More Math Logic Mysteries: Grades 5-8

Students love trying to solve challenging puzzles. So, why not build and review their math skills while they're having fun? More Math Logic Mysteries, the sequel to the best-selling Math Logic Mysteries, requires students to complete math problems and use deductive reasoning to unlock the clues needed to solve matrix-based logic problems. Mathematical skills covered include measurement, number operations, geometry, probability, fractions, decimals, percentages, and algebra. The puzzles range from simple introductions to matrix-based problems, to more difficult puzzles that cover advanced math topics. Each reproducible puzzle is based on an enjoyable story your students will love as they attempt to solve problems and crack the mysteries. This book includes a detailed how-to section for teaching logic puzzles and an in-depth answer key, so students can understand the thinking process behind each solution. After doing these fun and challenging puzzles, your students will ask for even More Math Logic Mysteries! Grades 5-8

Table of Contents:
Easy Puzzles Let’s Play Ball (fractions) Happy Birth Date to You (fractions) I’ll Be a Bunny for Money (percent) They Got Speed (negative numbers, operations, sequencing) September Sleepover (money, operations, percent, sequencing) Newton’s Newbies (sequencing numbers) Tri This Problem on for Size (area of triangles) Medium Puzzles Piles of Pencils and Scores of Sports Cards (operations) Can You Hear Me Now? (logic, comparison) Meow Mixer (fractions, dry measures, money) American Girls (fractions) Saddle Up (time sequence) Gee, It’s Great to Be a Newsboy (or Girl!) (sequencing) The Guys’ Cash Stash (fractions) Family Reunion (operations, money) Math for Moms and Dads (sequencing) Am I in the Right Area? (area of rectangles) Teaspoon Trivia (measurement) This Fits Me to a T (numerals) The Great Chili Cook-Off (measurement) Stop and Smell the Roses (operations, money) What’s Your E.T.A.? (time, sequencing) Sunny Side Up (C and F temperature) Vital Statistics (measurement) Fraction Action (fractions, decimals, greater than and less than) The Coin Collectors (money, operations) Shop ’Til You Stop (fractions, operations, sequencing) Summer Sitters (time, money, operations) Arduous Arithmetic (decimals, fractions, distance) Winter in Wyoming (time line, negative numbers, temperature) Triathlon Times (time measurement, fractions, sequencing) Exponent2 Components3 (exponents, sequencing) What Goes Around Comes Around (rounding, less than and greater than, operations) Let’s Hit the Slopes (money, fractions) My Space (area of rectangles, money, operations) Land of 10,000 Lakes (distance) Speed Does Not Pay, You Do! (mph, money, operations) Let’s Hit the Road, Girls (money) Difficult Puzzles Sweet Treat (money, weight, fractions) Flower Power (operations, dates, money, sequencing) Out to Lunch: Part I (fractions, decimals, money) Out to Lunch: Part II (fractions, money) You Can Bank on This (money, percent) Vacation Vertigo (number sequencing) Bike-a-Thon (money, mileage) Put It in the Bank (money, operations, fractions) Lightning Leap (weight, horsepower) I Beg Your PARdon (operations, logic) Jean “Green” (percents, money, sequencing) Two Pieces of Pizza (fractions, decimals) Algeboy Class (algebra, operations) Track and Field Day (distance, measurement) Money for Music (money, operations) Water, Water Everywhere (measurement) Formidable Puzzles Down the Dogs (fractions, operations) The Pigskin (operations, percent, sequencing) Making the Grade (sequencing, operations) How Many Hobbies? (sequencing) Gallons for Gals (measurement) Solutions About the Author