Great Graphs and Sensational Statistics: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun

Great Graphs and Sensational Statistics really made our 6th Grade Business Math unit very fun and interesting. While charting commercials, dangling spoons, taking surveys, flipping coins and following the stock market...we learned all about how to present information in a form that others can understand. This is very REAL math that my child can use throughout his life - whether he's a weatherman, scientist, or business administrator! We all need to learn how to present information clearly and effectively. Oh, and some statistical work is in there - means, medians, conducting a study and charting statistical results...highly recommended!

Part of the outstanding "Magical Math" series from John Wiley & Sons, Wacky Word Problems: Games And Activities That Make Math Easy And Fun by Lynette Long is specifically designed and presented to appeal to children ages 8 to 12 and provide them with a fun and engaging way to grasp the basics of standard word problems. Kids will learn how to answer computation problems, percentile problems, distance problems, and so much more through dozens of age-appropriate activities and entertaining examples. Wacky Word Problems is especially recommended as a homeschool curriculum supplement, and would be an appropriate acquisition for traditional grade school math curriculums and library reference collections as well.