Did you know that April is Maths and Statistics international Awareness month? I wasn’t aware of this until we were asked to look at The Math Kids: The Prime-Time Burglars by David Cole recently. Published through Common Deer Press the book is aimed at children in Key Stage Two.
I’m hoping that the 114 page paperback book is going to give my son a bit more confidence with maths, whilst having fun. In The Math Kids: The Prime-Time Burglars best friends Jordan and Justin are the only children in the class who are in the advanced maths class, until newcomer Stephanie Lewis arrives. She’s super confident, comes from California and loves maths as much as the boys do. The three become friends over a love of numbers and a dislike of the class bullies Robbie, Bill and Bryce.
The friends decide to form The Maths Kids group to solve puzzles and they started with solving the dilemma of the seating plan for Jordan’s sisters dinner party. There are challenges set throughout The Math Kids: The Prime-Time Burglars which you as the reader can try to solve yourself before discovering whether the friends managed to work it out for themselves. The answers are in the back of the book.
When there are a series of burglaries in the area, the friends soon realise that their maths skills might help them to solve the mystery of who the villain or villains might be.
The Math Kids: The Prime-Time Burglars is a good read and one that makes maths fun for kids. I’ve included my Amazon Affiliate link below (I can earn from qualifying purchases) in case your children fancy taking on the challenge.
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All the boys are brill at maths – I’m hopeless
My son loves maths puzzles
Maths is a favourite in our house, my 14 year old son, 6 year old daughter and I all like maths, it was my favourite lesson in school and my children are the same, my youngest has just turned 2 so is to young to know yet xx
Both of my kids love Maths, I think they are better at it then me!
I’m terrible at Maths but my daughter loves it – she wants to be an accountant x
Maths is one of my favourites but I always have trouble convincing anyone else!
My sister was so clever at maths that she got one of the top marks in the country in her O levels. I was so dumb they wouldn’t even let me continue the year’s studies. Luckily, the children have a good grasp.
I enjoy maths now but i didn’t particularly enjoy it at school.
My son enjoys maths.
My son loves maths, he is quite good at it.
Most of us, I love maths and always have done, I think people have different skills and for some that is maths and for others it’s a different subject
My partner! We have homework covered between us, I’m better at English and the arts, and my partner prefers maths and the sciences
My son Harry enjiys maths
All my kids love maths but I think my oldest in particular enjoys it most out of them all
My son enjoys maths, my girls prefer English.
My son loves Maths but surprisingly is doing better at English!
My 8 year old!
Me! Maths was always my top subject. My son does sometimes, but this would be great to keep that going.
Both my boys. They teach me as I am terrible
My husband!
My 6 year old daughter loves maths
My daughter enjoys maths.
My son Jeremiah, maths is his favourite subject at school
My 15 year old stepson xx
I always liked maths, my daughter is a math’s teacher and her son loves maths, so it runs in the family
I do and so does my oldest son
My son
my youngest son x
No one to be honest
my daughter really enjoys maths
We all enjoy Maths in our house xx
My partner loves maths in our house
I’m probably the biggest fan of maths and numbers in our house, but my little girl gets pretty close!
me and my son
I enjoy Maths. My eldest daughter was always good at Maths from an early age. But my youngest daughter always struggled. I would love this book for my step-granddaughter
no one ha ha but id love this to try and change that for my son
My son Samuel.
My son and he is very good at it, he won a maths competition not so long ago and was invited to the House of Lords to be awarded a trophy
Actually no one in our house is a big fan of maths, certainly not me!
My little boy!
Who enjoys maths in your household?
my grandson Sam
Seems like a book which may well be of benefit to my family and others. As arithmetic :- Fine, but maths can become more complicated, especially when not obviously relevant to people, life situations, etc. This book seems to be aimed at keeping interest and curiosity :- Active minds, getting reader thinking, aiming to solve question /s.
my y9oungest son loves maths
We all like maths in our house!
my son really enjoys maths, struggles a little bit but with constant practice he understands it
My 5 year old nephew
My 8 year old son loves maths, it’s one of the few subjects he does enjoy at school.
My 8yo daughter’s a maths whizz
Both my kids are great at maths, unlike me!
My son loves maths.
I used to enjoy maths years ago, now I’m useless
My husband, who is brilliant and our grand-daughter, Ellie
My daughter sometimes – and as I work with numbers every days, it is my pleasure, too 🙂
my little girl
My son
I have always enjoyed maths
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My daughter
My little boy
Both my boys like maths
Honestly? Nobody, anything that makes maths more fun is very welcome
I enjoy maths (after years of hating it!)…trying to make it fun for my daughter but no interest as of yet! :/
I wouldn’t say I enjoy it but I am the one who dislikes it the least – for me its a necessary skill and I think we should be encouraging young people to enjoy it and the sciences more
My nephew. I have no idea where he gets it from.
my youngest son
My npehew loves maths.
My daughter Faithy, loves her maths
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My Mum.
my dad xx
I love maths! Always been fascinated by numbers and puzzles etc.
Myself
My daughter lives it.
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We all do!
My son he often comes home from school telling me maths was his favourite part of the day
My hubby and daughter are good at maths 🙂
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I loved maths at school and my son did it to A level and is now using it at university
We all like maths.
The twins enjoy maths, I’m not so keen
My niece
my oldest