FA 2015 10.4 Math

[Kate S]

In honor of the back to school season, let's take a math lesson: Read a book with a number in the title, which can be in either numeric form or spelled out. Ordinals, such as first, 2nd, etc. do not qualify.

[Kate S]

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[Bea]

Would a title such as A Thousand Splendid Suns or A Thousand Acres qualify? Wondering about the "a" in front of the word "thousand".

[Kate S]

Yep, both those titles work. Enjoy!

[Joanna]

What about numbers like "sixteenth": The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-century Miller

[Kate S]

Joanna wrote: "What about numbers like "sixteenth": The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-century Miller"

No, sorry, ordinals (n-th) do not work for this task.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

so 4th of July wouldn't work?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "so 4th of July wouldn't work?"

No, sorry, that book doesn't work for this one.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

okay will find something else

[Amanda]

Just putting it out there, but if you were going to read Christie for 10.2, there are quite a number (see what I did there, ;) ) that have numbers in the title. Most are not shelved as YA Assignment, and all get Oldies points.

Even better, at least a couple qualify for 10.3.

But that's all I am saying!

[Krista]

Amanda wrote: "Just putting it out there, but if you were going to read Christie for 10.2, there are quite a number (see what I did there, ;) ) that have numbers in the title. Most are not shelved as YA Assignmen..."

Thanks for the heads-up! I love to get all the Combo and Style points. :-)

[Rebekah]

Ok, I'm just wanting to make sure all these forms of numbers will fit the task
1776
Lean Mean Thirteen
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
11/22/63
King Henry V

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Rebekah wrote: "Ok, I'm just wanting to make sure all these forms of numbers will fit the task
1776
Lean Mean Thirteen
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
[book:11/22/63|1064493..."

Yes, all of those work! The No. 1 Detective Agency works only as that title, not all of those that are in the series by the same name.

[Rebekah]

thanks

[Cory Day]

How about Roman numerals (like Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II)?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Cory Day wrote: "How about Roman numerals (like Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II)?"

Yes, those represent the number and are acceptable. (But can you imagine having to do your multiplication tables in Roman times?)

[Coralie]

How about subtitles such as Black Vodka: Ten Stories?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Coralie wrote: "How about subtitles such as Black Vodka: Ten Stories?"

Yes, this is fine.

[Rachel]

Wouldn't King Henry V technically be King Henry the Fifth?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Rachelccameron wrote: "Wouldn't King Henry V technically be King Henry the Fifth?"

V in Roman Numerals is 5. I don't recall enough Latin (if we ever covered it) to know if the Romans had ordinals.

[El]

what about Slaughterhouse-Five?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Eleanor wrote: "what about Slaughterhouse-Five?"

Yes, that works.