Extreme Math: Real Math, Real People, Real Sports |  | Authors: Marya Washington Tyler, Kip Tyler
Publisher: Prufrock Press Inc.
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 712377
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 84
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 1882664965
Dewey Decimal Number: 511
EAN: 9781882664962
ASIN: 1882664965
Publication Date: November 1, 2003
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Product Description
Imagine your students tackling math word problems drawn from the extreme sports of polar ice swimming, scuba diving, and adventure racing. World champion athletes (like Erik Weihenmeyer, the first blind man to climb Mount Everest) present real math problems they face while scaling peaks, hang gliding off cliffs, kayaking over waterfalls, riding raging bulls, and plunging down steep cliffs on mountain bikes.
Taught by the athletes, using basic multiplication, division, fractions, and percentages, your students will figure out that math is essential even in the world of extreme sports . . . and it can be fun!
Activities include:- Polar bear swimmers: How many strokes will it take us to swim across this hole in the ice?
- Master skydiver: How many miles have we fallen so far?
- Master scuba divers: How long will our air tanks last at 99 feet under water?
- World champion kayaker: How tall is this waterfall, anyway?
- High school rodeo champion: How much money do I get if I win?
- World champion adventure racer: How many calories do we need to pack for a 6-day race across glaciers, arid peaks, thick brush, and mangrove swamps?
- Master hang glider: How do you get this thing to go down?
Like the authors’ previous book, the best-selling Real Life Math Mysteries, the word problems in this book are real, alive, and clearly focused. Each problem is provided on a reproducible handout and includes problem-solving suggestions with a comprehensive answer key. Many of the athletes share their thoughts and encouragement to study hard in school. All activities are tied to the standards established by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
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 Isn't math extreme enough already? November 30, 2005
Jonathan C. Pike (Canton, MA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
The problem with this book is that it assumes kids are involved in or at least interested in so-called "extreme" sports. Guess what? They aren't. I know very few 6th graders who are into mountain climbing or base jumping. The whole "Extreme" fad has gotten way out of hand. It's not even that bad of an idea for a math book to pick problems that relate more to kids, it's just the extremeness (extremity?) of the book that fails. Maybe try it with sports that people actually play, like baseball or basketball.
 This book has what it takes to interest kids in math. November 19, 2004
Dr. Lewis Mondale
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book follows real adventure athletes: world class kayakers, rodeo cowboys, hang gliders, etc., and even the blind climber who recently scaled Everest, Erik Weihenmeyer. In their own words, the athletes share real math that they face on their adventures. Very helpful answer key. Great photos. Reproducible.
 Made math fun. July 5, 2004
Ann (Athens Ohio)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
As someone who grew up disinterested in math because it seemed to have no practical application, this book makes it fun. The problems are tied to extreme sports. Interesting problems. Great pictures.
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