Skittles Riddles Math Author:Barbara Barbieri McGrath 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... more » 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.« less