Excel for the Math Classroom

by Bill Hazlett, Bill Jelen

This guide to enabling middle-grade mathematics teachers to use Microsoft Excel in the classroom focuses primarily on concepts taught in grades 4–10, with some pre-algebra lessons for higher grades. Including files available for downloading to create custom math worksheets, build self-grading interactive spreadsheets, and use Excel to demonstrate charts and Cartesian math, this handbook provides fun examples of probability, solving equations, magic squares, and compound interest.

234 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Monique · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book. The directions are very clear and there are pictures to help. Unfortunately, I was looking for things I could assign to my kids for them to do on the computer. These are things for me to create. The ones toward the end could be created by me, loaded up onto my kids' computers, and then left for them to play around with so there are some things in here that the kids could work on on the computers. The problem is that they wouldn't take the kids much time to explore, and I want something they could use for a whole period. The other problem, which is probably unique to me, is that my school doesn't have a shared drive for the students to access so I would have to have each student log in and them copy the file into their personal drive. This takes up way too much time and takes my attention away from the rest of the class. So while this is a great book, it's not going to help me as much as I hoped it would.