One Hundred Hungry Ants

By Elinor J. Pinczes, Bonnie Mackain

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Average Rating: (See all reviews) Format: Paperback, 32 pages Other Information: Illustrated Published In: United States, September 1999 Quantity Available: 337 Ships within 6-10 days One hundred very hungry ants hurry to sample the delights of a picnic, but instead of marching single file, they divide into smaller rows--a lesson in division and visual introduction to math. Full color. From The Publisher: Hi dee ho! It's off to a picnic we go! One hundred very hungry ants hurry to sample the delights of a picnic, but marching in single file seems too slow for 100 empty tummies. The smallest ant of all suggests they travel in 2 rows of 50, four rows of 25 . . . and the division begins. One Hundred Hungry Ants is not only a spirited and whimsical story, but also serves as an enjoyable visual introduction to math. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN: 0395971233 EAN: 9780395971239 Dimensions: 20.12 x 22.4 x 0.38 centimeters (0.13 kg)

This story reads really well with nice rhymes. The little ants are on a quest for a picnic, but discover that spending too much time organizing can result in not getting the product!

It's very good as an introduction to division and multiplication, since the ants regroup to form shorter lines.

This book was sent home with 100 unifex cubes to use along with the book. We used the cubes as the ants. We started off with one line of 100 cubes (as the ants). Then, in the story, they split into 2 lines of 50, so we split our cubes, too. Then, 4 lines of 25, and so on.... Excellent book to use with the cubes to demonstract how many different ways to make 100.

This is a fun read-aloud story.

Fantastic for looking at arrays, division and multiplication of 100. Can be easily adapted for all grades/year levels. My students enjoyed choosing their own number and figuring out how many different ways the ants could march, as well as trying to determine which way would get them to the picnic the fastest!
I would strongly recommend this book for classroom teacher and parents with mathematically inquisitive children!