Tag Archives: Mathematics

Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Danica McKellar
Publisher: Hudson Street Press

Product Description
From the author of the runaway bestseller Math Doesn’t Suck, the next step in the math curriculum– pre-Algebra. Last year, actress and math genius Danica McKellar made waves nationwide, challenging the “math nerd” stereotype—and giving girls the tools to ace tests and homework [...]

40 Fabulous Math Mysteries Kids Can’t Resist (Grades 4-8)

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Marcia Miller, Martin Lee
Publisher: Teaching Resources

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Humorous, reproducible math mystery stories will give your math sleuths a chance to have fun while practicing important math problem solving skills. They’re just perfect for classwork and homework and help you meet the NCTM standards. For use with Grades 4-8.

Algebra 1: An Incremental Development

Rating: (36 reviews)
Author: John H., Jr. Saxon
Publisher: Saxon Publishers

Prentice Hall Mathematics: Algebra 2

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Author: Dan Kennedy, Randall I. Charles, Sadie Chavis Bragg
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall

Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail

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Author: Danica McKellar
Publisher: Plume

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The runaway national bestseller, now in paperback

Geometry: Prentice Hall Mathematics

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Author: Laurie E. Bass, Allan Bellman, Sadie Chavis Bragg, Randall I. Charles, David M. Davison, William G. Handlin, Art Johnson, Paul A. Kennedy, Landau, McCracken, Thompson
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall

Scholastic Success With Math Workbook Grade 2 (Grades 2)

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Author: Scholastic Books
Publisher: Skills Books

Book Description
For classroom or at home, this super-fun resource provides engaging practice and reinforcement for all the essential math skills that kids need to succeed - in school and on the tests. Includes counting, shapes and patterns, addition, subtraction, problem-solving, and more! Packed [...]

Algebra 2

Rating: (21 reviews)
Author: Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Lee Stiff, Timothy D. Kanold
Publisher: McDougal Littell

American Medical Association Boy’s Guide to Becoming a Teen

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Author: American Medical Association, Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every boy’s life. It’s even more important to get answers and advice to the most common health issues boys face from a trusted source. The American Medical Association Boy’s Guide to Becoming a [...]

How to Fossilize Your Hamster: And Other Amazing Experiments for the Armchair Scientist

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Author: Mick O’Hare
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

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Outrageously entertaining and educational experiments from the team behind the phenomenal international bestseller Does Anything Eat Wasps?

How can you measure the speed of light with a bar of chocolate and a microwave oven? To keep a banana from decaying, are you better off [...]

Cracking the AP Calculus AB & BC Exams, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

Author: David S. Kahn
Publisher: Princeton Review

Book Description
Scoring high on the AP Calculus AB & BC Exams is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about calculus—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP [...]

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure

Rating: (67 reviews)
Author: Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

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Young Robert’s dreams have taken a decided turn for the weird. Instead of falling down holes and such, he’s visiting a bizarre magical land of number tricks with the number devil as his host. Starting at one and adding zero and all the rest [...]

Algebra 1: Practice Workbook With Examples

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

How to Prepare for the AP Calculus (Barron’s How to Prepare for Ap Calculus Advanced Placement Examination)

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Author: Shirley O. Hockett, David Bock
Publisher: Barron’’s Educational Series

Book Description
Updated to reflect the most recent Advanced Placement exams in Calculus, this manual presents four practice exams in Calculus AB and four more in Calculus BC, all with questions answered and explained. Extensive review sections offer brush-ups in functions [...]

The Ultimate Math Refresher for the GRE, GMAT, and SAT

Rating: (39 reviews)
Author: Lighthouse Review Inc
Publisher: Lighthouse Review Inc

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A comprehensive math review for the GRE, GMAT, and SAT. This math refresher workbook is designed to clearly and concisely state the basic math rules and principles of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry which a student needs to master. This is accomplished through [...]

Algebra to Go: A Mathematics Handbook

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Publisher: Great Source Education Group

Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers (Math & Logic Puzzles)

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Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Dover Publications

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93 riddles, mazes, illusions, tricky questions, word and picture puzzles, other entertainments for youngsters. Hilarious drawings. Solutions.

Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail

Rating: (58 reviews)
Author: Danica McKellar
Publisher: Hudson Street Press

Book Description
From a well-known actress and math genius—a groundbreaking guide to mathematics for middle school girls, their parents, and educators As the math education crisis in this country continues to make headlines, research continues to prove that it is in middle school when [...]

Cracking the SAT Math 1 and 2 Subject Tests, 2007-2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

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Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Book Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Math Subject Tests is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about math–only the techniques and information you’ll need to maximize your score. In [...]

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Cindy Neuschwander
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
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Sir Cumference, his wife, Lady Di of Ameter, and their son, Radius, use geometry and problem-solving techniques to help King Author. 32 pages. 8 1/2″ x 9 1/2″. Ages 5-10.

What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? A Math Adventure

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Author: Julie Ellis
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Barron’s AP Statistics 2008 (Barron’s How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics Advanced Placement Examination)

Author: Martin Sternstein Ph.D.
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Book Description
Six full-length Advanced Placement practice Statistics exams are presented in this manual with all questions answered and explained. Equally valuable to prospective test takers is the author’s 15-chapter topic review, covering virtually everything they will encounter on the actual exam. Topics for review are divided into [...]

Math Review For Standardized Tests (Cliffs Test Prep)

Rating: (34 reviews)
Author: Jerry, Ph.D. Bobrow
Publisher: Cliffs Notes

Book Description
The CliffsTestPrep series offers full-length practice exams that simulate the real tests; proven test-taking strategies to increase your chances at doing well; and thorough review exercises to help fill in any knowledge gaps.
Math Review for Standardized Tests is for anyone [...]

Math Workbook for the New SAT (Barron’s Math Workbook for the Sat I)3rd Edition

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Author: Lawrence S. Leff
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Book Description
Revised to reflect the newly structured math section on the SAT, the new edition of this workbook offers students intensive preparation for the test’s all-important math questions. The author suggests special math strategies to help students approach unfamiliar types of questions [...]