The Grapes of Wrath mind stretching math riddles.

Tang, Greg

The Grapes of Wrath mind stretching math riddles. - 1st - New York : Schoastic, 2001. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. - Math for fun 1 .

Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems in using visual clues

The Grapes of Math (ages 7-10) teaches four important lessons in problem solving. The first is to be open-minded. Children learn to look beyond the obvious in search of smarter solutions. Second, they are encouraged to think strategically by finding convenient sums that make adding easier. Third, kids are taught to save time by using multiple skills when solving problems, such as subtracting to add. Finally, children learn to organize and simplify information using patterns and symmetries

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Mathematical recreations--Juvenile literature.
Mathematical recreations.
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