Fun with Roman Numerals

This was a fun little book. It is packed with information but the kids still digested it. We loved the activity of using coins to represent the roman numerals!

This is a great book for introducing students to Roman Numerals. The pictures of Roman Numerals have easy to understand captions/explanations. The explanations tell how Base 10 numbers and Roman numerals are different. By the time a student finishes reading this book Roman Numerals will be familiar

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to him/her and he/she will even know places in everyday life to look for them. I would recommend this book and I can use it when teaching about Roman Numerals.

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I would definitely use this book when teaching Roman Numerals. I remember being so confused with roman numerals as a kid, and I wish I would have this book back then! It breaks it down very easy, and the large, wacky font make it eye catching for the reader. There are Romans illustrated all over

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the book to tie in with the theme. It also gives a little history about roman numerals. I LOVE the activity at the end with the money. It incorporates addition and subtraction.

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Fun with Roman Numerals by David A. Adler is something I wish were around when I was teaching students to express numbers using the Roman Numeration System. The illustrations are cute and fitting for our ideas of Roman civilization. Adler presents the material in a clear manner. He first introduces

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the symbols. He uses an appropriate amount of repetition to facilitate learning. Adler explains the difference between notation that indicates addition and that which indicates subtraction. He states that you would never use more than three of a particular symbol when expressing any number. He distinctly outlines every case of subtraction that is allowed as well as others that are not allowed. He answers the questions that children would ask, such as how do you express 50,000? 100,000? 1,000,000?

Before the end of the book, Adler challenges the readers to practice what they have learned. I might have enjoyed a quiz section in which students could check their answers by lifting a covered section.

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An introduction to roman numerals for children. A fun read that will allow children to grasp basic concepts of roman numerals as well as practice using roman numerals. A great book to integrate into a mathematic curriculum.

Involving readers from the outset with a second person point of view, Adler asks students to write their age on a piece of paper, thereby introducing Arabic numerals if they wrote 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 (which also confirms the likely audience for the book). He then poses: “If you write your age in

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Roman numbers, you would write VIII, IX, X, XI, or XII, immediately contrasting the two number systems. An excellent book to teach mathematical history, Adler’s text also conveys real world context where people see Roman numerals, such as chapter titles, clocks, and watches.

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