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Presents twenty-five cartoon stories, each followed by a selection of related questions designed to build math skills in fourth- through eighth-grade students.
The comic book universe is adventurous, mystifying, and filled with heroes, villains, and cosplaying Comic-Con attendees. This book by one of Wired magazine's art directors traverses the graphic world through a collection of pie charts, bar graphs, timelines, scatter plots, and more. Super Graphic offers readers a unique look at the intricate and sometimes contradictory storylines that weave their way through comic books, and shares advice for navigating the pages of some of the most popular, longest-running, and best-loved comics and graphic novels out there. From a colorful breakdown of the DC Comics reader demographic to a witty Venn diagram of superhero comic tropes and a Chris Ware sadness scale, this book charts the most arbitrary and monumental characters, moments, and equipment of the wide world of comics. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which includes high-resolution images.
Comics + Math = Fun. This zany collection of cartoons and companion word problems helps students learn fundamental math concepts, like addition, subtraction, multiplications, division, fractions, decimals, and more. One-color illustrations.
Gee, my coffee is way too hot right now! How many minutes do I have to wait until it cools down to taste the best, then? How can I calculate the age of a bone of a dinosaur my friend found on the beach? What will be the population of the earth 10 years from now? Why does it take time for a TV set to display pictures when we turn it on? Will my house collapse due to an earthquake? ...Traveling with Math guru for three days, we will be surprised that the questions above raised in our daily life can be explained by differential equations. We can get the answers to many more questions as well as the ones above by solving differential equations. Learning engineering math, we don t want to simply hear words in lectures, just read letters and numbers in the books, and merely do the problem sets, but really want to: Actually and vividly picture what the questions are about See how the equations work doing real examples Get the point of the equations And have Fun doing the work.
An experienced math teacher shares the 250 10-minute quizzes he developed that helped boost his students' mental math skills and their scores on standardized tests. Topics covered include addition, subtration, multiplication, division, numeration, patterns, percents, ratio, rounding, prime numbers, geometry and much more. Includes ready-to-use, reproducible answer sheets. Geared to the NCTM standards. For use with Grades 4-8.
From the Joker to Harley Quinn, Lex Luthor to Darkseid, DC's super-villains offer a fascinating collection of cautionary tales. The Big Book of Super-Villains gives the enlightening back stories and need-to-know facts about DC's most popular bad guys. Discover their special powers, tricky devices and secret lairs, as well as memorable battles with their archenemies. Learn why the Joker, Penguin, and Harley Quinn love to tangle with Batman and Robin; why Lex Luthor won't rest until he has defeated Superman; what drives Cheetah's competition with Wonder Woman, and the reasons behind many more famous feuds. Classic style DC comic book art and a shiny foil cover complete the irresistable package.
