Using a blend of fun poetry, clearly written helping text, and riddles, this book takes the mystery out of math and makes solving word problems fun. After all, what is a word problem but a cleverly concealed riddle?
The book focuses on fractions, starting with basic fractions and then moving on to more advanced concepts such as equivalent fractions, reduced fractions, and addition with fractions.
Readers learn to interpret pie-graph representations of fractions and also learn about negative numbers, number sentences, quantity comparisons, and the concept of infinity.
A glossary of math terms and a brief review appear at the end of the book.

How long is a foot? What is the metric system? What weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of Hershey's candy? Author and educator Jerry Pallotta answers these and lots of other questions as only he can--using Hershey's Kisses, Twizzlers candies, Hershey's chocolate bars, and more to teach weights and measurements. Rob Bolster's comical clowns demonstrate the concepts.This is the eighth book in the series by Pallotta and Bolster, who have taught kids counting by fives, addition, subtraction, fractions, multiplication, percents, shapes, and patterns.

A Hershey's bar is made up of 12 little rectangles, making it the perfect edible tool for teaching fractions!

Hershey's does it again! This tasty book by Jerrt Pallotta introduces simple multiplication to children and will prove to be a multitude of fun and learning! Learn multiplication with a yummy Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar!
With its 3 horizontal rows 4 vertical columns - totaling twelve sections in all ­ children can easily begin to understand the concept of multiplication.

Children love chocolate! And what better way to teach them the basics of subtraction than with yummy Hershey's Kisses? This follow-up title to THE HERHSEY'S KISSES ADDITION BOOK, which also features wacky and colorful clowns, is taught by Jerry Pallotta in a fun, relaxed way that has become his trademark!