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The intent of this puzzle book’s “companion volume”, A Substantial Prime Number of Neat Numbers, was to help with awareness of math facts and properties that would benefit ALL pre-college test takers . . . grade level requisite exams, graduation exams, SATs, ACTs, quiz bowls, math counts. Dang, You’re Fast at Math! works with various math short cuts and “tricks.” Though it can benefit all math students it does reach beyond classroom topics and aims at those teachers and students who desire,

This offering is a three puzzle package involving Thanksgiving. Included are an arithmetic-based essay where the student does elementary arithmetic to supply the numbers for my prose . . . hopefully mentally. The student will need to know how to add and subtract (which I've given instructions for), evaluate simple exponents, and obey the order of operations. There is a food search where the student will find 20 of the more common foods partaken on Thanksgiving, then uncover a hidden message

This offering is a nice puzzle to use during Thanksgiving week. It might best be used as a last day exercise in which fun can be had while learning also occurs . . . a win-win activity. As the student "writes" a Thanksgiving Day essay by evaluating arithmetic expressions using addition, subtraction, some fairly small exponential expressions, and order of operations they'll also learn of the history of Thanksgiving while breaking a coded message. The intent is for all problems to be done men

Here's a St. Patrick's Day Puzzle that yields a bit of history and lore while enriching mental math abilities. To fill in the blanks, and find the answer to the anonymous quote, match the date below the blank with the letters and events below. If you do not recall the date of the events listed, I’ve given you the math wherewithal to calculate the date. Of course, it might help to learn/remember that a quick way to subtract mentally is by “over-subtracting.” Consider 736 – 198. Inste

In this Board Session students will… -add and subtract whole numbers -work with exponents -locate and order numbers on a number line -write out decimal numbers in words -round off numbers to various decimal places -work with Roman Numerals We DO have a complete set of the 20 5th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease in finding it you might want to try copying: 5th Grade Board Sessions, Complete Set of 20, Common Co

In this Board Session students will… -work with the order of operations -work with exponents -solve one-step equations and Guess & Check -work on naming rays, midpoints, etc. -estimate some rational number operations, then perform -work multiplying and dividing fractions and decimals -identify vertical and horizontal symmetry -draw a parallelogram, and find the missing angles in it We DO have a complete set of the 20 5th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual session

In this Board Session students will… -add and subtract whole numbers -work with exponents -solve equations mentally -substitute in variable expressions, then evaluate -estimate, then perform some binary operations -sketch some 3-dimensional figures -find the perimeter and area of a rectangle with decimal # sides We DO have a complete set of the 20 6th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease in finding it you might want to try cop

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 14, Verse 23 - Using substitution to review early integer work with absolute values, exponents, and arithmetic Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, an

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Benjamin Franklin - Working with important powers and basic arithmetic Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Geometry Puzzle Riddles. All of our puzzle

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 27, Verse 21 - Multiplying and dividing integers with some exponential work Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Geometry Puzzle Riddles. All

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 10, Verse 5 - Adding and subtracting integers Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Geometry Puzzle Riddles. All of our puzzle books can be fo