Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems, (Paperback)

from TamaraSmith

This is a good book that incorporates math equations into classic poems. Students would be learning poetry along with how to solve word problems.

from brangwinn

PSC review: Dust off your thinking cap and reach for a pencil and paper when you read these poems. Lewis had based his math poems on well-known poetry. Some can be figured out quite easily like the title poem in which you have to figure out how many cuts does it take to cut 10 pieces out of a pie...

from ashleyschifano

This book is a collection of poems by the famous J. Patrick Lewis. All of the poems are influenced by famous poets and authors. Incorporated into these poems are math brain teasers. The math range from simpler word problems like addition and subtraction to harder one with multiplication and divis...

from klledet

As I was reading this book, which is a collection of poems that are also puzzling math problems, I was thinking to myself, "What an awesome book! Second and third graders would absolutely love these poems." By being exposed to this book, the reader is getting math content, as well as poetry. This...

from chrisriggleman

Poems that are rewrites of well known poems by renowned poets. All of the poems have to do with math and they are a problem in and of themselves. Some of the math is very hard and makes you think. But if they stump you there is an answer key on the bottom of the page. I really enjoyed this book.