| Title | Math Curse |
| Author | Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith |
| Date Published | 1995 |
| Publisher | Viking, A division of Penguin Books USA, Inc. |
| Overall content | The book consists of different mathematical situations that are connected only by the fact that they concern problem solving in some way. For example, there is a situation that involves counting in base 4 on the planet Tetra. For example, is a situation that involves the number of days in the months of the year. The situations are presented in ways that should be interesting to most students. |
| Mathematics content | A teacher would have to think carefully about how to use the situations in a deep way. The mathematical situations are brief but they can be used to stimulate mathematical activity, that is to say, serve as a starting point of instruction. * Number strand content concerns addition, estimating, multiplication, division, and fractions. * Probability and Statistics strand content concerns average. * Patterns and Relations strand content concerns Fibonacci sequence. * Shape and Space strand content concerns money, calendar, time, and measurement. |