Painless Math Word Problems (Barron's Painless)
by Marcie Abramson B.S. Ed.M.
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Author: Marcie Abramson B.S. Ed.M.Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-09-01
ISBN: 0764115332
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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Book Review: Forget kids for a minute, adult math phobia is
Summary: 5 Stars
one of the biggest challenges, particularly for those of us in the Great Boomer Glut who are at least 15 years from retirement.
This book is phenomenal for middle and older adults who want to tune up their math chops after many years of neglect.
It's funny how many people in the world WILL NOT actually TEACH math to you or anyone else. Sometimes I think the whole ridiculous "tough love" mentality started in someone's math department.
Marcie is a magnificent exception.
Marcie's two best attributes in this book are: 1) She is more than happy to break everything down into easy-to-latch-onto baby steps; and 2) Her whole focus is INCLUSIVE and supportive.
Working through this book, I've been pleasantly surprised to discover how much I remember and can still do. More importantly, this book seems to have identified exactly where my cut-off point is -- and then extended it substantially further.
For example, I've known about the Pythagorean Theorem for years but this is the first time I ever saw the picture of a triangle with squares coming off each of the 3 sides. Wow! Suddenly I see it in a whole different light. And then using it to measure "crow flying" distance between points only reachable via L shaped road patterns.
Now, I'm ready to jump into Painless Algebra, more confident than I have been about math in a long time.
My only regret is that, to my knowledge, there is no Painless Trigonometry, Painless Calculus or Painless Statistics. Barrons should create these so I can buy them.
Thanks, Marcie. Thanks, Barrons.
Summary of Painless Math Word Problems (Barron's Painless)
Titles in Barron's Painless Series are textbook supplements designed especially for classroom use by middle school and high school students. The approach of each title is an appeal to students who think that the subject is boring, or too difficult, or both. The authors, all experienced educators, take a light approach, showing kids what is most interesting about each subject, and how seemingly difficult problems can be transformed into fun quizzes, brain-ticklers, and challenging puzzles with rational solutions. In this volume, students learn to see patterns in math word problems, then compute with decimals, fractions, compare rates, and solve proportions. Then using everyday, real-world examples, they explore statistics and probabilities, and learn how math can actually predict future outcomes and events. Other areas of practical math are examined, with a final chapter that searches out problems and activities that can be found on the World Wide Web.Mathematics Books
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