Reviews for Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School

The average rating for Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-15 00:00:00 Jason Spiegel What? I had no idea that this book had actual PUZZLES in it! As a kid I thought it was some sort of dada-ist experiment with absurdity and language. I wasn't that amused either. But, as a superfan of the Wayside School series, I still gave it three stars.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-06-28 00:00:00 Jarret Gonter Want to help a young kid get on the right track with higher-level math? After they've fallen for the original Sideways Stories from Wayside School, they should give this book a shot. In short, the "reader" finds himself in Wayside School's bizarre math class, where equations all go like this: elf + elf fool Words + words = words... the thing is, your job is to figure out what the numbers are. For starters, the "f" in the answer has to equal 1, because two single-digit numbers can't add up to more than 20. That makes "l" equal 2, "o" equal four, and "e" equal 7. 721 + 721 1442 The storytelling mixed in with the lessons keeps things both goofy and easy to follow. By the end of the book, children will have learned the basic tenets of algebra without even realizing it.