How the Math Gets Done: Why Parents Don't Need to Worry About New vs. Old Math provides a roadmap to understanding what the symbols for math operations (add, subtract, multiply, and divide) really mean, what the clues are to interpret these symbols, and a kind of short story of how they evolved over time. to decipher the enigmatic squiggles of those verbs called operations.How the Math Gets Done: Why Parents Don't Need to Worry About New vs. Old Mathcompares the old and the n...

If you’ve ever been stumped by your child’s math homework, this is the book for you. Winning the Math Homework Challenge shares students’ reasoning, thinking, and even misunderstandings about mathematics to provide you with the opportunity to see math through their eyes, including both the clarity and the confusion. Armed with this new sight, and therefore insight, parents will be able to effectively communicate with their child about math experiences.This book focuses more on the ...

Spatial Sense Makes Math Sense: How Parents Can Help Their Children Learn Both brings the strengths of both algebra (arithmetic) and geometry into focus by showing how spatial relationships can make both make more sense. Parents will learn how to further develop and improve their child’s spatial sense using visual-spatial strategies of classifying, drawing diagrams, big idea concept building, visualizing, and more. As Sawyer encourages, “Even if the pictures are not good, the effort of mak...

User-Friendly Numbers in Math for Parents shares stories of students’ reasoning, thinking, and sometimes misunderstandings about numbers - stories that provide the opportunity to see math differently. Most of the students are visual-spatial, creative, daydreamers who may miss the details in math, a characteristic of visual-spatial learners. Through these stories, parents will see mathematics through their child’s eyes, both the clarity and the confusion. Armed with this new sight, and ther...

Students and research workers in mathematics, physics, engineering and other sciences will find this compilation invaluable. All the information included is practical, rarely used results are excluded. Great care has been taken to present all results concisely and clearly. Excellent to keep as a handy reference! If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you: Brush up before tests Find answers fast Learn key formulas and tables Study quickly and more effect...

The world's greatest mental mathematical magician takes us on a spellbinding journey through the wonders of numbers (and more)"Arthur Benjamin . . . joyfully shows you how to make nature's numbers dance." -- Bill Nye (the science guy)The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples-from ice-cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares-this book revels in key mat...

Peterson's provides an in-depth review of the GMAT Quantitative Section. A 5-step plan for problem solving and a 5-step plan for data sufficiency problems are included along with several examples and explanations.

If you're looking for a gentle introduction to basic mathematics, look no further. This book picks you up at the very beginning and guides you through the foundations of algebra using lots of examples and no-nonsense explanations. Each chapter contains well-chosen exercises as well as all the solutions. No prior knowledge is required.Topics include: Exponents, Brackets, Linear Equations and Quadratic Equations. For a more detailed table of contents use the "Look Inside" feature. Fr...

This book was written for high school students and teachers who love exploring beyond standard math curricula for a deeper understanding of the principles and applications of mathematics. It is also for anyone who loves the pursuit of a problem solution, including both professional and amateur mathematicians. The vehicle that transports us through this exploration is the study and solution of classical and advanced math problems.As a high school math student, an engineer, a busines...

Peterson's provides an in-depth review of the number theory and algebra problems in the Quantitative Section of the GMAT. Factors, multiples, divisibility, prime numbers, exponents, roots and radicals, linear and nonlinear equations, quadratic formulas, algebraic inequalities, weighted average problems, currency problems, mixture problems, investment problems, and problems of rate examples and explanations are included.

Take your understanding of Basic Algebra to a whole new level, anywhere you go: on a plane, on a mountain, in a canoe, under a tree. Or grab a flashlight and read Shmoop under the covers. Shmoop's award-winning website is now available on your eBook Reader. Shmoop eBooks are like having a trusted, fun, chatty, expert pre-algebra-tour-guide always by your side, no matter where you are (or how late it is at night).Teachers and experts from top universities, including Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard...

Peterson's Master the SAT: Basic Algebra Review gives you the review and expert tips you need to help improve your score on the Math part of the SAT. Here you can review signed numbers, linear equations, exponents, quadratic equations, literal expressions, roots and radicals, monomials and polynomials, inequalities, problem solving, and more.In addition, the feature "Top 10 Strategies to Raise Your Score" offers expert tips to help you score high on rest of this important ...