arithmetic

Teaches simple subtraction, following Jen, a pet store employee, as she determines how many pets and supplies she needs to order.

Uses apples and apple muffins to illustrate the concept of fractions.

Introduces the concepts of counting and arithmetic through a story about a classroom party.

Introduces students to mathematical concepts involved in hockey, including speed and angle, and contains activities designed to help readers practice math skills.

Introduces students to various mathematical concepts involved in soccer, looking at such calculations as field size and the distances players run, and contains activities designed to help readers practice these soccer-related math skills.

Introduces students to mathematical concepts involved in NASCAR, including distance and speed, and contains activities designed to help readers practice these NASCAR-related math skills.

Introduces students to the mathematical concepts involved in baseball, including batting averages and earned run averages, and contains activities designed to help readers practice math skills.

Describes and explains the technique of using the fingers as a calculator to work mathematical problems.

Demonstrates how basic math is used to find averages, percentages, projections, and other calculations in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and tennis by describing one important actual game in each sport.

The reader is asked to perform a series of mathematical operations integrated into the story of a lazy man who plants magic seeds and reaps an increasingly abundant harvest.