Mastering Math Through Magic, Grades 4-6

by Mary A. Lombardo

Overview

With these teacher's guides and study books, you'll have your elementary and middle-schoolers mesmerized by math in no time! Students will increase their ability to mentally manipulate numbers while learning magic tricks that use dice, coins, buttons, stones, and other common objects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586831240
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Series:	Linworth Learning Series
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Mary A. Lombardo is a retired teacher from Albuquerque, NM.

Editorial Reviews

For teachers and students with a fascination for math problems, this book provides a compilation of math activities. An introduction for presenting a magic show covers such practical needs as costume and props. The teacher has a script for introducing the challenges and a worksheet for students to explain how the magic of each problem works. The computational tricks give students opportunity to practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, halving, and doubling. Other tricks involve calendars, dice, and money. Students will be amazed at the mysteries of math. . .” —Library Media Connection

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