{"product_id":"2940150244559-1","title":"The Math King of Dallas","description":"A magical math secret awaits on Harry Hines Boulevard outside the Dallas Children's Medical Center! In this thrilling math adventure with the Yamie Chess cast, you'll meet Morphy, the Texan baby elephant who promises to give you the power to making algebra make sense!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover how to balance both sides of a linear algebra equation, and learn why points, lines and rays are so awesome!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollow the math carefully and you'll win checkmate over the dark King Vigdor and the Chromemunchers. Only you have the math skills to grant little Morphy, the most beautiful baby elephant ever, his magical last wish. Includes Sudoku puzzle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInformation for Parents and Teachers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuitable for students at U.S. grade 6 math level and above, The Math King of Dallas is a short story extension to the Harvard- and MIT-supported math learning aid, Yamie Chess School Assistant, recommended by School Library Journal and developed by experienced math teachers with decades of classroom teaching experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough an exciting cartoon algebra adventure for struggling-to-gifted learners, communicated by professional math teachers in clear and concise language, students learn the fundamentals of geometry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKids are taught how to construct, handle and evaluate linear algebraic equations and their properties and lay a firm foundation of the basic rules of algebra including the addition and multiplication properties of equality and laws of exponents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Math King of Dallas also provides an opportunity to explore complementary and supplementary angles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe integrated chess puzzle is adapted from a well-known chess game that took place one evening in Paris, France in 1858 at the famous Italian Opera House (during a live performance of composer Vincenzo Bellini's opera Norma) between American chess player, Paul Morphy, and the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard.","brand":"Yamie Chess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186511888624,"sku":"2940150244559","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150244559_p0.jpg?v=1763741262","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150244559-1","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}