Math Bafflers

<p><i>Math Bafflers</i> requires students to use creativity, critical thinking, and logical reasoning to perform a variety of operations and practice skills that align with state and national math standards. The book covers real-life situations requiring math skills, such as distance, liquid measures, money, time, weight, sequencing, comparison, age, area, and percentages, along with operations such as fractions, exponents, algebra, place value, and number lines. Students will make hypotheses, organize information, draw conclusions, and use syllogistic thinking. Teachers can feel confident that they are providing challenges and reinforcing important skills in a format that students enjoy! <br><br><i>Math Bafflers</i> builds essential critical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving skills; develops logical thinking in a fun format; uses relevant, real-life mathematical situations; and provides opportunities for differentiation.<br><br> Grades 6-8</p> Note to Teachers How to Solve the Math Bafflers Puzzles Who Will Be My Teacher? (logic) Face-Bond Friends (distance, fractions) Brr! Baby, It’s Cold Outside (negative numbers) Please Don’t Take My Sunshine Away (temperature conversion) Century Club (numbers) I’m Done! What Should I Do Now? (numbers) 24 Game® (operations) Cha-Ching (money) Rah, Rah! Go, Team! (logic, sequencing) NBA Salaries Are Not Dribble (money) Triple Trials (measurement conversion) How Big and How Far? (distance) Saturated Saturday (time) Movies and Music Are Marvelous (numbers) We’re Crazy Over Algebra (algebra) Spice It Up (measurement, volume) Got Feet? (distance, measurement) Boys Love Big Toys (fractions, weight) Pigskin Playoffs (logic, numbers) What’s My G.P.A.? (decimals) Don’t Freeze These Cubes (squares, cubes, biquadratic numbers) What Did You Call Me? (fractions, time) I’m a Computer Nut (logic) Got My Numbers? (operations) Sudoku Solutions (numbers) Pen Pal Pursuits (decimals, numbers) Which Will Be My Alma Mater? (money) What’s My Total? (money, percent) Our Loyal Fans (numbers) The Bouncing Bartletts (distance, measurement) Shape Up: Double Workout—Part I (geometry, logic, perimeter) Shape Up: Double Workout—Part II (geometry, logic, perimeter) Miles for Moms (distance, logic, time) Climb Ev’ry Mountain (decimals, distance) What’s Your Number? (operations) Take 5: Games 1 and 2 (logic, operations) Solutions About the Author Common Core State Standards Alignment