Maths for Mums and Dads
Rob Eastaway author Mike Askew author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:7th Jan '10
Should be back in stock very soon
New 2014 edition fully revised and updated to reflect recent changes to primary maths curriculum and methods. At last! An entertaining, straightforward and pain-free book on basic maths for grown-ups. Say goodbye to tense and frustrating homework sessions with your children.
Guides you through the basics of primary school maths and covers the dilemmas and problems you are likely to be confronted with, including: number bonds, place value and decimals; long multiplication and division; fractions, percentages and decimals; basic geometry, shapes, symmetry and angles; and data-handling, combinations and chance.
Looking for a practical maths guide to help with home schooling? Maths for Mums and Dads is the solution.
Maths for Mums and Dads guides you through the basics of primary school maths and covers the dilemmas and problems you are likely to be confronted with, including:
* number bonds, place value and decimals
* long multiplication and division
* fractions, percentages and decimals
* basic geometry, shapes, symmetry and angles
* data-handling, combinations and chance
Complete with sample questions, mock exam papers and examples of children's errors, Maths for Mums and Dads will challenge and reassure in equal measure.
Sometimes you come across a book which makes you happy. Recently, I did just that... [Maths for Mums and Dads] is brilliant, and exactly what far too many parents (including myself) need -- Sarah Ebner * The Times *
A useful guide through the basics of primary school maths, covering problems you are likely to be confronted with -- Natasha Harding * Sun *
This book is an absolute triumph. Given the authors' reputations, I would expect nothing less -- Liz Woodham * Primary Maths Journal *
This book will take the terror out of maths for all the generations -- Joanna Trollope
This delightful little book is perfect for parents who want to understand the different methods to do arithmetic their children are learning - and why they are being taught that way. The authors' easy going style and humor should help ease the path for parents for whom mathematics brings feelings of dread -- Keith Devlin, Stanford University, author of 'The Math Gene' and 'Mathematics Education for a New Era: Video Games as a Medium for Learning'
ISBN: 9780224086356
Dimensions: 204mm x 138mm x 34mm
Weight: 412g
368 pages