Math Mentor Text: Multiplying Menace

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I've been missing you all so much! Back home internet access is next to none. I've tried to catch up from time to time on blogs and returning emails, but I'm trying not to use too much data as well. However, tonight, my Dad and I are staying in a hotel so I have a bit of internet time before a glorious 4:30 wake up call to get Dad in for his knee replacement.

I'm not much of a morning person, but I am very glad to be able to join some of my blogging buddies for their mentor text linky!

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From my friends at Amazon:

It's been 10 years since the queen defeated Rumpelstiltskin by speaking his name, but now he's back to demand repayment for all of the gold he spun for her so many years ago. If she does not oblige, he threatens to increase the pest population and make the kingdom's livestock and other assets disappear by multiplying with fractions. Rumpelstiltskin multiplies the king's nose by six and vows to do the same for the entire royal court, unless Peter, the queen's 10-year-old son, agrees to go with him to work off the debt. It's up to the young prince to take possession of the man's magical multiplying stick and learn how to use it in order to restore normalcy to the kingdom. Calvert has created an interesting vehicle for teaching children about the differences between multiplying with whole numbers and multiplying with fractions.

A fun spin on a traditional character with math in the mix.

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