Mathematics in the Real World: Spectacular Sports: Playing Like a Girl: Problem Solving (Paperback)

Dive into the world of female sports stars with this engaging text! Students will develop their problem-solving skills while reading about the world's greatest female athletes. This book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts like solving word problems. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Text features include captions, a glossary, an index, and a table of contents to increase students' vocabulary and literacy skills and their interaction with the text. Math Talk poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills.