Brown Paper School book: Math for Smarty Pants

• Publisher:   Little, Brown Young Readers
• Number Of Pages:   128
• Publication Date:   1982-04-30
• ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0316117390
• ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780316117395

Chock full of entertaining mathematical ideas, puzzles, tricks, and word problems, this book proves that everyone can be a math whiz. "Students can't help but grow in mathematical skills and positive attitudes."--School Library Journal.

I got this book somewhere in my grade school days. I loved every bit of it to death. The illustrations are cute and funny. The longer story problems are challenging and fun. The book is broken into sections related to some sort of math topic, and the ideas addressed in each section vary enough that you aren't reading and practicing the same old thing.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants a boost in math. I was a poor math student, and this book re-instilled my faith in myself on the subject. It also might be helpful to teachers who need extra activities for students who get through their homework quickly.

It's important to note that this book is "written and designed for kids and grownups together." It isn't a book to simply thrust into the hands of a child and leave her to her own devices, no matter how much of a "smarty pants" she is. On the contrary, it is to be read and enjoyed together. Older children may successfully make their way through it alone, but with all of the opportunities for interaction and discussion that ... Smarty Pants presents (i.e., Math for two, What is a Paradox?), why would you want to miss the chance? Advance concepts are explained in concrete terms, and practical challenges abound; and the well-drawn pen-and-ink illustrations enhance and clarify the text.

My 10-year-old son is definately a math "smarty pants" and when this book arrived I just left it sitting around to see if he would "discover" it and and boy did he! It's full of fun math games and activities and he dove into it for hours; not bad for a lazy summer day activity. I highly recommend it for your "smarty pants" or even your not-so-smarty-pants if he or she is willing to play in the realm of numbers.

This book contains a number of engaging math and logic problems, something that we do a lot of. Unfortunately, the print is small, the pages are quite crowded and answers are often extremely hard to find, all of which really limits the book's usefulness both in our math program and as a "just for fun" book.

I don't care what anyone else says. This book is great. I'm 10 and I didn't think it was too hard or anything. I think younger kids might be confused, but I LOVE it!

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