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Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (Wayside School)
by
Louis Sachar
"Everyone take out your spelling books," said Mrs. Jewls. "It's time for arithmetic."
Sue is so excited for her first day at Wayside School. But things at Wayside are far from normal-and Sue's teacher, Mrs. Jewls, is completely wacky. She expects the students to add and subtract words Sue has never heard of anything so ridiculous. She knows adding apples plus oranges is imp...more
Sue is so excited for her first day at Wayside School. But things at Wayside are far from normal-and Sue's teacher, Mrs. Jewls, is completely wacky. She expects the students to add and subtract words Sue has never heard of anything so ridiculous. She knows adding apples plus oranges is imp...more
96 pages
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(first published 1989)
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"Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School" is part of Louis Sachar's famous and ever-popular series, "Sideways Stories from Wayside School." In this book, Louis Sachar takes readers inside a bizarre math class at Wayside School. The book includes wacky arithmetics and absurd problems for students to try to work out.
As much as I enjoy Louis Sachar's writing, I did not love this book. I feel like it would be beneficial for older readers (perhaps 3rd and 4th grade), however, I think it would likely...more
As much as I enjoy Louis Sachar's writing, I did not love this book. I feel like it would be beneficial for older readers (perhaps 3rd and 4th grade), however, I think it would likely...more
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School goes with Louis Sachar’s Sideways Stories from Wayside School, using a similar story type and the same characters. This book can be used as an upward extension for students who have a good understanding of algebra. The later chapters are more appropriate for middle school math, but students in grades 4-5 can try to solve the arithmetic in the early chapters. Because the arithmetic uses “sideways” logic, students who rely on the algorithms to solve math wil...more
Oh my god! I loved this book! I used to spend hours doing the puzzles. I swear one of Mr. Buhler's extra credits came staight out of this book.
Louis Sachar has written some pretty great children's books and I read many of them back in elementary school. This was one of them, and is part of the weird Wayside School series, where nothing makes sense if you try to understand it. However, if you don't try, and just sit back and enjoy this book for its weird storytelling, it become a fun experience. In this installment, you're introduced to some pretty weird math, like 'elf + elf = fool'. Wait, what? Well, read this book and find out!
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School was another recommendation from my 2nd-grader. We both really enjoy working out puzzles, both word and math, so this is exactly the type of book to keep us engrossed for much longer than we needed to be. There are still many, many problems we have yet to solve, but we enjoyed Sachar's humor throughout the book. I'm looking forward to reading more from this series.
This book is totally all about math, except in words. It is probably the hardest book i have read in my entire life. It was soooooooo hard to solve the problems. I managed to solve a few but the rest I had to skip because they were sooooo hard for me to do. I am only in fifth grade and I will probably learn that in 6th grade. It was still a good book and I enjoyed it a lot.
Aug 29, 2009
Emma Nolan
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4 of 5 stars
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I was so excited to be doing the homework the kids from Wayside School were doing. My mom was always doing logic puzzles herself, and as a kid I would sit with her and help her with them. So with a little bit of explanation from my mom that these were like that, I could get into it. I must've done the problems over and over again many times.
Its mainly about sue not understanding + and - words. So for example apples + oranges and sue said fruit but Im not going to tell you the answer because you need to read the story to figure it out! In the mean time they have all these questions they need to answer. The class wants to now the answers but the teacher forgot all the answers. At the end of the story the teacher finds the answers and tells the class.
Want to help a young kid get on the right track with higher-level math? After they've fallen for the original Sideways Stories from Wayside School, they should give this book a shot. In short, the "reader" finds himself in Wayside School's bizarre math class, where equations all go like this:
elf
+ elf
fool
Words + words = words... the thing is, your job is to figure out what the numbers are. For starters, the "f" in the answer has to equal 1, because two single-digit numbers can't add up to more...more
elf
+ elf
fool
Words + words = words... the thing is, your job is to figure out what the numbers are. For starters, the "f" in the answer has to equal 1, because two single-digit numbers can't add up to more...more
What? I had no idea that this book had actual PUZZLES in it! As a kid I thought it was some sort of dada-ist experiment with absurdity and language. I wasn't that amused either. But, as a superfan of the Wayside School series, I still gave it three stars.
The wacky arithmetic doesn't make much sense, but it's absurd in the best way. Not quite as good as the narrative Wayside School books, but still plenty of fun. I gave a copy to a math teacher at the end of a school year.
I really didn't do much of the mind puzzles in the book strictly because I want to do them with my son when he gets older. It was a fun book and I think I could handle going to school at the Wayside school.
I remember reading this when I was way way younger; Probably 3rd or 4th grade and I absolutely loved it. I used to read it ALL the time, and I've probably read it like 20 times as a kid!
Maybe this book deserves a better rating but I can distinctly remember being *so* frustrated at this book because I didn't understand any of the puzzles when I was little.
This was strange as would be expected from Louis Sachar. Some laughs. This reminded me why I loved the Wayside School books. I may just have pull them off my shelf and reread some chapters. I feel some nostalgia for gross lunches, dead rats infiltrating the classroom, teachers with cowbells, and the missing floor (was it the 19th floor?- I can't remember).
I cannot count how many times I've read this book. I used to read it cover to cover when I was younger, trying to figure out why the puzzles were so goddamn hard.
Jul 17, 2010
Carol
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4 of 5 stars
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If you + me = we,
u=? m=? e=? w=?
It's an interesting book to read for Maths genius.
I'm sure that it's a book that I can never finish.
u=? m=? e=? w=?
It's an interesting book to read for Maths genius.
I'm sure that it's a book that I can never finish.
I really brought this home for my mathematician husband. And I was right. He was greatly amused. These are very clever books.
Maybe I'm such a total doofus at arithmetic I didn't understand what Louis was talking about in the book. Haha.
This was a very fun book! The silly arithmetic didnt make all that much sense to me, but it's a fun story for your students and an interesting way to introduce arithmetic.
This was probably my first exposure to the delightful world of math and logic puzzles.
Pretty sure I spent hours trying to figure out these problems when I was younger...
The Wayside School stories are my absolute favorites--after Holes-- that Sachar wrote
Algebra style math puzzles and problems, in the Wayside School style.
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (2004)
Great chapter book for classroom library
cool and makes you think differently!
LOVED IT!
LOVED IT!
This book made my daughter start to love Math.
I like the book because it is very funny
Problem solving puzzle fun.
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Louis Sachar (pronounced Sacker), born March 20, 1954, is an American author of children's books.
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