17 Kings and 42 Elephants by Margaret Mahy Seventeen kings and forty-two elephants romp with a variety of jungle animals during their journey through a wild, wet night. | |
Divide and Ride by Stuart J. Murphy Teaches division as a group of friends goes on different carnival rides. | |
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies. | |
A Fair Bear Share, (MathStart 2) by Stuart J. Murphy Blue Ribbon Blueberry Pie is the best—but do these bear cubs have enough ingredients to bake one? Regrouping their berries, nuts, and seeds by tens and ones reveals that one cub has not done her fair bear share. John Speirs's irresistible bear cubs make this lesson in regrouping one children will enjoy. |
The Great Divide: A Mathematical Marathon
by Dayle Ann Dodds, Tracy Mitchell (Illustrator)
"Bang!" goes the gun. The race is on.
Eighty racers explode from the starting gate, determined to win The Great Divide. They surge ahead, rushing toward--OH NO!--the wide hungry mouth of a grand canyon that claims half the racers. And this is only the beginning. More dangers lie ahead, waiting to divide the group once, twice, three times, and more. Will there be anyone left to cross the finish line?
One Hundred Hungry Ants
by Elinor J. Pinczes
One hundred hungry ants head towards a picnic to get yummies for their tummies, but stops to change their line formation, showing different divisions of one hundred, cause them to lose both time and food in the end.
One Hungry Cat
by Joanne Rocklin
Tom the cat tries to evenly divide the snacks he has baked for himself and two friends, but after gobbling up a few treats, Tom is faced with a new division problem. Includes division activities.
A Remainder of One,
by Elinor J. Pinczes
When the queen of the bugs demands that her army march in even lines, Private Joe divides the marchers into more and more lines so that he will not be left out of the parade.