Mathematics is not only an exact science, but also quite complex. It is not easy for everyone, but it’s even more difficult to make a child more assiduous and loving with numbers. Recently, such a method as mathematical tales has been popular with teachers. The results of their trial use in practice were impressive, and therefore fairy tales became an effective way of introducing children to science. Increasingly, they resort to them in schools.
Stories about numbers for the smallest
Now, before the child goes to first grade, he should already be able to write, read and perform the simplest mathematical operations. Parents will benefit from mathematical tales for preschoolers, because with them the kids will learn the wonderful world of numbers in a playful way.
Such stories are simple stories about good and evil, where the main characters are numbers. They have their own country and their own kingdom, there are kings, teachers and students, and there is always a moral in these lines, which a small listener needs to catch.
Tale of the proud Number One
Once Digit One walked down the street and saw a rocket in the sky.
- Hi, fast and nimble rocket! My name is Number One. I am very lonely and proud like you. I like to walk alone and am not afraid of anything. I believe that loneliness is the most important quality, and he who is alone is always right.
To this, the rocket replied:
- Why am I alone? Quite the contrary. I take astronauts into the sky, they are sitting inside me, and around us - stars and planets.
Having said this, the rocket flew away, and our heroine went on and saw Number Two. She immediately greeted the proud and lonely friend:
- Hello, Alone, go for a walk with me.
“I don't want to, I like being alone.” The one who is one is considered the most important, - the Unit said.
“Why do you think that one who is one is the most important?” - asked the Two.
- A person has one head, and it is the most important, which means that one is better than two.
- Although a person has one head, he has two arms and two legs. Even on the head for a pair of eyes and ears. And these are the most important organs.
Then the Unit realized that it was very difficult for one, and went for a walk with Number Two.
Funny math numbers. Tale of Three and Two
In one school state, where all the kids loved to study, there was a Number Five. And everyone else envied her, especially Three and Two. And one day, two friends decided to expel the Five from the state so that the students fell in love with them, and not the cherished mark. They thought, thought how to do it, but according to the laws of the school state, no one has the right to drive out a number, it can leave only of its own free will.
Three and Two decided to make a tricky move. They argued with Number Five. If she does not win, she must leave. The subject of the debate was the answer of a two-year-old boy in a mathematics lesson. If he receives the cancellation "five", then a brave figure will win, and if not, then the winners will be Three and Two.
Number Five was honestly preparing for the lesson. She spent the whole evening studying with the boy, learning numbers and composing equalities. The next day, the student received "five" at school, our heroine won, and Troika and Deuce had to run away in disgrace.
Mathematical tales for primary school children
Kids enjoy listening to mathematical tales. In mathematics, Grade 3 with their help is easier to absorb material. But not only to listen, but also to compose their own stories can guys at this age.
All stories in this period are selected rather simple. The main characters are numbers and signs. It is very important at this age to show the children how to learn correctly. Parents and teachers can find a lot of useful information in books for grade 3 ("Mathematics"). We will tell mathematical tales with different heroes below.
The Parable of the Big Numbers
Once all the big numbers gathered and went to the restaurant to relax. Among them were domestic - Raven, Deck, Darkness, which are already thousands of years old, and proud foreign guests - Million, Trillion, Quintillion and Sextillion.
And they ordered a noble dinner: pancakes with red and black caviar, expensive champagne, eat, walk, do not deny themselves anything. At their table, the waiter works - Nolik. He runs back and forth, delivers everything, removes the broken wine glasses, takes care, not sparing his strength. And distinguished guests know to yourself they say: "Bring that, bring it." Do not respect Nolik. And Sextillion also gave a cuff.
Offended then Nolik and left the restaurant. And all the tall Big Numbers became Ordinary Units, worthless. So, you cannot offend even those who seem unimportant.
One unknown equation
And here is another mathematical tale (Grade 3) - about the unknown X.
Once met different numbers in one equation. And among them were whole and fractional, large and unambiguous. They hadn’t met so close before, so they started dating:
- Hello. I am the Unit.
- Good afternoon. I am Twenty Two.
“And I am Two Thirds.”
So they introduced themselves, got acquainted, and one figure stood aside and did not call herself. Everyone asked her, tried to find out, but the figure said to all questions:
- Can not say!
Offended by such a statement of number and went to the most respected Sign of Equality. And he answered:
- Do not worry, the time will come, and you will surely find out what this figure is. Do not rush, let this number remain unknown. Let's call him X.
Everyone agreed with fair Equality, but still decided to stay away from X and went beyond the equal sign. When all the numbers lined up, they began to multiply, divide, summarize and be subtracted. When all the actions were carried out, it turned out that the unknown X became known and was equal to only one number.
So the mystery of the mysterious X was revealed. Can you solve mathematical riddles?
Fifth Grade Number Stories
In the fifth grade, children are becoming more familiar with arithmetic and calculus. More serious puzzles are suitable for them. At this age, it’s good to introduce children to their own composition of stories about the things that they have already learned. Consider what a mathematical fairy tale should be (grade 5).
Scandal
In the kingdom of Geometry, different figures lived. And they existed quite peacefully, complementing and supporting each other. Queen Axiom kept order, and Theorems were in her assistants. But once Axiom fell ill, and the figures took advantage of this. They began to find out which of them is more important. The theorems intervened in the argument, but they could no longer restrain general panic.
As a result of the chaos in the realm of Geometry, people started in big trouble. All railways stopped working, as parallel lines converged, houses skewed, because the rectangles were replaced by octahedra and dodecahedrons. The cars got up, the machines went down. The whole world seemed to go awry.
Seeing all this, Axiom grabbed her head. She ordered all Theorems to line up and follow each other in a logical order. After that, all Theorems had to collect all their subordinate figures and explain to everyone its great destiny in the human world. Thus, order was restored in the country of Geometry.
Tale of the Point
There are completely different mathematical tales. Numbers and numbers, fractions and equalities appear in them. But most of all, fifth graders like stories about those things that they are just starting to get to know. Many students do not understand the importance of simple, elementary things, without which the whole world of mathematics would collapse. Such a mathematical tale (grade 5) is called upon to explain to them the importance of a particular sign.
Little Point felt very alone in the realm of Mathematics. It was so tiny that they constantly forgot about it, put it anywhere and completely did not respect it. Whether the matter is direct! It is large, has a length. It is visible, and no one will forget to draw it.
And the Point conceived to escape from the kingdom, because because of it there are always only problems. The student will grab the deuce, because he forgot to put a point, or something else. She felt the discontent of others and she was worried about it.
But where to run? The kingdom, although large, but the choice is small. And then the Direct came to the aid of the Point and said:
- Point, run along me. I am infinite, and you will run out of the kingdom.
The point did just that. And as soon as she embarked on a journey, chaos began in Mathematics. The numbers got agitated, strayed into a heap, because now there was no one to determine their place on the digital beam. And the rays began to dissolve before our eyes, because they did not have a Point that would limit them and turn them into segments. The numbers have ceased to multiply, because now the multiplication sign has been replaced with a slanting cross, and what to take from it? He is oblique.
All the inhabitants of the kingdom became agitated and began to ask Point to return. And she know herself rolls like a bun, in an infinite straight line. But she heard the requests of her compatriots and decided to return. Since then, the Point not only has its place in space, but is very respected and revered, and even has its own definition.
What tales can be read to the sixth grade?
In the sixth grade, children already know and understand a lot. These are already adult guys who are unlikely to be interested in primitive stories. For them, you can pick up something more serious, for example, mathematical problems-tales. Here are a few options.
How did the coordinate line form
This story is about how to remember and understand what numbers with a negative and positive value are. A mathematical fairy tale (grade 6) will help to understand this topic.
A lone Plyusik walked and roamed the earth. And he had no friends. So he wandered through the woods for a long, long time, until he met Direct. She was awkward, and no one wanted to talk to her. Then Plyusik invited her to walk together. Direct rejoiced and agreed. For this, she invited Plyusik to sit on her long shoulders.
The friends went on and wandered into the dark forest. For a long time they wandered along the narrow paths until they reached the clearing where the house stood. They knocked on the door, and opened Minus to them, who was also alone and was not friends with anyone. Then he joined Direct and Plus, and they went on together.
They went to the city of Chisel, where only numbers lived. They saw the numbers Plyusika and Minusika and immediately wanted to make friends with them. And they began to grab one or the other.
The king of the kingdom of Zero came to the noise. He ordered everyone to line up along a straight line, and he stood in the middle. Everyone who wanted to be a plus had to stand at the same distance from each other on the right side of the king, and those who had a minus - the same, but on the left, in ascending order. So the coordinate line was formed.
Riddle
Topics of mathematical tales can cover all the questions passed. Here is one good riddle that will generalize knowledge in geometry.
Once all the quadrangles came together and decided that it was necessary to choose the most important among them. But how to do that? We decided to conduct a test. Who from the meadow reaches the kingdom of Mathematics first, that will become the main one. On that and agreed.
At dawn, all the quadrangles came out of the clearing. They go, and a fast river crosses their road. She says:
“Not everyone can go through me.” Only those of you with the diagonals at the intersection point divided in half will cross over to the other side.
Someone stayed, and the rest moved on. This time a high mountain stood in the way. She set her condition:
- Only those with equal diagonals can conquer my peak.
Again at the foot of the losers were the quadrangles, and the rest went further. Suddenly - a cliff with a narrow bridge, on which only one can pass, the one whose diagonals intersect at right angles.
Here are your questions:
- Who became the main quadrangle?
- Who was the main competitor and reached the bridge?
- Who was the first to leave the competition?
The riddle of an isosceles triangle
Mathematical tales in mathematics can be very entertaining and in their essence contain hidden questions.
In one state, there lived a Triangle family: mother-side, father-side and base son. The time has come to choose a bride for his son.
And the Foundation was very humble and cowardly. He was afraid of everything new, but there is nothing to do, you need to get married. Then mother and father found him a good bride - Median from a neighboring kingdom. But Mediana had a terribly nasty nanny, who gave our groom a whole test.
Help the unlucky Base solve the difficult questions of a Geometry nanny and marry the Med. Here are the questions themselves:
- Tell us which triangle is called isosceles.
- What is the difference between an isosceles triangle and an equilateral?
- Who is the Med and what is its feature?
The riddle of proportions
In one side, not far from the kingdom of Arithmetic, there lived four gnomes. They were called here, there, where and how. Each New Year, one of them brought a small Christmas tree one meter high. They dressed her with 62 balls, one icicle and one star. But once they decided to all go together for the Christmas tree. And they chose the most beautiful and the highest. They brought home, but it turned out that there were few decorations. They measured the tree, and it turned out to be six times larger than usual.
Calculate with the help of proportion how many jewelry you need to buy for the dwarves.
Hero of the Planet Violet
As a result of research, it was discovered that intelligent creatures live on the planet Violet . It was decided to send an expedition there. The team got a double Kohl. It so happened that only he managed to get to the planet. There is nothing to do, you need to perform a responsible task from Earth.
As it turned out, all the inhabitants of the planet lived in round houses, because the population was not able to calculate the area of rectangles. Earthlings decided to help them, and Kolya had to do it.
But the boy did not know geometry well. He did not want to study, he always copied his homework. Nothing to do, you need to figure out how to teach the residents of Violets to find the necessary area. With great difficulty, Kolya remembered that one square with a side of 1 cm has an area of 1 square. cm, and a square with a side of 1 m - 1 square. m. and so on. Arguing in this way, Kolya drew a rectangle and divided it into 1 cm squares. It contained 12 pieces, 4 on one side and three on the other.
Then Kolya drew another rectangle, but with 30 squares. Of these, 10 were placed along one side, 3 - along the other.
Help Kolya calculate the area of the rectangles. Write down the formula.
Can you compose your mathematical tales or tasks?