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Numbers, Numbers Everywhere
An original concept where math is explained on real life situations showing the practical usage of numbers in our everyday lives. Math is usually considered a demanding, boring or even a scary subject. But numbers are all around us and we use them and math constantly without even realizing it. Various usage of numbers in different environments is presented in 17 chapters and the book ends with a double-spread where kids can try out their newly gained knowledge. The aim of this book is to show math as a fun and useful subject that can be comprehensible and that helps us in many ways on a daily basis.
40 pages, Hardcover
Published June 6, 2023
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April 30, 2023
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Why study math? Because we use it every day! So many of my middle school students think that math is useless until we explain to them how often it comes up in daily life. I wish that all children had this book read to them frequently; more people might be more engaged in studying numbers!
This text heavy pciture book gives lots of examples of how we use different kinds of math. We use numbers to find our way, express age, and use them to measure objects and time. We play with numbers and use them to describe ourselves and others. There are lots of different ways to use numbers that many young readers might not have considered. If we're hot, sometimes it's good to know the temperature to know just how hot we are!
Each two page spread gives lot of examples of how number are used. I particularly liked the section on telling time. A lot of my students can't tell analog time, so the pictures of clocks and how to read the hands will be very useful. I also liked the description of how to use Roman numerals, and the fact that very little is said about a digital clock, although even that tells crucial information about there the hour and minute is expressed.
The illustrations are heavy on yellow, red, and bright blue, which makes them very dynamic and engaging. This has a European feel to it; Albatross publishes books that were originally produced in Europe. The facial expressions on the people are quite fun, and the end papers are filled with numbers!
While there are all number of counting books and activity books with math problems, I can't think of another book that describes how we use numbers and how important they are. This author also has Parts of a Whole (Neatly Organized Things) and Words About Where: Let's Learn Prepositions for readers who want to explore more about the tiny things that make up our larger world and are important to understand.
Why study math? Because we use it every day! So many of my middle school students think that math is useless until we explain to them how often it comes up in daily life. I wish that all children had this book read to them frequently; more people might be more engaged in studying numbers!
This text heavy pciture book gives lots of examples of how we use different kinds of math. We use numbers to find our way, express age, and use them to measure objects and time. We play with numbers and use them to describe ourselves and others. There are lots of different ways to use numbers that many young readers might not have considered. If we're hot, sometimes it's good to know the temperature to know just how hot we are!
Each two page spread gives lot of examples of how number are used. I particularly liked the section on telling time. A lot of my students can't tell analog time, so the pictures of clocks and how to read the hands will be very useful. I also liked the description of how to use Roman numerals, and the fact that very little is said about a digital clock, although even that tells crucial information about there the hour and minute is expressed.
The illustrations are heavy on yellow, red, and bright blue, which makes them very dynamic and engaging. This has a European feel to it; Albatross publishes books that were originally produced in Europe. The facial expressions on the people are quite fun, and the end papers are filled with numbers!
While there are all number of counting books and activity books with math problems, I can't think of another book that describes how we use numbers and how important they are. This author also has Parts of a Whole (Neatly Organized Things) and Words About Where: Let's Learn Prepositions for readers who want to explore more about the tiny things that make up our larger world and are important to understand.
February 10, 2023
Not too bad, but a book that looks more at showing the need for our numbers as opposed to really learning how to use them. (It even says division will be too complex until we get to school to study it properly.) So the bulk of this is a collection of double-paged spreads giving instances of numbers, and why we might be needing to know what they mean – counting down to lunch, following the timetable to the right class at the right time, measuring our personal bests at this sport and this computer game, and catching the right bus to the right house number to use a cake recipe with gran, etc. That's colourful and bright and friendly enough, but I would have thought it would have been the subsidiary to a maths lesson in a book, and not the other way round. Three and a half stars.
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