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© 1993 by Universal Press Syndicate
By BETTY DEBNAM
Ideas for Successful Math Recipes
from The Mini Page by Betty Debnam © 1993 Universal Press Syndicate
Cooking Up Good Math
The most important ingredients are:
• many ways to solve
problems.
• to be able to explain what
you do. Talk or write about
how you do it.
• to think logically so your
answer makes sense.
• to see how math connects
or figures into your
everyday life.
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The Mini Page asked Rookie
Cookie, our cook, to help us explain
to kids and their parents more
about what is going on in math.
New ways to teach math are
being cooked up in classrooms
across the country.
Th cook up good math habits, ~
according to experts, students
should learn strategies to help
them think through any math
problem.
Most experts say that these
strategies, blended with math facts
and skills, result in success.
These new math recipes were
cooked up by expert math teachers.
These standard ingredients were
prepared by the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics.
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The Mini Page thanks consultants Dr. Tom
Rowan, co-dlrector, project IMPACT,
(funded by the National Science
Foundation); Dr. Honi Bamberger, math
specialist, project IMPACT; Dr. Brenda
Hammond and Josepha Robles, math
specialists, Montgomery County (Md.)
Public Schools.
What to do:
..• Use number sense.
• Understand geometry.
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• Use fractions and decimals.
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• Understand patterns.
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The Mini Page Presidents Poster and
Book ofPresidents are a great
combination - and the best way
to learn about each president including Bill Clinton!
Help Alpha Mouse find his calculator.
He wants to check a baseball star's batting average.
Illustrated with reproductions of engraved
portraits, the 221/2·by·~81/2·inch Presidents
Poster shows each of the presidents with the dates
that each held office.
The Book of Presidents (51/2-by·8 1/2-inch, 96 pages)
features a photo of each president, as well as
information such as dates of birth and death, dates
served as president, political party, signature, glossary
of political terms, a visit to the White House and
important achievements.
Mail order to:
The Mini Page, P. O. Box 419242, Kansas City, Mo. 64141
PI:::nd - - - -co~i:;:thePr:ide:ts:fili:u;~S;te;P:s;r-:t$3~;I:;S50~each postage and handling and .
copies of the Book of Presidents at $4.95 plus $1.00
each postage and handling. (Make check or money order payable to Andrews and McMeel.)
Thtal amount enclosed _ _ _ _ _ .
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Supersport: David Robinson
Height: 7-1
Birthdate: 8-8-65
College: Navy
Weight: 235
David Robinson, center for the San
Antonio Spurs, knows that playing
basketball and doing math have something
important in common.
To be good at both of them, you need
hands-on practice, practice, practice.
David has a college degree in math.
He has been an All-Star four times in a
row.
Last season he was the only Spur to play in all 82 games. He
averaged 23.4 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.22 blocks and 3.7 steals per
game.
He also had three 3-pointers.
David was born in Key West, Fla., and lives in San Antonio.
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Mini Spy and her friends learn a lot about math while
grocery shopping. See if you can find:
- hamburger
- goose
-letter H
- hourglass
- one dice
- carrot
-lima bean
- peanut
- word MINI
-letter T
-ladder
- shoe
-letter Z
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Some of the things you will need to cook up good math are
hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward.
See if you can find: PROBLEMS, TALK, WRITE, THINK, DATA,
STUDY, ANSWERS, NUMBERS, SENSE, ESTIMATE, ADD,
SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE, GEOMETRY, MEASURE,
PREDICT.
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U U B D I V IDE K P R R E E
L M C Y R T E MOE GTE A N
T B STU D Y TAL K H D S S
E D A T A E L D D A I
Partner's Total
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P R F M S R E W S NAN C R Q
L S EST I MAT E G K TEO
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Ask a partner to put a square around the letters in his or her first name each
time one appears in this block. Put circles for the letters In your first name.
Who has the most?
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The Rookie Cookie Cookbook is chock-full of recipes designed especially for kids.
Rookie Cookie makes cooking fun, encourages reading, and takes kids step-by-step
through the cooking process. 'lb order, send check or money order only, for $7.95 plus
75¢ postage and handling per copy, to: Rookie Cookie Cookbook, P.O. Box 419242,
Kansas City, Mo. 64141. Make checks payable to Andrews and McMeel.
Understanding patterns is one of the strategies you'll need to
cook up good math. Draw the object or write the number that
comes next.
Write in
the first
five odd
numbers
on the
dot-to- l/ *
dot.
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Making estimates or guesses is a strategy you'll need to cook up
good math. Why not estimate how many of these things you
have at home? Then count and see how close you came.
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light bulbs
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cups
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pots
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THEIR MATH?
Count
(sent in by Susan Collins)
Q: How do you make the number one
disappear?
A! Put a "ff' in front of it and it's gone!
Q: What kind of pliers do you use in class?
A! Multipliers!
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from The MIni Page by Betty Debnam © 1993 Universal P.... Syndicate
For a Well-Balanced Math Diet, You'll Need to:
Use the Mini Page as a guide to make up other problems to try out on a partner at school or family member at home
Use number sense
These cooks
are learning
how to
estimate how
much water is
in the bowl.
to understand that:
• to show order
Use numbers to add, subtract,
divide and multiply.
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• to name things
• Numbers are built of different
numbers.
Examples:
What is the
price of your
newspaper?
How much
would 10
newspapers
cost?
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Collect data and predict
outcomes.
• A number can be both big and little.
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FOR' CLAII OF
LE.ONA'E.
, CUP OF IUCAR
1$ TOO LITTLE
FOR S "TCHERI
Example:
How many photos
will you see in the
first 10 pages
of your
newspaper?
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Count and
see how close
you were.
"Use fractions and decimals
• Numbers can be changed.
Example:
How many pages
are there in
half of your
newspaper?
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Use geometry
Example:
Cut out some paper
squares. Experiment
to see how many
ways you can divide
them in half.
Use measurement
Example:
How many pages of
your newspaper would
it take to cover the
floor
In your
bedroom?
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Use patterns
Example:
Pretend you are
offered $1,000 to
deliver newspapers
for a month. Another
offer is:
• 1¢ the first day
• 4¢ the third day
2¢ the second day • 8¢ the fourth day,
and so on for 30 days.
Which offer would you choose?
Example:
Freckles is 5 years
old. Some people say a ~~~
dog's year is 7 human
years.
What is Freckles'
age in human years?
Example:
Close your eyes and
open them again
when you think a
minute is over.
The more you
practice, the better
your estimate will be.
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Understand how numbers
work.
• Numbers need to
make sense.
Estimate
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People In other jo"e can alea uee thie
euide to cook up eood math.
Make up eame math pro"leme for a:
grocery
clerk
Party, party! Let's celebrate Halloween
in next week's Mini Page.
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Find out
what's cookin'
in math
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by Betty Debnam
Appearing in your
newspaper on _ __
from The Mini Page by Betty Debnam
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Teacher's
Guide
For use by teachers and parents at home and at school.
For use with issue: Cooking Up Good Math
Main idea: This issue is about math. The following is a list of activities to
be used with this issue. They are listed in order of difficulty, with the easier
pre-reader assignments listed first. Ask the children to do the following:
1. Draw a picture of a way you use math every day.
2. Discuss the following: Why is it important to have good math skills?
How does knowing and using math make your life easier? How can you
help a younger child learn math skills?
3. Find the following in your newspaper: the highest and lowest
temperatures in the weather section; a sports score; the price of a grocery
item; the time a movie you would like to see starts; the price of a car.
4. Make up a recipe, estimating the amount of each ingredient you will
need.
5. Have a contest with a friend. Have each person estimate how many
cars will pass by your house in the next 10 minutes. See who comes closest.
Why did you pick the number you did?
6. Keep a math diary for a day. Write down how and why you use math
skills.
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James has a hit record, you
picture a solo singer. The
group James is really made
of
members (count
them).
There were originally
four members. 'Ibday the
group is Jim Glennie
(bass), Tim Booth (vocals),
The members of the group
Larry Gott (guitar), Dave
James.
Baynton-Power (drums),
Andy Diagram (trumpet), Mark Hunter (keyboards) and
Saul Davies (guitar, violin). How many did they add? _
James had its first hit in 1990 with the song "Sit
Down."
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(Note to Editor: Above is the Teacher's Guide for Issue 41.)
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