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When a box containing a penguin arrives anonymously on New Year's Day, a family of four is puzzled, but as they continue to receive one penguin each day their problems--and food budget, and storage issues--are multiplied.

Uses a dialog between two friends, one who estimates, one who counts precisely, to show estimation at work in everyday life.

"Computer coding in the kitchen? Yes! Best friends Gabi and Adi are baking a special birthday treat-and making a recipe is a lot like creating a function in a computer code. These scientifically minded junior programmers are always on the lookout for ways to work coding concepts into their day with Code Play!"--Provided by publisher.

Grab your bike-it's time to ride. That's the fun activity that begins this inviting book. The narrator looks for wheels in a ride around town, adding them as he goes and encouraging readers to do the same. He encounters friends on bikes with training wheels, a unicycle, and even a policeman on a motorcycle. Math is everywhere, even on wheels!

Math is always involved at a bank. Readers will explore place value, base-ten, fact families and more, all while exploring problems related to the bank. Readers will add up the checks from their latest birthday party to make a deposit. They will figure out how much money they will have left in the bank after making a withdrawal, too.

When Steward Edmund Rounds and Sir Cumference notice that there are strangers camped nearby, Rounds II decides to investigate despite being involved with the task of learning how to make accurate counts of the castle's stores of food, supplies, and weaponry. When he reports back that an enemy is lying in wait, everyone moves quickly to defend the castle. But wait! Will Rounds II be able to figure out how many bows and arrows they have to create an...

Jupiter, named for the mythological king of the gods, demands a lot of respect in the night sky. Young scientists are invited to travel to this gas giant while taking part in "math missions" along their journey. By completing each mission using familiar math operations, they'll discover fascinating facts about Jupiter, its rings, and its moons. They'll learn about the storm called the Great Red Spot and the Juno spacecraft's mission to Jupiter. Science...

The sun's importance to Earth and the solar system can't be exaggerated; it's the linchpin for life itself. The sun's structure, atmosphere, and other features are introduced in collaboration with related mathematical problems in this noteworthy companion to the elementary science and math curricula. Readers discover fascinating facts about the sun such as its age-it's 4.6 billion years old!-through bright text and motivating math problems. Amazing...

The planet Saturn, with its magnificent rings, is one of the most jawdropping sights in our solar system. The striking photographs in this attractive volume invite readers to dive into the essential facts and science vocabulary in the text. They'll also be invited to solve math problems involving Saturn in which they'll learn more data such as about Saturn's 29 1/2 year trip around the sun. Saturn's rings, moons, and atmosphere are some of the topics...

In this entertaining narrative, arithmetic and weather are connected topics. The story opens as the narrator wonders how to dress for a trip to the zoo. The reader reviews weather concepts as well as addition word problems through accessible text and helpful photographs. This valuable volume is a perfect addition to any elementary science and math collection.