The Great Number Rumble: A Story of Math in Surprising Places

By Cora Lee and Gillian O'Reilly

Book Overview

"A school's plan to end arithmetic plus a math-crazy kid equals an entertaining expose on the wonder of numbers." When the schools in Jeremy's town ban math, there are loud cheers from the kids. Even... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554510325
• ISBN13: 9781554510320
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Annick Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6

Customer Reviews

A Great Math Book for "Math Haters"

I used this book as a kick off for a new Living Math approach in our homeschool. The premise of this book is that math is everywhere, so it is filled with lots of math applications that are far beyond basic arithmetic. But it's all presented at an easy to understand level. You really could use each chapter as a jumping off point for further exploration of more math because there's plenty of fodder for going off on tangents. For example, we made our own tessellations after becoming intrigued by them in The Great Number Rumble. We also spent time researching Fibonacci numbers. It's nice to find a book that makes math fun! This one did that for us!

The Great Number Rumble: A Story of Math in Surprising Places

This is a math teachers delight. If you want to know how or why we use math daily, the answers are found within this fun read.

Great Number Rumble

As an educator, GREAT book to give kids a 'different point of view' on numbers & math.

Let's Rumble!

The Great Number Rumble: A Story of Math in Surprising PlacesI can't wait to use this book with my Math classes next year! For all those folks who claim math doesn't relate to real life, or is boring, this book should go a long way towards changing their minds. Not only does it cleverly illustrate (in words and pictures, no less) how integral math is to our lives, but it's actually a fun book to read, with a real story line. Rooting for the narrator's friend, the math-loving 'nerd', Sam, readers are likely to find themselves seeing math as fun and fascinating, too!