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We need math when we learn how to use money. We can add, subtract, multiply, and divide money. Sometimes we use decimals when writing amounts of money. For example, if we have $35.40, we have thirty-five dollars and forty cents. The decimal separates the dollars and cents. When we add or subtract money, it is important to line up the decimals. If the amount does not have a decimal, we can add one. For example, if we add $2.45 and $3 we can add a decimal to $3. It should look like this: $2.45 $3.00 $5.45

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Story by Melinda Thielbar Pencils and inks by Tintin Pantoja Coloring by Hi-Fi Design Lettering by Marshall Dillon Copyright © 2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. Graphic Universe™ is a trademark of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Graphic Universe™ A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thielbar, Melinda.  The hundred-dollar robber : a mystery with money / by Melinda Thielbar ; illustrated by Tintin Pantoja. p. cm. — (Manga math mysteries)  Summary: Someone has stolen money from the soccer team’s car-wash earnings, and the students from Sifu Faiza’s Kung Fu School must set aside their feud with the soccer players to figure out how much money was stolen and by whom. ISBN: 978–0–7613–3854–3 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)  1. Graphic novels. [1. Graphic novels. 2. Mystery and detective stories. 3. Mathematics—Fiction. 4. Kung fu—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction. 6. Soccer— Fiction.] I. Pantoja, Tintin, ill. II. Title. PZ7.7.T48Hu 2010 741.5’973—dc22 2008053709 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – DP – 15 14 13 12 11 10

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The Author

Melinda Thielbar is a teacher who has written math courses for all ages,

from kids to adults. In 2005 Melinda was awarded a VIGRE fellowship at North Carolina State University for PhD candidates “likely to make a strong contribution to education in mathematics.” She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, author and video game programmer Richard Dansky, and their two cats.

The Artists

Tintin Pantoja was born in Manila in the Philippines. She received a degree

in illustration and cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and was nominated for the Friends of Lulu “Best Newcomer” award. She was also a finalist in Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga 5. Her past books include a graphic novel version for kids of Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.

Yuko Ota graduated from the Rochester

Institute of Technology and lives in Maryland. She has worked as an animator and a lab assistant but is happiest drawing creatures and inventing worlds. She likes strong tea, the smell of new tires, and polydactyl cats (cats with extra toes!). She doesn’t have any pets, but she has seven houseplants named Blue, Wolf, Charlene, Charlie, Roberto, Steven, and Doris.

Der-shing Helmer graduated with a degree in

Biology from UC Berkeley, where she played with snakes and lizards all summer long. She is working toward becoming a biology teacher. When she is not tutoring kids, she likes to create art, especially comics. Her best friends are her two pet geckos (Smeg and Jerry), her king snake (Clarice), and the chinchilla that lives next door. Sam

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