Middle School math for parents 10 steps to helping your child master math
Book - 2014
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- Published
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New York :
Learning Express
c2014.
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
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- Item Description
- "In-depth coverage of the new Common Core State Standards for grades 6-8"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- xviii, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
- ISBN
- 9781576859445
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Attitude Is Everything: Dealing with Math's Positives and Negatives
- Why Your Child's Attitude Matters
- Why Your Attitude Matters
- Absolute Value: Turning a Negative into a Positive
- Integer Addition: Take Control of Math Attitude
- Integer Subtraction: Don't Do It!
- Multiplication with Signed Numbers
- Using Fact Families for Multiplication and Division
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Fractionphobia: Facing the (Totally Rational) Fear of Rational Numbers
- The First Day of Middle School
- The Origin of Mathphobia
- A Gentle Approach to Fractions
- Unit Fractions
- Non-Unit Fractions and Mixed Numbers
- Equivalent Fractions
- Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions
- Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions
- Multiplying a Fraction and a Whole Number
- Multiplying Fractions Together
- Dividing with Unit Fractions
- Dividing with Any Fractions
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Mental Math Rules!: Unlocking the Secrets of the Base-Ten System and Understanding Decimals
- Why Mental Math Matters
- What Is the Base-Ten System?
- Adding and Subtracting in Base-Ten
- Multiplying in Base-Ten
- Dividing in Base-Ten
- Long Division
- Summary So Far
- Decimals
- Converting Fractions to Decimals
- Operating with Decimals
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Learning the "New Way": Why Ratios and Proportions Make More Sense Now Than Ever
- Math Hasn't Changed
- Following a Recipe vs. a Chef's Craft
- Proportions (and the Problem with a Procedural Approach)
- Understanding Ratios
- Method #1. Ratio Tables
- Method #2. Equivalent Fractions
- Method #3. Unit Rates
- Method #4. Proportional Equations
- Which Method, and When?
- Percentages: A Special and Very Common Use of Proportions
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Visualize Everything: How Simple Geometry Concepts Can Make Numbers, Operations, and Algebra Easier
- The Power of Visualization
- The Three Dimensions
- Length and Area
- Finding the Area of a Polygon
- Using Area as a Visual Tool
- Area of a Triangle
- Area of Other Polygons
- Three-Dimensional Measures
- Scale Drawings and Similarity
- Similar Figures
- Visualizing Word Problems
- Summary
- Chapter 6. The Joy of Geometry: Having Fun with Math and Why Fun Matters
- The Importance of Having Fun
- Angle Relationships
- The Pythagorean Theorem
- Solving Problems with the Pythagorean Theorem
- Transformations
- Measuring Circles
- Summary
- Chapter 7. The Two Most Important Words in Mathematics: How Why and Because Can Unlock the Language of Algebra
- The Right Parent
- Introduction to Algebra
- The Basics of Algebraic Language
- Writing Expressions from Words
- Order of Operations (and the Problem with Dear Aunt Sally)
- Equivalent Expressions
- Writing Algebraic Equations
- Summary
- Chapter 8. The Many Meanings of I Don't Know. Learning to Turn Unknowns into Knowns
- Three Dreaded Words
- The Good Meanings
- The Not-So-Good Meanings
- Solutions to Equations
- Solving One-Step Equations
- Solving Proportions
- Solving Two-Step Equations
- Simplifying Equations
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Math Is Life: Linear Relationships in Everyday Life and Why They Matter
- Linear Relationships in Life
- Proportions: The Simplest Linear Relationships
- Coordinate Graphs
- Multiple Representations
- Linear Relationships
- Linear Relationships in Other Representations
- y = mx + b
- Summary
- Chapter 10. Life Is Math: Wow to Make Sense of Data and Statistics Ail Around You
- Data and Statistics Are Everywhere!
- What Are Data and Statistics?
- Displaying Data
- Reading and Comparing Data Displays
- Measures of Center
- Measures of Variability
- Comparing Data Sets
- Sampling from Populations
- Summary
- Final Thoughts
- Acknowledgments