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Fractions, Decimals, Percents; Proportion and Ratio

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Apple Fractions z Jerry Pallotta, better than average book on fractions

Calculator Mania! z Planet Dexter, fun! not boring book on using a calculator, which applies decimal knowledge

Cyberchase z PBS show, hugely popular and valuable 30 minutes - ages 4 to 10 ish? Some fun but heavy duty math!

Each Orange Had 8 Slices Paul Giganti, Jr - Division and fractions ideas in a counting book

Eating Fractions Bruce McMillan, nice illustrations

Fraction Action Loreen Leedy, in the style of Mission Addition, we like this author a lot

Fraction Fun David Adler, I have not seen this one, but all of his other books are good

Fraction Jugglers: Game and Work Book and Math Game Cards Ruth Bell Alexander, this is an excellent resource for fraction games

Hello Math Readers: One Hungry Cat z Rocklin, Joanne/Barnes-Murphy 1997 Division, hilarious illustrations, can be used to learn fractions as well / The Grizzly Gazette: (Level 3: Percentage) by Stuart J. Murphy

Hershey's Fractions Jerry Pallotta, decent book on fractions

MathStart Readers by Stuart Murphy: Give Me Half! Fractions, L. 2 / Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! Fractions, L. 3 / The Grizzly Gazette Percentages, L. 2

Piece = Part = Portion Scott Gifford - Fractions, decimals, and percents, nice photos, easy intro

Twizzlers Percentages Book Jerry Pallotta, decent book on percents

Zoo Fair Shares Y Patricia Whitehouse - Young book on portions / proportions

I Love Math, Young Math Series - These and other series books have lots of activities for these concepts, see Multi-Concept Series pages - Particularly:

Pizza Math, How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie? zTime Life I Love Math series 1992 - Fractions, my kids love this one

Zoo Math: Case of Missing Zebra Stripes, Time Life I Love Math Series 1992 Math in nature, my kids really like this

Upper Elementary thru Middle School

Chapter books for older kids covering fractions, decimals and/or percents:

The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat z Pappas, Theoni 1997 Math exploration

The I Hate Mathematics! Book z Burns, Marilyn/Weston, Martha 1975 Genl math/math history. Classic

Math Smart Junior z Lerner, Marcia Princeton Review, 1995 dumb name but great story math book for upper elem, my son read this repeatedly

Murderous Maths: The Mean and Vulgar Bits (Fractions and Averages) z For older kids, text with illustrating comic-style vignettes

The Number Devil z Enzensberger, Hans Magnus/Berner, Rotraut Susanne 1997 Multi-concepts, cute illustrations. Fun classic, very wide appeal, can be read aloud to even very young kids

The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster - many math concepts including fractions in the story

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