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Its a Numbers Game! Hockey The math behind the perfect slap shot, the split-second save, and so much more! by Eric Zwei...

by Eric Zweig

Book Details

Publisher:Random House
Published:2025-09-02
Pages:129
Format:paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1426377096

Reading Info

Age Range:3-7

About This Book

This numbers-focused look at the fast-paced game of ice hockey is jam-packed with stats, sports trivia, awesome photos, and math challenges—plus a fun activity at the end of every chapter. Do you know how to calculate a goalie’s save percentage? What’s the record for the most shots in an NHL game? What’s the speed of the fastest slap shot? How much water is needed to make an ice rink? Get ready to learn all the ways numbers and math factor into the game of ice hockey, from all the statistics use

Our Review

This engaging sports book cleverly combines hockey excitement with early math concepts, using the fast-paced world of ice hockey to introduce counting, statistics, and number recognition. Through vivid action photographs and real game scenarios, young readers explore everything from calculating a goalie's save percentage to measuring the speed of a slap shot, making abstract math concepts tangible through sports they love. The book's interactive approach transforms numerical challenges into thrilling hockey puzzles that feel more like game strategy than mathematics.

What sets this educational book apart is how it balances sports trivia with hands-on learning activities, featuring math challenges and simple experiments that extend the reading experience off the page. Children who enjoy sports statistics and problem-solving will particularly appreciate the way it demonstrates how numbers operate in real-world contexts, from arena measurements to player performance metrics. This dynamic approach to STEM learning through athletics will have young hockey fans seeing mathematics in a exciting new light long after they've closed the book.

Themes

Juvenile Nonfiction

Subjects

Juvenile Nonfiction