Elementary-level maths becomes an exercise in fun when children open this humorous, cartoon-illustrated fantasy. As students enjoy the stories, they encounter one maths word problem after another, and they learn to think, calculate, and come up with the right answers. Mayor Lostis Marbles is back again, looking for problem-solving help. This book's superhero and problem solver is the fifteen-year-old, skateboard-riding Kent Clark, also known as Edge Master. He helps the mayor fight the underworld Shiftless gang. In the process, they solve problems involving angles, polygons, triangles, quadrangles, squares, prisms, and pyramids.
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Adventures in Mathopolis
ANOTHER MADCAP ADVENTURE STARRING THE ZANY CITIZENS OF MATHOPOLIS
Math becomes an exercise in fun when kids open this humorous, cartoon-illustrated book. As they enjoy the story, they learn to solve math problems involving angles, polygons, triangles, squares, prisms, and pyramids.
THE GREAT POLYGON CAPER The Shiftless Gang is spreading chaos throughout the fair city of Mathopolis.
Lostis Marbles, mayor of Mathopolis, struggles to restore order to the city. Desperately, he seeks help from skateboard-riding superhero . . .
Kent Clark, also known and feared by the underworld as Edge Master!
Meets Standards Set by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
This book promotes students skills in problem solving and reasoning for grades 3 5, and supports NCTM standards that include
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