Dear Student,

You will find a lot of things in this Real Math book.

You will find games that will give you a chance to
practice and put to use many of the skills you will be
learning.
You will find stories and examples that will show you
how mathematics can help you solve problems and cut
down the amount of work you have to do.
You will be reading and talking about many of the pages
with your classmates. That is because mathematics is
something people often learn together and do together.
Of course, this book is not all fun and games. Learning
should be enjoyable, but it also takes time and effort.
Most of all, it takes thinking.
We hope you enjoy this book. We hope you learn a lot.
And we hope you think a lot.
The Authors of Real Math

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Chapter 1: Addition and subtraction

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Trong chng ny chng ta s c hc

In this chapter you will learn

How to estimate and round number
How to add and subtract, using function machines
How to find the perimeter of rectangles and
squares
Problem solving 1.a

The International Space Station is a joint

effort of sixteen countries. This giant
laboratory orbits the earth about 230 to 25
miles above us.

The robotic arm, shown in the photo to

the right, is called the Canadarm2. It
was installed in 2001 to help astronauts
build the International Space Station.

The original Canadarm was launched in 1981 on the

Space Shuttle Columbia.

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quc gia.

The photograph below shows a close-up of

Canadarm2. The white covering protects its
mechanical parts from space

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debris and extreme changes in temperature.

Us the photographs to decide

how far you think it is from
one tip of the solar panel to
the other.

O How long
do you think
the robotic
arm is when it
is stretched
out straight?
# How big is
the
International
Space Station?
How did
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you make
your

estimates? Did everyone agree?\

Sometimes we do not need or cannot find an exact

amount. But we can estimate to find a number close
enough for our purpose.
You can learn about estimating from this story about a
field trip.
A/lr. McCreadys class visited an apple orchard to see
how apples get from trees to the store.

They learned that workers use special ladders that do not

harm the branches.
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Then the 30 children in Mr. McCreadys class went back

outside to pick their own apples. They picked enough
apples to fill this large crate.
0 write your best estimate of how many apples the class
picked.

How did you make your estimate?

Do you think you have a good chance

of being exactly right?
The children will take apples from the crate and put
them in bags of 10 to take back to school.
0 The first 10 children took 10 apples each. How many
apples did they take altogether?
As you can see, there were still a lot of apples in the
crate.
Now do you know exactly how many apples the class
picked?
Make a second estimate of how many apples the class
picked.

Then 10 more children took 10 apples each.

o So far, 20 children have taken 10 apples each. How
many apples have they taken altogether?
y r Make a third
estimate of how many apples the class picked. Explain
how you made your estimate.
Then 10 more children took apples.
So far, 30 children have taken 10 apples each. How
many apples have they taken altogether?
How many apples do you think are left?
Make a fourth estimate of how many apples there
were.
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AH 30 children each took another 10 apples.
Counting both times the children took apples, how
many apples did each child take?
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man! 3 fif,th 6Stimate of how many apples there were.
Then 12 more children came. They
took 10 apples each.

 How many apples did they take?

0 How many apples have been taken altogether?
0 How many apples are left?
How many apples were there altogether?
Is this an estimate, or are you certain?
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Make a table like this. Write your five estimates.
Apples in the Crate
First Estimate
Second Estimate
Third Estimate
Fourth Estimate
Fifth Estimate

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