Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail | 
| Author: Danica Mckellar
Publisher: Hudson Street Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1594630399
Dewey Decimal Number: 510
EAN: 9781594630392
ASIN: 1594630399
Publication Date: August 2, 2007
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From a well-known actress and math geniusa groundbreaking guide to mathematics for middle school girls, their parents, and educators
As the math education crisis in this country continues to make headlines, research continues to prove that it is in middle school when math scores begin to dropespecially for girlsin large part due to the relentless social conditioning that tells girls they cant do math, and that math is uncool. Young girls today need strong female role models to embrace the idea that its okay to be smartin fact, its sexy to be smart!
Its Danica McKellars mission to be this role model, and demonstrate on a large scale that math doesnt suck. In this fun and accessible guide, McKellardubbed a math superstar by The New York Timesgives girls and their parents the tools they need to master the math concepts that confuse middle-schoolers most, including fractions, percentages, pre-algebra, and more. The book features hip, real-world examples, step-by-step instruction, and engaging stories of Danicas own childhood struggles in math (and stardom). In addition, borrowing from the style of todays teen magazines, it even includes a Math Horoscope section, Math Personality Quizzes, and Real-Life Testimonialsultimately revealing why math is easier and cooler than readers think.
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 math for the masses in junior and high school classes May 5, 2008
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
This Danica is as good looking as the racing Danica and a great actress. She's a math whiz too. Well as a trained mathematician I can assure you that she proves in this book that she knows math, is proud of it and want other high school and junior high school girls to appreciate it too. The book is filled with interesting ways of teach junior and senior high school math that makes it fun and exciting. She would be a great teacher too. I think her goal is to be a role model for other girls who have an aptitude for mathematics. Girls have always been discouraged and discriminated against in this field. I remember at my high school I was the best math student but Linda Cirillo was a close second. Yet I was the one who got the encouragement and her talents were ignored. Years later I came back to my home town and found that while I was now a professional mathematician she was a house wife raising children. I hope things have improved over the last forty years.
This is a great book to give a child in high school who needs a little help and boost of confidence in math. When an author ahs the art of making things exciting rather than boring the student may develop an interest and capability that he or she never dreamed of!
 Math Doesn't Suck April 7, 2008
I bought this book for my daughter. She finds it very helpful. It includes some neat tips. The only problem she finds with it is that it doesn't always cover all areas.
Helpful to 8th Graders March 23, 2008
I was having trouble in my math class. My teacher suggested Math Doesn't Suck and I told my mom about it and she ordered it for me. I read it in a week. Danica Mckellar uses good examples, unlike an ordinary math textbook. The book really only covers the basics of math, nothing really complicated like positive and negative numbers, but it was still a good book. If you're having trouble in math, get this book.
Good Book but bad on Kindle March 18, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Danica McKellar writes an entertaining and easy to understand book about math. It's written for the teen girl crowd, but I -- far from being a teenage girl -- wanted to see if what she had to say would help me overcome some of my math phobia. She does great! Very good analogies and ways to remember terminology and procedures to solve math problems.
The only hassle I had with the book, which I could ignore, is that it still needs better formatting for the Kindle. Every em dash ends up a question mark, and the images of some fractions aren't placed correctly, and great big chunks of the answers at the back of the book are missing. It would also be nice if after doing some of the math problems that there would be a link to the answers at the back -- once they get fixed.
I enjoyed the book, overcame some of my math fears, and enjoyed what she had to say. I only wish that the formatting was better for the Kindle.
A fun approach to math February 25, 2008
It's a bit too late for me to use this with my oldest two, but I know I'll be keeping this around for my youngest. A fun approach, that will have a place for a several years.
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