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Fun things to know

• The book is filled with colorful, monster-themed geometrical designs.
• Each monster has something about it that relates to its number.
• Each number from 1 to 100 is featured on its own spread, with its own illustration and numerical representation.
• The book explains why prime numbers go on forever, and ever... and ever.

Teachers

Prime numbers. Composite numbers. Factoring. Of course these can be daunting concepts for younger children. So how do you get your students excited about math? With monsters, that's how.

You Can Count on Monsters is a creatively educational book that will help your students understand that prime numbers are the building blocks of multiplication. It does this by demonstrating how each non-prime number is built from several other numbers through colorful, monster-themed geometrical designs. In short, it makes the process of factoring easier to explain, and it makes learning about math fun in the classroom.

Teachers Reviews

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Susan Midlarsky

Today in my Math Mavens program, we opened the book You Can Count on Monsters by Richard Evan Schwartz for the first time. This is a book I bought because...(More).

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