Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: Fractions and Decimals by Linda Powley; Cathy Weiskopf; Illustrated by Tom Kerr
	List Price:   $8.50 Unit Price:   $6.80 You Save:   $1.70 (20%) ISBN-10:   0764141716 ISBN-13:   9780764141713 Publisher:   Barron's Educational Series:   Adventures in Mathopolis Ser. Category:   Math Books Pub. Date:   March 2009 Pages:   224 Format:   Paperback
Subjects
DECIMAL FRACTIONS_JUVENILE LITERATURE
Description/Notes
In this brand-newAdventures in Mathopolisstory, the town? befuddled Mayor Lostis Marbles is having all kinds of trouble dealing with fractions and decimals--and with a new dilemma: how to get out of a locked safe before it? too late!. This time superheroes Silver Splitter and Dixie Dot come to the rescue, and readers who follow this fun-filled story will learn how to solve the many mysteries of fractions and decimals along the way. They discover easy ways to-- Understand proper, improper, and mixed numbers Find the least common multiple in fractions Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions Understand decimals Convert from decimals to fractions, and back again This amusing Mathopolis story is enhanced with clever black-and-white illustrations. Kids learn along with Mayor Lostis Marbles and his gang that working with fractions and decimals can be fun.