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| Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss | 
 enlarge | Author: Danica Mckellar
Publisher: Hudson Street Press
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 265
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1594630496
Dewey Decimal Number: 512
EAN: 9781594630491
ASIN: 1594630496
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW IN DUST JACKET. HARDBACK. FIRST EDITION. (NOT A CHEAP BOOKCLUB OR REMAINDER COPY.) SHIPS IMMEDIATELY. SECURE PACKAGING. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!
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Product Description
From the author of the runaway bestseller Math Doesnt Suck, the next step in the math curriculum-- pre-Algebra.
Last year, actress and math genius Danica McKellar made waves nationwide, challenging the math nerd stereotypeand giving girls the tools to ace tests and homework in her unique just-us-girls style. Now, in Kiss My Math, McKellar empowers a new crop of girls7th to 9th graderstaking on the next level of mathematics: pre-Algebra.
Stepping up not only the math, but also the sass and style, Kiss My Math will help math-phobic teenagers everywhere chill out about math, and finally get negative numbers, variables, absolute values, exponents, and more. Each chapter features:
Step-by-step instruction
Time-saving tips and tricks
Illuminating practice problems with detailed solutions
Real-world examples
True stories from Danicas own life as a student and actress
Kiss My Math also includes more fun extras--including personality quizzes, reader polls, and real-life testimonials-- ultimately revealing why pre-Algebra is easier, more relevant, and more glamorous than girls think.
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A Fun and Useful Book! September 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Danica's book is a gem. Her love for math is infectious. Math doesn't have to be a drag. Danica makes it fun: she'll make you laugh. She's sort of like a girlfriend who's all giggly about her boyfriend, but it's math.
I know the feeling -- it's the feeling of knowing something so well that you just want to share it. Danica's confidence will inspire confidence in her young readers. Plus, Danica gives young readers tools for raising self-esteem: a stress survey that young readers will surely appreciate, and a friends survey. Danica knows that self-esteem starts with self-approval, and if you can manage stress and have supportive friends, you'll have the confidence to succeed.
Here's what Danica wrote on her website: "My main concern with mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, ARE fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself."
Danica has taken the concepts behind pre-algebra and presented them in a whole new way. Coefficients and variables get cozy and kiss, and absolute values are like a soothing sauna. You'd never know that integers fall into minty ranges, from ooky Harry Potter flavors (on the negative side of the number line) to yummy raspberry and orange (on the positive). And there's a reason for that. Read the book and find out what that reason is!
Kiss My Math isn't meant to replace a school textbook -- it's more like a supplement, and hopefully it will make reading your regular textbook more fun, plus, it should give you a new angle on your homework! Danica is careful never to make math seem simpler than it is, or trivial. Math is basically hard work, and Danica will make you work! She's even kind of sassy and bossy sometimes!
This book is written for girls, and Danica's advice is: don't dumb yourselves down! You can be a math scholar and still be popular. The thing is, have fun and be creative. If you don't like using x's and y's for variables, go ahead and use little flower and heart symbols. You can use whatever you want as long as you follow the rules!
Pre-algebra and algebra are lifelong skills, as revealed by so many women who share their stories in Danica's book. Plus, Danica shares a few stories of her own, never straying far from math, and always bringing things back to what you need to know. So why not have fun while you learn?
Tool for Teens to Use to Help Them Help Thereselves With Schoolwork; So Parents don't have to September 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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Math aide for Teenage girls and women who haven't got it before! August 30, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Danica has hit a homerun with this book that explain some of the more abstract ideas in math so a teen girl can understand it and not be embarrassed in class by teachers who say "I just went over that" to them in response to a question.
Great homework aid!
wonderful August 26, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
My daughter is already on chapter 3 and we received this book on Friday (I'm trying not to swamp her with "extra" work). At first, she tried to tell me she remembered all about intergers, she did not read the first chapter and brought me the review exercises ALL WRONG. I told her to read the chapter and THEN do the work.
I was not surprised when she came back to me and said, "this isn't like a regular math book, it makes sense!" She's hooked now, and I'm so thankful that Danica is a smart, pretty girl who is down to earth and not afraid to be smart! It's difficult to find a solid roll model these days!
The book I wish I could have written August 24, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
As a math specialist in a K-8 school, the title intrigued me. Within in a week of seeing it for the first time, I had purchased two copies...one to use as a reference and one for a teacher who is teaching middle school math for the first time. Danica's explanations are clear and in terms that can be understood by most students. Teachers can use the examples to enhance their own lessons. Traditionally girls are more language oriented. This book uses language skills to make math concepts accessible. And so far, it has been fun to read. (The principal is reviewing my second copy. The school may be purchasing copies for the reference library.)
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