Chimp Math: Learning about Time from a Baby Chimpanzee

Animal Math

by Ann Whitehead Nagda, Cindy Bickel

Learn about different ways to measure time by following the growth of a baby chimp Late one night, a tiny chimpanzee is born at a zoo in Kansas. He seems very weak, and the staff is worried. Will he survive? When the mother shows no interest in her baby, a pediatrician comes in to care for the little chimp. The baby grows strong and healthy, and soon he is big enough to be moved to the Denver Zoo. He is named Jiggs after the doctor who saved him. Jiggs is a lot like human babies. He wears diapers. He plays with his toys. He loves his pets. And he learns all kinds of new skills as he gets older. Follow Jiggs as he grows from a wobbly infant to a wild and wonderful toddler. Along the way you can learn about clocks, calendars, time lines, and other ways of keeping time records.

Genres: Mathematics, Nonfiction

28 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2002

Reviews

[Elsa]

Charming book full of pictures of a chimp who was handraised by his zoo keeper. It touchs on timelines, centuries, months, weeks, days, hours, analog clocks, a.m./p.m., bar graphs, calendars, charts and schedules, 24-hour time, converting to different time units.

[Kayla]

I love that this book provides the story of Jiggs the monkey on the right page, and on the left you can find how math relates to Jiggs' life. There are timelines, charts, graphs, clocks, and different types of calculations. It helps show how Jiggs grew and developed. The story was also great to read.

[Kimberly Martin]

Chimp Math follows the growth of a baby chimp and also teaches about telling time.It also incorporates calendars and time lines into the story as well. I like that the story follows Jiggs growing up as well. I think this is a cute book that would keep students interested and would also teach them about the life of a baby chimpanzee.

[Theresa]

Chimp Math: Learning about Time from a Baby Chimpanzee
Nagda, Ann Whitehead
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math resource book about time

[Brittany N]

This book illustrates clocks, calendars, and time lines. It would also be good for children who like chimps. All it might take is for a chimp to teach a child about time!