Your tutor in a book! Master the essential mathematical skills for success! 'I don't know how to do this' is a refrain heard whilst many a student is doing homework. Parents are increasingly called on for assistance, but are themselves struggling to help their children. Years 6-8 Maths For Students is a reference guide for both students and parents, aiming to fill the gaps in a student's knowledge base, build confidence and reduce stress.
Written with the same friendly, how-to approach of the successful For Dummies books, this new educational reference will empower students and develop their mathematical skills for exams, NAPLAN testing and, most importantly, life beyond secondary school. With worries that students are being taught to pass tests at the expense of understanding — this guide will help students cement their mathematical foundations.
Grasp the nuts and bolts of numbers, algebra, geometry and measurement Helps students with maths as they transition from primary to secondary school Complete homework and prepare for tests with confidence
Save money on expensive tutors. Years 6-8 Maths For Students empowers students to improve their educational outcomes.
By:
The Experts at Dummies,
American Geriatric Society,
Consumer Dummies
Imprint: For Dummies
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: 1
Dimensions:
Height: 24mm,
Width: 19mm,
Spine: 3mm
Weight: 936g
ISBN: 9780730326731
ISBN 10: 073032673X
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 10 November 2015
Recommended Age: From 12 to 14 years
Audience:
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Children's (6-12)
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Part I: Whole Numbers: The Building Blocks of Maths 5 Chapter 1: Ready, Set Success! 7 Chapter 2: Getting Bigger and Smaller: Sequences, Addition and Subtraction 27 Chapter 3: Equal Piles: Multiplying and Dividing 53 Chapter 4: Going Backwards with Negative Numbers 89 Chapter 5: Say What? Turning Words into Numbers 97 Part II: Parts of the Whole 109 Chapter 6: Cake or Death: Fractions without Fear 111 Chapter 7: What’s the Point? Dealing with Decimals 153 Chapter 8: It’s All Relative: Ratios, Proportions and Speed 185 Chapter 9: Perfect Percentages, 100% of the Time 201 Chapter 10: Word Problems with Fractions, Decimals and Percentages 219 Part III: Picturing and Measuring: Shapes, Weights and Graphs 231 Chapter 11: Shaping Up 233 Chapter 12: Considering Time, Weights, Temperature and Measurements 247 Chapter 13: Communicating Data with Graphs and Tables 287 Part IV: The x-Files: Introduction to Algebra 303 Chapter 14: Using the Alphabet for Maths 305 Chapter 15: Using Algebra to Solve Equations 319 Chapter 16: Algebra Word Problems 333 Part V: The Part of Tens 345 Chapter 17: Ten Tricks for Remembering Your Number Facts 347 Chapter 18: Ten (Almost!) Pitfalls to Avoid 355 Chapter 19: Ten (or so) Ways to Make Any Test Easier 359 Index 365
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