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7 edition of The King"s Chessboard (Picture Puffins) found in the catalog.

# The King"s Chessboard (Picture Puffins)

## by David Birch

Written in English

The Physical Object
Number of Pages32
ID Numbers
Open LibraryOL7356422M
ISBN 100140548807
ISBN 109780140548808

The King's Chessboard by David Birch, , available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide/5(). A folktale-like story that should intrigue children by its mathematical possibilities as much as by its moral lesson: for service rendered, the king insists on rewarding a wise man, who asks for a single grain of rice, to be doubled for each square on the chessboard on successive days. By the 32nd day, the poor have been splendidly fed and the king realizes the impossibility of .

The King's Chessboard (Picture Book): Birch, David: A proud king, too vain to admit what he does not know, learns a valuable lesson when he readily grants his wise man a special request.   In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, TeachingBooks supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read.

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When the wise man refuses to accept a reward for his service /5. ♦ Read the book “The King’s Chessboard” until you get to the eighth day of the process. Have students make a table to show the relationship between the number of days and the number of grains of rice. Have the students complete the table up to the 20th day in terms of grains. (Allow the use of calculators.)File Size: 48KB. Our BOOK OF THE WEEK is Kings of the Chessboard by Paul van der Sterren. This book is about the greatest chess players who ever lived, who dominated their era and were looked upon as World Champions even at a time when this term, this The Kings Chessboard book concept, did not yet exist. On the basis of a short biography. "The King's Chessboard" was about a proud king in Deccan, India who paid the price for rewarding a wise man that didn't want to be rewarded. The King asked the wise man what would his reward be. 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The story tells of a king who insists on rewarding a wise man and in the process is taught a lesson on both humility and : Tina Dittrich. "Masterfully told."--School Library Journal A great story for children learning mathematical concepts, The King's Chessboard tells the story of a wise man who refuses the king's reward for completing a favor. When the king insists the man accept a reward, the man proposes a deal: He will take a payment of rice equal to each square on the king's chessboard--doubling the. The King’s Chessboard by David Birch is a fantastic book – both for math and character training. In it, the king foolishly agrees to doubling a gift of rice everyday for the number of days on a chessboard. Because he doesn’t know about the power of doubling, he loses A LOT of rice. Stars Somewhere in the distance, somewhere in my bones, thunder rolls. 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I knew that the cover mimicked Mount Rushmore, which features Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and. Kings of the Chessboard “Grandmaster Paul van der Sterren (), was one of the strongest chess players of the Netherlands.

He became twice national champion and represented his country eight times during the Chess Olympiads. In how many different ways can six kings be placed on a $6\times 6$ chessboard so that no one attacks the others? If the problem was asked for a $3 \times 3$ board and $3$ kings, then the answer would be 8."Masterfully told."--School Library Journal A great story for children learning mathematical concepts, The King's Chessboard tells the story of a wise man who refuses the king's reward for completing a favor.

When the king insists the man accept a reward, the man proposes a deal: He will take a payment of rice equal to each square on the king's chessboard--doubling the /5(3).Kings of the Chessboard by Paul van der Sterren People who are really, really good at something – unbelievably good, incomprehensibly good, have always held a strong fascination for those fellow humans who are less extraordinarily gifted.

In this respect chess does not differ from other areas of human endeavour.