So You Really Want to Learn Maths: Answer Book Book 1
Published on 1. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-902984-19-3 (ISBN)
Description
This answer book contains all the answers to the exercises in So You Really Want To Learn Maths Book 1. - Endorsed by ISEB - Features the complete set of answers to the exercises in So You Really Want To Learn Maths Book 1 to save you time marking work and enable you to identify areas requiring further attention - Includes diagrams and working where necessary to ensure pupils understand how to present their answers
Reviews / Votes
"So you really want to learn Maths is a triumph: comprehensive, lucid, clearly and attractively laid out with plenty of exercises. Although particularly aimed at pupils preparing for the 11+ (or Common Entrance at), it provides the essential foundation for GCSE. Book 1 starts with basic number work and the moves on to fractions, decimals, area, angles, probability and so on." John Clare, The Daily Telegraph "This is a book by a teacher who understands children. There are many attractive features and expect that children will be inspired by this material. I imagine that this text will enjoy widespread acclaim and become a 'standard' work." David Hanson, member of the ISEB 13+ setting team "What a wonderful book: easy to read but so informative, with a clean layout, approprite diagrams, good cross-curricular presentation, clear instructions and excellent extension exercises for the more able children. This is the Common Entrance textbook that school teachers have been waiting for." Moira Laffey, The Old Malthouse SchoolMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Learning
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-902984-19-3 (9781902984193)
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Serena Alexander
Mathematics for Common Entrance One Answers
Book
05/2015
Galore Park Publishing Ltd
€38.56
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Person
Serena Alexander has taught Mathematics since 1987, originally in both maintained and independent senior schools. From 1999 she taught at St Paul's School for Boys, where she was Head of Mathematics at their preparatory school, Colet Court, before moving to Newton Preparatory School in London. She has been a member of the ISEB setting team for mathematics, is an ISI inspector and helps to run regular mathematics conferences for prep school teachers. She has a passion for maths and expects her pupils to feel the same way. After a lesson or two, they normally do!
Content
Chapter 1: Back to BasicsIn the beginningRoman numeralsFrom Roman numerals to decimalsNumber bondsSomething special about 9SubtractingOppositesActivity: Roman numeral investigationChapter 2: More calculationsMultiplying and dividing Doubles and near doublesLarger numbersApproximation and estimationMore calculationsAdditionSubtractionMultiplicationDivisionActivity: What's in the box?Chapter 3: Introducing geometryWhat is geometry?How it beganAnglesShapres enclosed by three straight linesParallel linesShapes enclosed by four straight linesPolygonsActivity: Sorting shapesChapter 4: More about tenMultiplying and dividing by tenHarder examples: multiplyingHarder examples: dividingMore about spacesSimplifying division calculationsApproximationsPowers of tenMore multiplication by tens and hundredsLong multiplicationMultiple multiplications!Simple division: A reminderLong divisionRounding up or rounding down?Activity: Rudolph's dilemmaActivity: The Fibonacci sequenceChapter 5: More about numbersRules of divisibilityFactors and multiplesIndex numbersSquare numbers and triangle numbersThe table squarePrime numbersFinding factor pairsMore about factors and multiplesHighest common factorsLower common multiplesSquare rootsActivity: A one to a hundred square investigationChapter 6: SymmetryLine symmetryExperiments with symmetryRotational symmetryMore about symmetryActivity: Mirror on the squareChapter 7: Introducing fractionsWhy fractions?Equivalent fractionsUsing equivalent fractionsMixed numbersFinding a fraction of an amountAdding fractionsSubtracting fractionsFractions with different denominatorsAdding fractions with different denominatorsAddition with mixed numbersSubtracting fractions with different denominatorsSubtraction with mixed numbersBorrowingActivity: Imperial unitsChapter 8: Introducing decimals, money and the metric systemHow it beganDecimalsAdding and subtracting decimalsMoney, money, moneyOrdering decimalsMultiplying and dividing by 10, 100, 1000The metric systemMetric unitsAdding and subtracting measurementsZooming in on the number lineMore about decimals and fractionsActivity: Mathematcis from food!Chapter 9: Time, travel and tablesMore about monthsDividing up the dayThe 24 hour clockTime as a fractionDistance, speed and timeCalculating speedCalculating distanceCalculating timeMixed problemsActivity: PuzzlesChapter 10: Charts and tablesFrequency tablesFrequency diagramsPictogramsPie chartsDrawing pie chartsActivity: Statistical surveysChapter 11: Below zero, or negative numbersCredit and debitCalculating with negative numbersAdditionSubtractionUsing bracketsDouble negativesNegative co-ordinatesDrawing axesTranslationsTransformations on a gridActivity: The balloon gameChapter 12: Introducing algebraSolving puzzlesHere comes xMore than one xTwo missing itemsNumbers and letters don't mix!Writing algebraBack to the gobstoppersNow solve the puzzlesActivity: The shopkeeper's dilemmaChapter 13: Calculating with and without a calculatorUsing the calculatorBIDMASRules to follow when using a calculatorActivity: Think of a numberChapter 14: More decimalsMultiplying decimals as a whole numberMultiplying decimals by a decimalDividing decimalsForeign exchangeConversion graphsActivity: How many nets?Chapter 15: AreaCalculating areas of squares and rectangesCalculating areas when base and height units are differentCalculating perimetersCalculating perimeters when base and height are differentFinding the missing dimensionFinding the height and lengthCombined shapesCalculating the area of a right-angled triangleActivity: Do people with big feet have big hands?Chapter 16: Triangles, angles and bearingsDrawing trianglesAngles of a triangleBearingsActivity: Non-congruent trianglesChapter 17: PercentagesLooking at a percentagePercentages as fractionsPercentages of a wholeFinding a percentage of an amountUsing percentages as fractionsPercentages as decimalsComparing fractions, decimals and percentagesFinding the percentagePercentages and shoppingActivity: A genius test (for fun only!)Chapter 18: ProbabilityThe probability scaleThe probability of an event happeningFinding the probability of an event not happeningJust one event can change the situationActivity: Probability experimentsChapter 19: Shapes in 3 dimensionsIsometric drawingLooking at netsVolumes of cubes and cuboidsFinding the third dimensionUnits of volumeActivity: Make a litre cubeChapter: Mean, mode and medianLooking at data: range and averageThe meanFinding the totalThe medianThe modeDisplaying data: frequency tables and bar chartsActivity: Its time