Math English

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Winner of the Irish Book Awards Newcomer of the Year 2024 Shortlisted for the John McGahern Annual Book Prize A poignant debut novel about the lives of women in a claustrophobic coast town and the search for independence in a society that seeks to limit it. “Murrin powerfully renders the ways...

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No is perhaps the most important and certainly the most powerful word in the language. Every day we find ourselves in situations where we need to say No. But as we all know, the wrong No can also destroy what we most value by alienating and angering people. That’s why saying No the right way...

Why the familiar equal sign isn’t just a marker of sameness but a gateway into math’s—and humanity’s—most profound questions Math is famous for its equations: 1 + 1 = 2, a2 + b2 = c2, or y = mx + b. Much of the time it can seem like that’s all mathematics is: following steps to show...

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Most of the top jobs for the future require students to have a strong foundational understanding of mathematics. Our failure to mathematically educate most students in general, and students of color in particular, is bad not only for these students individually but also for our society. In Choosing to See, Pamela Seda and Kyndall Brown offer a substantive, rigorous, and necessary set of interventions to move mathematics education toward greater equity, particularly in serving the needs of Black and Brown students, who are underrepresented and underserved as math scholars.

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Jen and her brother Nick, along with some friends, are ready for some friendly competition. Who ends up selling more lemonade—Jen with the yellow or Nick with the pink? At the end of the day, it all adds up to "sum" fun.

Rachel wants to make a difference in Mr. Thomas’ life and in his garden. When she helps Mr. Thomas with his tomato crop, they end up with way too many. Will Rachel be able to help Mr. Thomas subtract tomatoes from the large crop? More importantly, will her friendship make a difference in his life?

After Troy’s teacher tells the students about a scale during math class, Troy has an idea for a math game. Will Troy’s scale guessing game be a hit with the class? Just “weight” and see what Troy has hidden in his mystery bags to find out.

Dan and Sue are sure they can build a snowman taller than a tree—even if John and Zack don’t believe them. Rulers, yardsticks, and tape measures are useful tools for Dan and Sue, but will the snowman measure up?

Teen superstar Flory Glory is coming to the Pizza Palace, and Lucy can't wait. When Flory arrives with her entourage, nobody seems hungry—until the pizza arrives. Lucy and Flory know just how to solve the problem, and it's more than a fraction of fun!

When Kim and Josh visit their Grandma at her beach house, they discover a new hobby—shell collecting! Every day they add more and more shells to their collection. However, the number of shells Kim and Josh collect isn’t the biggest addition to their collection.