How to be Good at Maths
The Simplest-Ever Visual Guide
Published on 1. July 2016
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-241-18598-8 (ISBN)
Description
Maths can be a mental minefield for many, but this essential home-study guide ensures everything adds up.
This comprehensive maths book for primary school children and their parents keeps the subject simple from start to finish. Whether solving subtraction, mastering multiples, or deciphering division, How to be Good at Maths has got you covered.
Eyecatching graphics and step-by-step sequences work together to lay the foundations of numeracy. There is plenty of fun to be had with exciting examples to aid accessibility and understanding. You'll fly down a zipwire to get the gist of geometry, time a robot runner in the race to deduce decimals, and use space scales to weigh yourself on giant planet Jupiter.
Made with home learning in mind, How to be Good at Maths also contains memorable facts and extra challenges to refresh your knowledge throughout. Primary school maths can be practised again and again to ensure this tricky topic is easier than ever before.
This comprehensive maths book for primary school children and their parents keeps the subject simple from start to finish. Whether solving subtraction, mastering multiples, or deciphering division, How to be Good at Maths has got you covered.
Eyecatching graphics and step-by-step sequences work together to lay the foundations of numeracy. There is plenty of fun to be had with exciting examples to aid accessibility and understanding. You'll fly down a zipwire to get the gist of geometry, time a robot runner in the race to deduce decimals, and use space scales to weigh yourself on giant planet Jupiter.
Made with home learning in mind, How to be Good at Maths also contains memorable facts and extra challenges to refresh your knowledge throughout. Primary school maths can be practised again and again to ensure this tricky topic is easier than ever before.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 11 years
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 225 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1518 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-18598-8 (9780241185988)
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Carol Vorderman, one of Britain's best known and loved TV personalities, feels passionately about the value of education. Carol joined forces with DK in 1999 to become DK's Education Champion and has helped them to build the bestselling "Made Easy" series, which includes topics in maths, English, and science and technology. She has also encouraged parents and their teenage children to work together in the "Help Your Kids" series, which includes Help Your Kids With Science and Help Your Kids With Music. Versatile as ever, Carol has also provided an accessible and fun entry into the world of computer programming with Computer Coding Projects For Kids.
Content
1: Numbers
1: Number symbols
2: Place value
3: Sequences and patterns
4: Sequences and shapes
5: Positive and negative numbers
6: Comparing numbers
7: Ordering numbers
8: Estimating
9: Rounding
10: Factors
11: Multiples
12: Prime numbers
13: Prime factors
14: Square numbers
15: Square roots
16: Cube numbers
17: Fractions
18: Improper fractions and mixed numbers
19: Equivalent fractions
20: Simplifying fractions
21: Finding a fraction of an amount
22: Comparing fractions with the same denominators
23: Comparing unit fractions
24: Comparing non-unit fractions
25: Using the lowest common denominator
26: Adding fractions
27: Subtracting fractions
28: Multiplying fractions
29: Dividing fractions
30: Decimal numbers
31: Comparing and ordering decimals
32: Rounding decimals
33: Adding decimals
34: Subtracting decimals
35: Percentages
36: Calculating percentages
37: Percentage changes
38: Ratio
39: Proportion
40: Scaling
41: Different ways to describe fractions
2: Calculating
1: Addition
2: Adding with a number line
3: Adding with a number grid
4: Addition facts
5: Partitioning for addition
6: Expanded column addition
7: Column addition
8: Subtraction
9: Subtraction facts
10: Partitioning for subtraction
11: Subtracting with a number line
12: Shopkeeper's addition
13: Expanded column subtraction
14: Column subtraction
15: Multiplication
16: Multiplication as scaling
17: Factor pairs
18: Counting in multiples
19: Multiplication tables
20: The multiplication grid
21: Multiplication patterns and strategies
22: Multiplying by 10, 100, and 1000
23: Multiplying by multiples of 10
24: Partitioning for multiplication
25: The grid method
26: Expanded short multiplication
27: Short multiplication
28: Expanded long multiplication
29: Long multiplication
30: More long multiplication
31: Multiplying decimals
32: The lattice method
32: Division
33: Dividing with multiples
34: The division grid
35: Division tables
36: Dividing with factor pairs
37: Checking for divisibility
38: Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
39: Dividing by multiples of 10
40: Partitioning for division
41: Expanded short division
42: Short division
43: Expanded long division
44: Long division
45: Converting remainders
46: Dividing with decimals
47: The order of operations
48: Arithmetic laws
49: Using a calculator
3: Measurement
1: Length
2: Calculating with length
3: Perimeter
4: Using formulas to find perimeter
5: Area
6: Estimating area
7: Working out area with a formula
8: Areas of triangles
9: Areas of parallelograms
10: Areas of complex shapes
11: Comparing area and perimeter
12: Capacity
13: Volume
14: The volumes of solids
15: Working out volume with a formula
16: Mass
17: Mass and weight
18: Calculating with mass
19: Temperature
20: Calculating with temperature
21: Imperial units
22: Imperial units of length, volume, and mass
23: Telling the time
24: Dates
25: Calculating with time
26: Money
27: Using money
28: Calculating with money
4: Geometry
1: What is a line?
2: Horizontal and vertical lines
3: Diagonal lines
4: Parallel lines
5: Perpendicular lines
6: 2D shapes
7: Regular and irregular polygons
8: Triangles
9: Quadrilaterals
10: Naming polygons
11: Circles
12: 3D shape
13: Types of 3D shape
14: Prisms
15: Nets
16: Angles
17: Degrees
18: Right angles
19: Types of angle
20: Angles on a straight line
21: Angles at a point
22: Opposite angles
23: Using a protractor
24: Angles inside triangles
25: Calculating angles inside triangles
26: Angles inside quadrilaterals
27: Calculating angles inside quadrilaterals
28: Angles inside polygons
29: Calculating the angles in a polygon
30: Coordinates
31: Plotting points using coordinates
32: Positive and negative coordinates
33: Using coordinates to draw a polygon
34: Position and direction
35: Compass directions
36: Reflective symmetry
37: Rotational symmetry
38: Reflection
39: Rotation
40: Translation
5: Statistics
1: Data handling
2: Tally marks
3: Frequency tables
4: Carroll diagrams
5: Venn diagrams
6: Averages
7: The mean
8: The median
9: The mode
10: The range
11: Using averages
12: Pictograms
13: Block graphs
14: Bar charts
15: Drawing bar charts
16: Line graphs
17: Drawing line graphs
18: Pie charts
19: Making pie charts
20: Probability
21: Calculating probability
6: Algebra
1: Equations
2: Solving equations
3: Formulas and sequences
4: Formulas
7: Glossary
8: Index
9: Answers
10: Acknowledgments
1: Number symbols
2: Place value
3: Sequences and patterns
4: Sequences and shapes
5: Positive and negative numbers
6: Comparing numbers
7: Ordering numbers
8: Estimating
9: Rounding
10: Factors
11: Multiples
12: Prime numbers
13: Prime factors
14: Square numbers
15: Square roots
16: Cube numbers
17: Fractions
18: Improper fractions and mixed numbers
19: Equivalent fractions
20: Simplifying fractions
21: Finding a fraction of an amount
22: Comparing fractions with the same denominators
23: Comparing unit fractions
24: Comparing non-unit fractions
25: Using the lowest common denominator
26: Adding fractions
27: Subtracting fractions
28: Multiplying fractions
29: Dividing fractions
30: Decimal numbers
31: Comparing and ordering decimals
32: Rounding decimals
33: Adding decimals
34: Subtracting decimals
35: Percentages
36: Calculating percentages
37: Percentage changes
38: Ratio
39: Proportion
40: Scaling
41: Different ways to describe fractions
2: Calculating
1: Addition
2: Adding with a number line
3: Adding with a number grid
4: Addition facts
5: Partitioning for addition
6: Expanded column addition
7: Column addition
8: Subtraction
9: Subtraction facts
10: Partitioning for subtraction
11: Subtracting with a number line
12: Shopkeeper's addition
13: Expanded column subtraction
14: Column subtraction
15: Multiplication
16: Multiplication as scaling
17: Factor pairs
18: Counting in multiples
19: Multiplication tables
20: The multiplication grid
21: Multiplication patterns and strategies
22: Multiplying by 10, 100, and 1000
23: Multiplying by multiples of 10
24: Partitioning for multiplication
25: The grid method
26: Expanded short multiplication
27: Short multiplication
28: Expanded long multiplication
29: Long multiplication
30: More long multiplication
31: Multiplying decimals
32: The lattice method
32: Division
33: Dividing with multiples
34: The division grid
35: Division tables
36: Dividing with factor pairs
37: Checking for divisibility
38: Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
39: Dividing by multiples of 10
40: Partitioning for division
41: Expanded short division
42: Short division
43: Expanded long division
44: Long division
45: Converting remainders
46: Dividing with decimals
47: The order of operations
48: Arithmetic laws
49: Using a calculator
3: Measurement
1: Length
2: Calculating with length
3: Perimeter
4: Using formulas to find perimeter
5: Area
6: Estimating area
7: Working out area with a formula
8: Areas of triangles
9: Areas of parallelograms
10: Areas of complex shapes
11: Comparing area and perimeter
12: Capacity
13: Volume
14: The volumes of solids
15: Working out volume with a formula
16: Mass
17: Mass and weight
18: Calculating with mass
19: Temperature
20: Calculating with temperature
21: Imperial units
22: Imperial units of length, volume, and mass
23: Telling the time
24: Dates
25: Calculating with time
26: Money
27: Using money
28: Calculating with money
4: Geometry
1: What is a line?
2: Horizontal and vertical lines
3: Diagonal lines
4: Parallel lines
5: Perpendicular lines
6: 2D shapes
7: Regular and irregular polygons
8: Triangles
9: Quadrilaterals
10: Naming polygons
11: Circles
12: 3D shape
13: Types of 3D shape
14: Prisms
15: Nets
16: Angles
17: Degrees
18: Right angles
19: Types of angle
20: Angles on a straight line
21: Angles at a point
22: Opposite angles
23: Using a protractor
24: Angles inside triangles
25: Calculating angles inside triangles
26: Angles inside quadrilaterals
27: Calculating angles inside quadrilaterals
28: Angles inside polygons
29: Calculating the angles in a polygon
30: Coordinates
31: Plotting points using coordinates
32: Positive and negative coordinates
33: Using coordinates to draw a polygon
34: Position and direction
35: Compass directions
36: Reflective symmetry
37: Rotational symmetry
38: Reflection
39: Rotation
40: Translation
5: Statistics
1: Data handling
2: Tally marks
3: Frequency tables
4: Carroll diagrams
5: Venn diagrams
6: Averages
7: The mean
8: The median
9: The mode
10: The range
11: Using averages
12: Pictograms
13: Block graphs
14: Bar charts
15: Drawing bar charts
16: Line graphs
17: Drawing line graphs
18: Pie charts
19: Making pie charts
20: Probability
21: Calculating probability
6: Algebra
1: Equations
2: Solving equations
3: Formulas and sequences
4: Formulas
7: Glossary
8: Index
9: Answers
10: Acknowledgments