This book helps provide that motivation for young math students by showing them ways various math operations are used in everyday financial transactions, from shopping to banking.
Secret agent Matt Mattics must learn the secrets of number patterns in order to stop Dr. Strangeglove from distributing his Strange Gloves which have been specially engineered to take away wearers' ability to add.
Secret agent Matt Mattics and his team must use their knowledge of how to multiply and divide large numbers in order to keep the evil Dr. Strangeglove from cramming the world with large numbers.
Secret agent Matt Mattics must use his knowledge about zero as a place holder to thwart the devious Dr. Strangeglove's plans to confuse people around the world with his Math Muddler machine.
Secret Agent Matt Mattics has to solve a series of interactive problems about multiples and factors in order to stop the evil plans of Dr. Strangeglove.
Presents real-world problems that provide students in grades four through seven with strategies for understanding and performing the whole number operations of multiplication and division with manipulatives, algorithms, estimation, and math sense.
