Word Problems: Mass and Volume

by Helen Mason

Word Mass and Volume uses an engaging narrative and authentic, real-world problems to teach readers strategies to solve one-step word problems involving mass and volume. The text models the problem-solving process for readers and provides hands-on opportunities for readers to apply their own problem-solving skills. Readers will discover that there is often more than one way to solve a problem.

24 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 2013

About the author

Helen has written 38 books, 31 of them for young readers. Winner of the 2017 Middle East Youth Non-Fiction award for "A Refugee's Journey from Syria" (first) and "A Refugee's Journey from Afghanistan" (second).

Working with Rita Vanden Heuvel and Adrienne Montgomerie, she produced Sounds for Fun and Sounds for Fun 2, apps that teach phonics to pre-school children. Helen is currently working on several novels.

Helen ran a farm for many years and loves reading and writing. She looks forward to the day when her twin grandsons will be able to read some of what she's written.

Reviews

[Rose Rosetree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks to this book, one thing in life does NOT have to be a problem: Word problems. Readers are shown a lively, fictional context, a problem where math can help to provide a solution.

How I wish I had seen books like this one when I was in elementary school!

Wisely, author Helen Mason chooses one-step word problems involving mass and volume. This is an excellent way to begin, relatively simple problem-solving and what's more physical than mass + volume?

By providing a fictional situation, readers can understand that real-life math can work.

As a plus, the book challenges readers with a an excellent "Soil Problem Challenge" near the end of the book.

For sure, this book is FIVE STAR Excellent!