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This is an excellent supplemental math text for students in late elementary school. For example the first problem in this book is boys + boys ------ silly Where the solution is 6721 6721 ------ 13442 The first 39 problems are alphametics and the rest are word problems where the solution is derived via logic. There is a section of hints to the problems and complete solutions are included. In my life as a mathematics educator at the college level, I have used alphametics to teach the fundamentals of arithmetic and have touted the value of doing that at professional conferences. An alphametic is an algebra problem where a few words make up a phrase and each letter represents a digit. Therefore, I was gratified to see alphametics used in this book to teach algebra to students in late elementary school. When the letters are replaced by the digits, the result is a correct arithmetic problem.
We only wish there were more as we have read them all. We love them all. Recommended for those reluctant readers (and listeners) as well. We read the Wayside School books together and the kids and parents all laugh. These stories are funny, silly, goofy, and enjoyable.
It is a nice book to read and it makes you think as well. My son spent some time to solve them and we did some of them together. This book is amazing. It entertains my kids with its funny and hard math questions.
I especially loved the early problems wtih the convertion of basic math equations with letters to numbers like BOYS + BOYS = GIRLS and stuff like that. This book (and the first as well) is highly recommended for any kid who likes the Wayside books and also enjoys math/logic puzzles. I had this book when I was in fifth grade, and I absolutely loved it. Now I am a physics major in college so I guess I came out pretty well. Who knows, maybe this kid will be working with Schrodinger's equation in several years. I was already a big fan of the Wayside books, and I also liked math so these books were the perfect combination for me. I even remember working through the entire book multiple times.
I really found this enjoyable. It's a blast.It's harder than the first one, be warned. It makes it fun and interesting.
(BOYS + GIRLS = SILLY) And it's your job to figure out number substitutes for the letters. But it's also more fun and entertaining. It's a lot of fun to do, and improves math skills and language skills.
I love incorporating words with math. It has the same kind of stories as the other Wayside books, but it incorporates math problems to go with it. I always used it as like a rainy day project, and I plan to do the same with my daughter.
I am not big on math (nor am I very good at it), but when you incorporate language, it makes it fun. You do neet time, paper, and a darn good eraser, but this was a blast.
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