MATHadazzles Volume 8: Reasoning Algebraically with Decimals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781545470725)

Carole Greenes is Director of the Practice Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education Center, and Professor of Math Education at Arizona State University. She is Principal Investigator for the NSF project App Maker Pro (AMP), the Georgia Tech Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) program, and co-director of the 8-Volume MATHadazzle Puzzle Books series. She has authored more than 300 books and programs, 75 articles, 5 math musicals, and 2 musical histories of mathematics. She is editor of the AATM journal, OnCore, and author of the on-line open-source monthly MATHgazine Junior (grades 4 - 8) and Senior (grades 8 - 12). She is a board member of the Advisory Council STEM AZ, the Museum of Mathematics in NYC, Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools, and the ASU Preparatory Academies. She is past president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. In 2003, she was inducted into the Massachusetts Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame, received the Ross Taylor/Glen Gilbert National Leadership Award in Math Education from the NCSM in 2011, and was awarded the Copper Apple Award for Leadership in Mathematics in Arizona in 2016. In her free time she likes to write math stories and solve crossword puzzles. Mary Cavanagh is a mathematics educator always drawn to games, brain teasers, cards, and magic. Dr. Cavanagh is Executive Director of the Practice, Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education (PRIME) Center and Research Assistant Professor in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University and author of numerous books, including mathematics textbooks programs; math activity books; games; articles; and science activities for K-8 students and their families including EnVisionMATH(TM), Grades K-6; Exploring Mathematics, Grades K-8; Math, Science, and Beyond Grades K-6; Zap, Twang, Buzz; Algebra Readiness Made Easy, Grades K-7; Math to Know; and Math to Learn. She has taught all of the elementary grades as a classroom teacher and as a mathematics specialist and has conducted math workshops for teachers throughout the United States, Australia, Germany and Okinawa. Although most of her bets are limited to 25[, she loves poker. In her ballroom dancing activities, she finds mathematics applications in terms of combinations of turns, angles, and symmetry. She has used some of her science and magic for introductions and conclusions to dance routines. Her work on collections of puzzlers like Mathadazzles is always a joy.