Balance Math & More Book, Level 3: Sharpening Critical Thinking, Computational, & Algebraic Reasoning Skills

This fun, mind-building 48-page book is made up of three types of puzzles that involve addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication as well as fractions and decimals. As students have fun solving these puzzles, they are sharpening their critical thinking, computational, and algebraic reasoning skills. This book's spiraling difficulty is designed to scaffold a student's conceptual understanding of the targeted operations from beginning to advanced achievement. Teaching suggestions and detailed solutions are included.

Key Features :

i : Balance Math Puzzles require students to analyze balances to deduce the missing value.
ii : Inside-Out Math Puzzles require students to reverse their thinking, using the inverse relationships between addition and subtraction and multiplication and division to solve the puzzle.
iii : Tic Tac Math Puzzles require students to figure out the correct order to complete all rows, columns, and diagonals.
iv : Try one of these intriguing puzzles—and then try to stop!
v : Author(s): Robert Femiano