Years 6-8 maths for students

Main Author: Kemp, Ingrid (Publishing consultant),
Other Authors: Zegarelli, Mark,, Beveridge, Colin,
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Melbourne, Victoria : John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Series: --For dummies.
Subjects:
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245 1 0 |a Years 6-8 maths for students /  |c by Ingrid Kemp, Mark Zegarelli, Colin Beveridge. 
246 3 |a Years six-eight maths for students. 
264 1 |a Melbourne, Victoria :  |b John Wiley & Sons,  |c 2015. 
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490 1 |a For dummies. 
500 |a Includes index. 
521 |a For secondary school age. 
505 0 |a Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go From Here -- Part I: Whole Numbers: The Building Blocks of Maths -- Chapter 1: Ready, Set Success! -- You're Already Good at Maths -- Your first homework assignment -- Talking yourself up -- Whole Numbers: Party Time! -- Parts of the Whole: Fractions, Decimals, Percentages and More -- Mmmm, pizza! Everyday fractions -- Percentages are easier than you think: Introducing the Table of Joy -- Sizing Up Time, Weights, Measures and Shapes -- Weights and measures you already know -- Getting yourself into shape -- Why bother with graphs and tables? -- Seeing How x Marks the Spot -- Setting Yourself Up for Success -- Getting properly equipped -- Discovering where you work best -- Improving your workspace -- Staying Motivated -- Remembering why you're studying -- Using the 'calendar of crosses' -- Rewarding yourself -- Getting Your Head On Straight -- Sitting up straight -- Getting a breath of fresh air -- Talking to yourself -- not as crazy as it sounds -- Learning from your mistakes -- Keeping Good Notes -- Deciding on a notebook or a computer -- Recording the language of maths -- Chapter 2: Getting Bigger and Smaller: Sequences, Addition and Subtraction -- Understanding Number Sequences -- Evening the odds -- Counting by threes, fours, fives and so on -- Getting square with square numbers -- Composing yourself with composite numbers -- Stepping out of the box with prime numbers -- Multiplying quickly with exponents -- It All Adds Up: Addition and Subtraction -- Adding things up -- Take it away: Subtracting -- Looking at the number line -- Adding and subtracting on the number line -- Adding and subtracting with two rulers -- Remembering Some Simple Sums -- Meeting the adding table. 
505 8 |a Increasing your success with flash cards -- What to do when you forget -- Super-Size Me: Working with Bigger Numbers -- Adding and taking away bigger numbers -- In line: Adding larger numbers in columns -- Carry on: Dealing with two-digit answers -- Columns and stacks: Subtracting larger numbers -- Can you spare a ten? Borrowing to subtract -- Chapter 3: Equal Piles: Multiplying and Dividing -- Meeting the Basics of Multiplication and Division -- Remembering Your Times Tables -- Practising your times tables -- Working around mind blanks -- Working backwards -- Multiplying Bigger Numbers -- Multiplying a big number by a small number -- Multiplying two big numbers -- Working with all of the zeros -- One for You, One for Me: Handling Division -- Dividing and conquering -- Taking one step at a time -- Making short work of long division -- Dealing with the left overs: Remainders -- Introducing Order of Operations -- Applying order of operations to simple expressions -- Using order of operations in expressions with exponents -- Understanding order of operations in expressions with parentheses -- Chapter 4: Going Backwards with Negative Numbers -- Taking a Negative Turn: Negative Numbers -- Addition and Subtraction with Negative Numbers -- Starting with a negative number -- Adding a negative number -- Subtracting a negative number -- Combining addition and subtraction operations -- Combining signs -- Multiplication and Division with Negative Numbers -- Chapter 5: Say What? Turning Words into Numbers -- Dispelling Two Myths about Word Problems -- Word problems aren't always hard -- Word problems are useful -- Solving Basic Word Problems -- Turning word problems into word equations -- Plugging in numbers for words -- Solving More Complex Word Problems -- When numbers get serious -- Too much information -- Putting it all together -- Part II: Parts of the Whole. 
505 8 |a Chapter 6: Cake or Death: Fractions without Fear -- Slicing a Cake into Fractions -- Knowing the Fraction Facts of Life -- Telling the numerator from the denominator -- Flipping for reciprocals -- Using ones and zeros -- Mixing things up -- Knowing proper from improper -- Increasing and Reducing Terms of Fractions -- Increasing the terms of fractions -- Reducing fractions to lowest terms -- Reducing fractions the informal way -- Converting between Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers -- Knowing the parts of a mixed number -- Converting a mixed number to an improper fraction -- Converting an improper fraction to a mixed number -- Understanding Cross-Multiplication -- All Together Now: Adding Fractions -- Finding the sum of fractions with the same denominator -- Adding fractions with different denominators -- Taking It Away: Subtracting Fractions -- Subtracting fractions with the same denominator -- Subtracting fractions with different denominators -- Multiplying and Dividing Fractions -- Multiplying numerators and denominators straight across -- Doing a flip to divide fractions -- Working Properly with Mixed Numbers -- Adding and subtracting mixed numbers -- Multiplying and dividing mixed numbers -- Fathoming Fractions on Your Calculator -- Using the fraction button -- Chapter 7: What's the Point? Dealing with Decimals -- Understanding Basic Decimal Stuff -- Counting dollars and decimals -- Identifying the place value of decimals -- Knowing the decimal facts of life -- Are We Nearly There Yet? Rounding and Estimating -- Rounding: What's nearest? -- That's about right: Estimating answers -- Checking your answers -- Linking Decimals to Fractions -- Converting decimals to fractions -- Converting fractions to decimals -- Remembering some common fractions and decimals -- Doing fractions with decimals -- A recurring theme. 
505 8 |a Performing the Main Four Operations with Decimals -- Adding decimals -- Subtracting decimals -- Multiplying decimals -- Dividing decimals -- Chapter 8: It's All Relative: Ratios, Proportions and Speed -- Getting to Know the Table of Joy -- Seeing how the Table of Joy works -- Understanding what goes where -- Getting Rational: Understanding Ratios -- One for you, two for me: Sharing -- Cancelling ratios -- Applying the Table of Joy -- Working with parts -- Managing multiple ratios -- Getting a Sense of Proportion -- Defining proportion -- Perfecting proportions with the Table of Joy -- Applying proportion -- Scaling recipes -- Speeding Along -- Chapter 9: Perfect Percentages, 100% of the Time -- Perusing Some Percentages You Already Know -- Dealing with Percentages Greater than 100% -- Comparing Percentages, Decimals and Fractions -- Percentages and decimals -- Percentages and fractions -- Going up and going down -- Changing prices -- Solving Percentage Problems -- Figuring out simple percentage problems -- Turning the problem around -- Deciphering more dificult percentage problems -- Putting All the Percentage Problems Together -- Identifying the three types of percent problems -- Solving percentage problems with equations -- Chapter 10: Word Problems with Fractions, Decimals and Percentages -- Adding and Subtracting Parts of the Whole in Word Problems -- Sharing a pizza: Fractions -- Buying by the kilo: Decimals -- Splitting the vote: Percentages -- Problems about Multiplying Fractions -- Renegade grocery shopping: Buying less than they tell you to -- Easy as pie: Working out what's left on your plate -- Multiplying Decimals and Percentages in Word Problems -- To the end: Figuring out how much money is left -- Finding out how much you started with -- Handling Percentage Increases and Decreases in Word Problems. 
505 8 |a Raking in the dough: Finding salary increases -- Earning interest on top of interest -- Getting a deal: Calculating discounts -- Part III: Picturing and Measuring: Shapes, Weights and Graphs -- Chapter 11: Shaping Up -- You're Already in Good Shape -- Sussing out shapes you know -- Expanding your shapely vocabulary -- What's Your Angle? -- Defining angles -- Measuring angles -- Playing with Symmetry -- On reflection: Turning shapes over -- Doing the twist: Rotating shapes -- Pretty patterns: Tessellation -- Understanding Nets, Plans and Elevations, Oh My! -- Folding under pressure: Nets -- Looking at every angle: Plans and elevations -- Chapter 12: Considering Time, Weights, Temperature and Measurements -- Understanding the Vocabulary of Time -- Fractions in time -- Different date formats -- Comparing the 12-hour and 24-hour clocks -- Catching the Bus: Seeing How Timetables Work -- Doing Sums with Time -- When does something start? -- When does something end? -- How long does something take? -- Appreciating What You Already Know About Weights -- Using digital scales -- Using analogue scales -- Measuring Weight Using the Metric System -- Converting Weights -- Using a table -- Using a chart -- Understanding Temperature -- Thinking about thermometers -- Nailing negative temperatures -- Working on Your Measurements -- Sizing up the vocabulary you need -- Using a ruler properly -- Using different units of length -- Looking at Length, Distance and Perimeter -- How long is a piece of string? -- How many miles to Babylon? -- Going all the way round -- Summing up distance -- Accessing All Areas -- Recognising rectangles -- Joining things up: Compound rectangles -- Trying out triangles -- Working on other shapes -- Verifying Volume and Capacity -- Working with cuboids -- Working with all three-dimensional shapes -- Reading Maps and Plans -- Scales and distance. 
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