Dazzling Division Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun

by Long, Lynette

• ISBN13: 9780471369837
• ISBN10: 0471369837
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Everything kids need to know to become masters of mathematicsTo the delight of parents and teachers everywhere, comes this great new series on mathematics, brimming with fun and educational games and activities. Lynette Long explains math in a unique way that helps kids learn and truly understand mathematical concepts. Using objects that can be found around the house, like playing cards, dice, coins, paper, and scissors, kids will get to know all about math, while having a fabulous time.In Dazzling Division, kids will learn the basics of division, such as what divisors, dividends, and quotients are and how to look at division as putting items into groups. Once they2ve grasped the basics, kids can practice their division skills and test their division memory with activities like Factor Mania and Shout It Out!The mysteries of multiplication are explored in Marvelous Multiplication. This book begins with games that help kids understand and memorize the multiplication tables, and continues with loads of fun activities and games, like Multiplication Tic-Tac-Toe and Unscramble, that reinforce the basic skills. Designed to be fun for both kids that are afraid of math as well as those who excel at it, the Magic Math books can help anyone become a mathematics master.Lynette Long (Bethesda, MD) has a PhD in psychology and an MS in mathematics. She has taught math and was formerly a professor of education, specializing in mathematics education. She is the author of several children2s math books, including Dealing with Addition and Painless Algebra.

Author Biography

Lynette Long has a Ph.D. in psychology and an M.S. in mathematics. She has taught math and was a professor of education, specializing in mathematics education. She is the author of several children’s math books, including Dealing with Addition and Painless Algebra.

Table of Contents

I. The Magic of Division	1	(14)
Anatomy of a Division Problem	3	(4)
Division as Grouping	7	(2)
Division as Repeated Subtraction	9	(3)
Division as the Opposite of Multiplication	12	(3)
II. Understanding Division Facts	15	(34)
Fun One!	17	(3)
It's All in the Eyes	20	(2)
Division Circles	22	(3)
Number Line Fours	25	(4)
Nickel Mania	29	(3)
Subtracting Sixes	32	(2)
Calculating Sevens	34	(3)
Opposite Eights	37	(3)
Nine and Easy Nines	40	(3)
Erasing Zeros	43	(3)
Dividing by Zero	46	(3)
III. Division Practice Games	49	(24)
Division Tic-Tac-Toe	51	(2)
Split Second	53	(1)
Division Search	54	(3)
Off to the Races	57	(2)
Division Memory	59	(2)
Three-in-a-Row Bingo	61	(3)
Egg Carton Division	64	(1)
Answer Up!	65	(2)
Mystery Number	67	(3)
Division Scabble	70	(2)
Divisor Here!	72	(1)
IV. Becoming Dazzling at Division	73	(44)
Flip-Flop	75	(3)
Whoops! Something's Left?	78	(4)
Up and Down	82	(4)
Solving Long Division Problems	86	(7)
Three-Minute Long Division	93	(3)
Checking Division Problems	96	(2)
Check It Out!	98	(2)
Ten-Second Guess Division	100	(2)
Daring Divisibility	102	(4)
Prime!	106	(2)
Prime Mania	108	(2)
Back and Forth	110	(3)
Shout It Out!	113	(2)
Word Problems	115	(2)
Division Master Certificate	117	(2)
Index	119