More or Less

MathStart Level 2

by David T. Wenzel

More or Less (MathStart 2). Professionally spiraled and resold by a third party. This spiraled book is not necessarily affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by the publisher, distributor, or author.

Genres: Mathematics, Picture Books, Childrens, 1st Grade, Nonfiction

40 pages, Spiral-bound

First published March 1, 2005

Reviews

[Enrique · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really loved the play of this game and book throughout and how it seemed almost impossible to be able to trick the main player in the game about the age. Once tricked by using someone is much much older and confuse his thinking it made for a funny outcome. Loved the illustrations of the book they were very similar to the ones that books I would read back then when I was a kid in elementary school looked like. Good read for kids of 2nd and/or 3rd grade and up.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read during morning time..krb 9/18/17

[Jo Oehrlein · Rating 3 out of 5]

Walking through some age-related guesses, using logic.

[Bethe · Rating 3 out of 5]

good questioning skills to figure out a number, if it is more or less than the targeted number. Too hard for readers younger than 2nd or 3rd grade.

[Sadie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This math read is about a boy who has a booth at a fair where he guesses the ages of people. After reading it my son and I played guess my number several times

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kids really liked the building suspense up to the climax.

[Sidney Carnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super awesome story. Great for teachers to read when giving a lesson about comparing numbers.

[Shani Cooper · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this story, a young boy works at a booth at his school fair guessing the ages of the guests. The story introduces the concepts more, less, equal, and educated guesses to the reader. A teacher in a classroom could incorporate this book into a lesson by using two volunteer students as data for the class. The student could give a clue or description to the rest of the class. The class must guess which student has more or less or if the students are equal. After the students reveal their responses, the class can create an equation that corresponds with the responses. An example could be 'which student has more brothers and sisters?' Number provided by student 1 is < than the number provided by student 2.

[Katie Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book to talk about more or less and odd and even. There is a fair in honor of Mr. Shaw who is retiring. One booth is a guess your age booth. If Eddie could guess your age in 3 or less guesses he won. If it took 4 or more guesses, you got a prize and if it took 6 or more, Eddie got dunked. When people would come to his booth Eddie would start by asking if they were younger or older than a certain number. He would then ask if it was odd or even and try figuring it out that way. This is such a cute book for beginners.

[Linh Tong · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book teaches the concept of comparing numbers. Eddie tried to guess people's ages in this book. We will do a similar activity in class. I will have a secret number. The students will guess the secret number using the clues that I give them. For example, I will say, this number is more than 40, but less than 55. It is an odd number. Students will then write the different possible answers. I will then read another clue, and they will cross out the number from their answers that doesn't apply until they find the secret number.

[Megan Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

More or Less can be used to get students to predict Eddie's next question before it happens. Students can then be constantly be making predictions.

This book does an excellent job of displaying to students the relationship between more and less numbers. The back of the book even includes possible lesson ideas that could be done with the students. This book in an excellent resource to have in any Kindergarten or 1st grade library.

[Ashley Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would use this book with students grade 1-5. This book can be used with sucha large range of grades becuase I could focus on different types of numbers. For instance, for first graders, I would focus on more and less relationships of whole numbers. For second and third grade I would probably focus on fractions and decimals being more or less that the other. I know i would have a lot of fun looking at whether fractions like 2/3 is more or less than 1/4.

[Alexis Levine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book for comparing number for number operations. Stuart J. Murphy books are wonderful to use because they are categorized into levels and they have activities you can do using the book online. This particular one would be a great introduction to number comparison as Eddie makes educated guesses about peoples ages at his school fair! I would recommend this book for children 6 or 7.

[Nicole Holden · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. In the book the school has a picnic and has booths with games for students to play. A smart little boy name Eddied was at a booth call "Let Eddie Guess Your Age". This book shows how Eddie uses logical guessing to guess different peoples age.This book clearly shows the basic concept of greater than and less than.

[Evelyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

More or Less by Stuart J. Murphy is a great book to use when comparing numbers and number operations. This book allows students to make a guess in regards to people's ages at his school. The main character, Eddie uses number comparisons to make his educated guesses. I would use this book for students in K-2nd grade.

[Janice Redding · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book to introduce greater than or less than to students. In other words, the students can discuss items that has more or less; therefore the students are introduced to terms. I like this book because it can be used for a quick activity in the classroom. The teacher can read this book in first grade.

[Abi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun story about a picnic at school where Eddie guesses different peoples ages. This teaches children the basic concepts of greater than and less than, and the skills of making logical guesses.

[Irina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a boy who guesses people's ages. It is great for introducing the concept of "greater than" and "less than." This book does a good job of having a story line with an embedded math concept.

[Thao · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Can be used for lessons on comparing numbers and number operations.
- Literacy integration – making predictions
- Grades 1-3

[Abby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for greater than, less than. Has lesson plan ideas at end

[aubrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

good math supplement.

[Theresa]

My kids loved this book and wanted to play the game More or Less many times over.