Excel Basic Skills Mental Maths Strategies

More than just Mental Maths books - this series will equip students w ith all the mental maths strategies they need to excel in Maths through out their lives. Mental Maths is the maths we do in our heads without th e use of calculators and without writing down the calculation. Mental Ma ths strategies are the 'tricks' we use to do Maths in our heads. There a re different ways of finding the answer to any Mental Maths problem, and such strategies are the focus of this series. Mental Maths has become m ore important than ever and new primary Maths syllabuses in Australia ar e reflecting this. For example, NSW has placed an emphasis on Mental Mat hs in its primary syllabus, and even the Year 10 School Certificate exam ination has a compulsory non-calculator section. Features of this book: 32 double-page units of Mentals are included - 8 uni ts for each school term. Each unit is divided into four sets (A, B, C an d D) each set within each unit covers a different area of Maths : for example, set A always covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, while set D always covers measurement the fun il lustrations and cartoons will help children engage with the Maths concep ts and enjoy completing the activities the answers to all quest ions are in a lift-out section in the centre of the book a spec ial 'Help' section at the front of the book gives different strategies a nd explanations to help students solve Mentals problems. This link to th e different kind of questions found in sets A, B, C and D

Mental Maths is the maths we do in our heads without the use of calcu lators and without writing down the calculation. Mental Maths strategies are the 'tricks' we use to do Maths is our heads. There are different w ays of finding the answer to any Mental Maths problem, and such strategi es are the focus of this series. Excel Basic Skills: Men tal Maths Strategies Year 2 contains: 32 units of work, wit h eight units of work for each school term. each unit is broken up into 4 sets: A, B, C and D. Each set is on a different topic. uou will notice illustrations at the top of nearly every page. These characters are used to convey an important strategy or step in Mental Ma ths. each page of Mental Maths has an extra practice section in the lower part which will give the student further practice in a concep t. The illustrations help explain the concepts and strategies that could be used to answer the questions. answers are provided in the m iddle of the book

More than just Mental Maths books - this series will equip students w ith all the Mental Maths strategies they need to excel in Maths through out their lives. All the books in this series have an 18 page e'Help' s ection,, at the front of the book with a list of strategies and explanat ions carefully cross-referenced to relate directly to each appropriate q uestion in each unit. Features of this series: 32 do uble-page units of Mentals, with each unit divided into four sets of 20 questions each. The questions are set out in a special order with each q uestion only covering selected topics in Mentals Maths a eFun Spot,, unit, containing fun activities, and a revision unit are included at the end of each 8 units extra practice,, sections which rei nforce particular strategies appear in the lower part of every page answers to all questions are in a lift-out section in the centre of the books, to be removed if required an index to the e'Help' section,, to help students find the help they need fast

Mental Maths is the maths we do in our heads without the use of calcu lators and without writing down the calculation. Mental Maths strategies are the etricks,, we use to do Maths in our heads. There are different ways of finding the answer to any Mental Maths problem, and such strate gies are the focus of this series. Even though calculators and computers play an enormous role in the modern world, we still need to go back to the basics % we do need to know how to check that the sales assistant a t the counter is giving us the right change! Mental Maths has become mor e important than ever and new primary Maths syllabuses in Australia are reflecting this. For example, NSW has placed an emphasis on Mental Maths in its primary syllabus, and even the Year 10 School Certificate examin ation has a compulsory non-calculator section. Features of this b ook include:- 32 double-page units of Mentals are included % 8 units for each school term rach unit is divided into four sets (A,B,C and D) of 20 questions each rach numbered question covers particular Maths topics throughout the book: for example, Questio n 1 always covers addition, while Question 20 always covers geometry a special e'Help' section,, at the front of the book gives differ ent strategies and explanations to help students solve Mentals problems. These are also numbered so they link to the question numbers in each Me ntals unit a eFun Spot,, unit, containing fun activities, and a eRevision,, unit are included at the end of each 8 units ext ra practice,, sections which reinforce particular strategies appear in t he lower part of each page answers to all questions are in a li ft-out section in the centre of the book

Mental Maths is the Maths we do in our heads without the use of calcu lators and without writing down the calculation. Mental Maths strategies are the 'etricks',, we use to do Maths in our heads. There are differe nt ways of finding the answer to any Mental Maths problem, and such stra tegies are the focus of this series. Even though calculators and compute rs play an enormous role in the modern world, we still need to go back t o the basics % we do need to know how to check that the sales assistant at the counter is giving us the right change! Mental Maths has become m ore important than ever and new primary Maths syllabuses in Australia ar e reflecting this. For example, NSW has placed an emphasis on Mental Mat hs in its primary syllabus, and even the Year 10 School Certificate exam ination has a compulsory non-calculator section. Features of this book include: 32 double-page units of Mentals are included % 8 units for each school term each unit is divided into four sets (A,B,C and D) of 15 questions each each numbered question covers particular Maths topics throughout the book: for example, Questi on 1 always covers addition, while Question 15 always covers geometry a special e'Help' section,, at the front of the book gives diffe rent strategies and explanations to help students solve Mentals problems . These are also numbered so they link to the question numbers in each M entals unit a eFun Spot,, unit, containing fun activities, and a eRevision,, unit are included at the end of each 8 units e extra practice,, sections which reinforce particular strategies appear i n the lower part of each page answers to all questions are in a lift-out section in the centre of the book

Mental Maths is the maths we do in our heads without the use of calcu lators and without writing down the calculation. Mental Maths strategies are the 'tricks' we use to do Maths in our heads. There are different w ays of finding the answer to any Mental Maths problem, and such strategi es are the focus of this series. Even though calculators and computers p lay an enormous role in the modern world, we still need to go back to th e basics % we do need to know how to check that the sales assistant at the counter is giving us the right change! Mental Maths has become more important than ever and new primary Maths syllabuses in Australia are re flecting this. For example, NSW has placed an emphasis on Mental Maths i n its primary syllabus, and even the Year 10 School Certificate examinat ion has a compulsory non-calculator section. Features of this boo k include: 32 double-page units of Mentals are included % 8 units for each school term each unit is divided into four set s (A,B,C and D) of 20 questions each each numbered question cov ers particular Maths topics throughout the book: for example, Question 1 always covers addition, while Question 20 always covers geometry a special 'eHelp' section,, at the front of the book gives different strategies and explanations to help students solve Mentals problems. Th ese are also numbered so they link to the question numbers in each Menta ls unit a eFun Spot,, unit, containing fun activities, and a eRevision,, unit are included at the end of each 8 units extra practice,, sections which reinforce particular strategies appear in the lower part of each page. Answers to all questions are in a lift-out sect ion in the centre of the book

Year 4 Ages 9-10 years old. In Excel Basic Skil ls: English and Mathematics Year 4 your child will find: th irty carefully graded double-page units a wide variety of inter esting exercises four term reviews to test work covered each te rm marking grids to identify strengths and weaknesses a lift-out answer section This book aims to build basic sk ills in reading, comprehension and maths. It supports schoolwork by havi ng students practise key basic skills on a regular basis. This allows yo ur child to learn new concepts while revising program work. The series h as seven core books, one each for years 1 to 7. These are supported by t eaching books which can be used if the student needs help in a particula r area of study.

Suited for children in Year 2, aged 7-8 years old, this book bu ilds basic skills in reading, comprehension and maths. It supports schoo lwork by having students practise key basic skills on a regular basis. T his allows your child to learn new concepts while revising previous work . In Excel English and Mathematics your child will find: thirty carefully graded double-page units. Each unit has w ork on numbers, measurement, shapes in Maths and comprehension, grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary in English a wide variety of interesting exercises four term reviews to test work covere d each term marking grids to identify strengths and weaknesses a lift-out answer section