revenge on Peter and uses his magical powers to divide the kingdom into frogs. Peter and his dog, Zero, must locate the Great Multiplier and find a solution that will break the Great...