More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School

By Louis Sachar

Book Overview

From the Newbery award-winning author of Holes

Everything in Mrs. Jewls's class has gone topsy-turvy...again. The report cards are scrambled, the pop quiz won't pop, and watermelons are falling out the windows. On top of all that, the boys are upset because Allison has announced that only two of them will be invited to her birthday party, since if more than two boys come, they'll all start acting silly. You never know how things will add up at Wayside School.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590477625
• ISBN13: 9780590477628
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.8" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great for challenge seekers

This book is amazing. It entertains my kids with its funny and hard math questions. My son spent some time to solve them and we did some of them together. It is a nice book to read and it makes you think as well.

Great Book for a Math/Logic Wiz

I had this book when I was in fifth grade, and I absolutely loved it. I was already a big fan of the Wayside books, and I also liked math so these books were the perfect combination for me. I even remember working through the entire book multiple times. I especially loved the early problems wtih the convertion of basic math equations with letters to numbers like BOYS + BOYS = GIRLS and stuff like that. Now I am a physics major in college so I guess I came out pretty well. This book (and the first as well) is highly recommended for any kid who likes the Wayside books and also enjoys math/logic puzzles. Who knows, maybe this kid will be working with Schrodinger's equation in several years.

Lots of fun!

I love incorporating words with math! It makes it fun and interesting. I am not big on math (nor am I very good at it), but when you incorporate language, it makes it fun. I really found this enjoyable! You do neet time, paper, and a darn good eraser, but this was a blast! It has the same kind of stories as the other Wayside books, but it incorporates math problems to go with it. (BOYS + GIRLS = SILLY) And it's your job to figure out number substitutes for the letters. It's a lot of fun to do, and improves math skills and language skills. It's a blast!It's harder than the first one, be warned! But it's also more fun and entertaining. I always used it as like a rainy day project, and I plan to do the same with my daughter.

This book DOMINATES!!!

Perhaps the finest piece of literature ever written, this book teaches you how to add words and that pop quizzes don't exist. I'll explain. If it's a pop quiz, it can't be on Friday because the kids will know it's coming. Then it can't be Thursday, because if they know it's not on Friday and they haven't had it yet, they'll know it's coming. Eventually, the kids eliminate the possibilities of a pop quiz altogther. Fab!

Excellent for development of logic skills

We use this book as an adjunct to our grades4-5 math curriculum. Specifically, we use it as a challenge for our brighter students. The students love the puzzles in this book and it enhances their love for math.