Math focal points

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text uses the game of football to explain the mathematical concept of fractions.

Explores the number five through a visit with Jack, a little boy with sticky fingers.

Colorful photographs and simple text introduce children to the mathematical concepts of comparing data using the base ten numeration system.

Presents to young readers the practice of measuring and comparing sizes of different things.

Introduces young readers to math concepts through simple text and page-turning style.

Introduces young readers to math concepts through simple text and page-turning style.

Introduces young readers to the idea of a group of twelve, or one dozen, and of counting different numbers of smaller groups to make up a dozen.

Repetition and simple sentence structures introduce children to basic geometric structures and patterns found in nature and the world around them.

Demonstrates a finger counting trick for multiplying by nine.

Colorful photographs and simple text introduce children to the mathematical concepts of carrying and regrouping using the base ten numeration system.