On-the-Job Math Mysteries
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On-the-Job Math Mysteries

Real-Life Math From Exciting Careers (Grades 4-8)

  1. 88 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

On-the-Job Math Mysteries

Real-Life Math From Exciting Careers (Grades 4-8)

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About This Book

The author of the best-selling Real Life Math Mysteries offers students more close encounters with engaging professionals! After working through the math problems encountered on the job, your students will have no doubt about the absolute importance of math in the real world. Just like a field trip, but a lot more practical, this book takes students out into the field where they count fish, direct air traffic, carve a totem pole, write software code, care for orphaned sea creatures, recover sunken valuables, mush dogs, salvage timber, feed the homeless, film wildlife, and a lot more.The math problems are tied to NCTM standards, and students will use skills such as selecting an operation, determining place value, using fractions and decimals, working with geometry, applying measurement skills, estimating, and recording and analyzing data to solve them. Each set of problems is presented on separate reproducible worksheets, and the book includes a list of skills and comprehensive answer key.Working with the engaging and diverse mathematics presented here, students will see exactly what is at stake in problem solving, why mathematics is essential, and why accuracy matters. The light will go on for your students as they see that mathematical skills are essential to following their dreams.Grades 4-8

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
ISBN
9781000494921
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Circus Performers
  8. Organic Farmer
  9. Dogsled Musher
  10. Beekeepers
  11. Kayak Guide
  12. Shellfish Farmer
  13. County Judge
  14. Railroad Engineer
  15. Videographer
  16. Heavy Equipment Operator
  17. Wildlife Veterinary Technician
  18. Software Engineer
  19. Environmental Health Specialist
  20. Waste Manager
  21. Soup Kitchen Operator
  22. Logging Manager
  23. Sawmill Operator
  24. Commercial Fisherman
  25. Air Traffic Controller
  26. Master Carver
  27. Diver
  28. Bush Pilot
  29. Answer Key
  30. About the Author
  31. Common Core State Standards Alignment