The Times Machine! Learn Multiplication and Division…like, Yesterday!

The Times Machine! is a very good book. It is well written and there are good comic book style pictures with funny characters. It would be good for kids who are learning multiplication and division. In the book, the characters Mr. Mouse, Ms. Squirrel, and Danica teach and learn different math tricks. Like for multiplying 12s they teach that it is the same thing as 10xX+2xX.

The Times Machine! is good when used at home or at school. In each chapter, there are five or six activities. Most of the activities are math problems using what you’ve just learned. It is a book that is good for reading by yourself. You don’t need a teacher to help you.

The Times Machine! is a book that is best read for fun learning. It teaches the multiplication tables, the distributive and associative properties, multiple digit multiplication, and long division. Kids in second through fifth grade should read this book.