Review by Booklist Review
Word problems can be the bane of a middle-schooler's existence, as it's easy to get confused by those mini-paragraphs packed with sometimes-needless information. Add bar graphs, pie charts, or other data sets, and some might feel like giving up. Illustrated with stock photos and colorful sidebars, this entry in the Math Busters Word Problems series explains how data, graphs, and probability are used in word problems and offers a four-step program for helping students arrive at the correct answer: understand the problem, make a plan, follow the plan, and review. Chapters cover increasingly difficult material, beginning with pictographs and ending with sampling and predictions, yet each two-page section covers one example of a problem style thoroughly before moving on. For instance, mean, median, and mode are separated into interrelated chapters, helping to reinforce the concepts. This book will combine well with a math textbook, and kids in need of specific review can easily move to the appropriate lesson. Back matter includes suggested further reading and an index.--Jones, Courtney Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Horn Book Review
These approachable books examine word problems as found in various branches of mathematics. The texts provide general tips and strategies; twenty-eight topics are then reviewed, with one topic per double-page spread. Pages are overcrowded with text and cheesy photographs of smiley math-doing kids, but the definitions, examples, and instructions themselves are clear. Reading list, websites. Ind. [Review covers these Math Busters Word Problems titles: Algebra Word Problems, Fraction and Decimal Word Problems, Geometry Word Problems, Graphing and Probability Word Problems, Math Measurement Word Problems, and Multiplication and Division Word Problems.] (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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