building math creativity and confidence through number play /
First Statement of Responsibility
Claudia Zaslavsky.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
First edition.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Chicago Review Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 140 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
22 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Odds and evens -- Prime and not prime -- Zero : is it something? or is it nothing? -- Money, measures, and other matters -- Riddles, puzzles, and other mind bogglers -- Counting : fingers, words, sticks, strings, and symbols -- The calculator and number sense -- Numbers grow, and grow, and grow.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
More than eighty math activities and number games help kids to think intuitively about math, emphasizing the underlying relationships between numbers and the process of manipulating them and covering such topics as estimation, prime numbers, fractions, and more. Original.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mathematics-- Study and teaching (Elementary), Juvenile literature.