Great Estimations

Name: Great Estimations
Price: 8.99 USD
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ISBN: 9780312608873

By: Bruce Goldstone

Square Fish / 2010 / Paperback

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Product Description

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If somebody handed you a bowl of jelly beans, would you be able to figure out how many there are---just by looking? Making the math concept of estimation fun and interesting for kids, Goldstone uses everything from pipe cleaners to peanuts to demonstrate "clump counting" and "box and count" methods. Great for skill building! Grades 2 to 5. 32 pages, softcover from Square Fish.

Product Information

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Title: Great Estimations
By: Bruce Goldstone
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 32
Vendor: Square Fish
Publication Date: 2010

Dimensions: 11.00 X 8.50 (inches)
Weight: 5 ounces
ISBN: 031260887X
ISBN-13: 9780312608873
Ages: 2-5
Stock No: WW608873

Publisher's Description

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How many jelly beans are on this book's cover? Don't count—estimate!

If someone handed you a big bowl of jelly beans, how would you figure out how many there are? You could count them, one by one—or you could estimate. Do you see more than five jelly beans? Less than a million?

This unique book will show you how to train your eyes and your mind to make really great estimations—by making estimating into a game. Jelly beans are just the beginning! This title has Common Core connections.

Great Estimations is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author Bio

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Bruce Goldstone is the author of several books, including 100 Ways to Celebrate 100 Days, Greater Estimations and The Beastly Feast. He has worked in educational publishing for nearly twenty years. Growing up in Ohio, Bruce fell in love with reading and the magic of words, and even back then he knew he wanted to be a writer. Books have always been an important part of his life, from buying used paperbacks to his first job, shelving books as a library page. He now lives in New York City with a plethora of pets including one dog, three parakeets, and an aquarium.