This is not your typical math book.
Try It! Even More Math Problems for All is the third of three collections of offbeat, open-ended problems designed to make even the most math-averse student excited about working through these challenging yet accessible problems.
The Hints and Solutions section guides you to probe, suggest, and encourage students to explore even their most unusual insights on the way to solving these 25 new, illustrated problems of varying difficulty. As a result, you will be able to motivate your students to think creatively on their own and to engage in teamwork. And when students solve a problem, you will see and hear their accomplishments.
Perfect for any math classroom, club, after school activity, or coaching session, Try It! celebrates not only the destination, but the journey, giving students a chance to think differently, and, above all, have fun!
Can’t get enough? Volume 1 in the series, Try It! Math Problems for All, and Volume 2, Try It! More Math Problems for All, are also available at Routledge.com.
Optional Student Workbook Packs
In addition to this teachers' guide, companion student workbooks are available in packs of ten. The student workbooks feature ample room for student responses and notes, make reviewing and providing feedback on student work easy, provide students with a quick reference to use during discussions, and they save time — there is no need to reproduce student handouts.
Preface
Try It! Hints and Solutions
1. Dividing the Clock
2. Odds or Evens
3. Squaring the Checkerboard
4. Reversing Order?
5. Finding Hidden Rectangles
6. Watch Your Language!
7. Looking Ahead?
8. Removing Match Sticks
9. Getting to 99
10. Not a Card Trick
11. The Wine Barrel Puzzle
12. Calculating Calendar Days
13. Crossing Out 12 Numbers
14. Finding the Number of Players
15. Adding Consecutive Numbers
16. Opening and Closing Lockers
17. Losing Time?
18. Spaced Out?
19. Opening the Lock
20. Perfect Numbers
21. Reversing Digits
22. Choosing from Two Paths
23. Finding the Area of a Path
24. Cutting a Square in Half
25. The Riddle, or Youth Wins
Try It! Even More Math Problems for All: Photocopiable Problems
1. Dividing the Clock
2. Odds or Evens
3. Squaring the Checkerboard
4. Reversing Order?
5. Finding Hidden Rectangles
6. Watch Your Language!
7. Looking Ahead?
8. Removing Match Sticks
9. Getting to 99
10. Not a Card Trick
11. The Wine Barrel Puzzle
12. Calculating Calendar Days
13. Crossing Out 12 Numbers
14. Finding the Number Of Players
15. Adding Consecutive Numbers
16. Opening and Closing Lockers
17. Losing Time?
18. Spaced Out?
19. Opening the Lock
20. Perfect Numbers
21. Reversing Digits
22. Choosing from Two Paths
23. Finding the Area of a Path
24. Cutting a Square in Half
25. The Riddle, or Youth Wins
About the Author
About the Illustrator
Biography
Jerry Kaplan is Professor Emeritus at Seton Hall University, USA. He is the author of mathematics books for SRA, Random House, Harcourt Brace, Triumph Learning, and School Specialty.
