Preparing for Secondary Maths

Name: Preparing for Secondary Maths
SKU: TS0292
Price: 36.95 NZD
Availability: InStock
Author: Ian Bull
ISBN: 9781921454738

Helps students prepare for Maths at secondary school

By
Ian Bull

This best-selling title covers all the skills and knowledge students need for their secondary maths education.

Includes skills checklists, diagnostic tests, clear step-by-step explanations, worked examples, practice exercises and extension questions, as well as multiple-choice assessment tasks.
Also helpful for scholarship and entrance exam preparation.

Ages: 11-14 | Pages: 256 | Code: TS0292 | ISBN: 9781921454738

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Ian Bull

Ian Bull has taught mathematics from Grade 6 to Year 12 in both state and private schools. He has been head of mathematics at Melbourne High School for a dozen years as well as being director of gifted and talented education there. Ian has a wealth of experience in education ranging from VCE examination marking, writing sections of Naplan as well as recently writing materials for the Australian National Curriculum.

Ian is widely published in the area of mathematics with sales in every state of Australia as well as New Zealand and South Africa.

Ian has spoken regularly at Mathematics and Gifted and Talented conferences on both national and international forums, at Fremantle, Alice Springs and Hobart for the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, at Hobart and Fremantle for the Australian Association for the Education of Gifted and Talented and at Sydney and Dubai at the Asian Pacific Conference for Gifted and Talented Education.

Ian is committed to sharing his educational experiences on the broad educational arena and, as such, continues to strive to make a range of educational resources to appeal to educators, written in response to cutting edge educational issues.

Contents
1 WHOLE NUMBER	1
Diagnostic Test: Whole Number	2
SKILL 1 Number Systems	4
SKILL 2 Number place values	6
SKILL 3 Rounding off	8
SKILL 4 Adding whole numbers	8
SKILL 5 Subtracting whole numbers	9
SKILL 6 The multiplication table	11
SKILL 7 Multiplying whole numbers	11
SKILL 8 Dividing whole numbers	13
SKILL 9 Divisibility	13
SKILL 10 Order of operations	14
Whole Number Practice	15
Whole Number Extensions	17
2 NUMBER THEORY	20
Diagnostic Test: Number Theory	21
SKILL 1 Factors	22
SKILL 2 Prime numbers	23
SKILL 3 Composite numbers	24
SKILL 4 Prime factors	24
SKILL 5 Multiples	24
SKILL 6 Square numbers	25
SKILL 7 Square roots	25
SKILL 8 Number patterns	26
SKILL 9 Substitution	26
Number Theory Practice	28
Number Theory Extensions	30
3 FRACTIONS	33
Diagnostic Test: Fractions	34
SKILL 1 Equivalent fractions and cancelling	36
SKILL 2 Mixed numbers and improper fractions	37
SKILL 3 Multiplying fractions	38
SKILL 4 Dividing fractions	39
SKILL 5 Adding fractions with equal denominators	40
SKILL 6 Subtracting fractions with equal denominators	41
SKILL 7 Adding fractions with unequal denominators	42
SKILL 8 Subtracting fractions with unequal denominators	43
SKILL 9 Working with mixed numbers	44
SKILL 10 Comparing the sizes of fractions	45
SKILL 11 Finding fractions of quantities	46
SKILL 12 Expressing quantities as a fraction of each other	46
Fractions Practice	47
Fractions Extensions	49
4 DECIMALS	53
Diagnostic Test: Decimals	54
SKILL 1 The Decimal System	56
SKILL 2 Place value	57
SKILL 3 Comparing the size of decimals	58
SKILL 4 Adding decimals	59
SKILL 5 Subtracting decimals	59
SKILL 6 Multiplying decimals	60
SKILL 7 Multiplying by groups often	60
SKILL 8 Dividing decimals	61
SKILL 9 Dividing by powers of ten	62
SKILL 10 Converting decimals into fractions	62
SKILL 11 Converting fractions into decimals	63
SKILL 12 Decimal currency	64
Decimals Practice	66
Decimals Extensions	69
5 PERCENTAGES	73
Diagnostic Test: Percentages	75
SKILL 1 Making percentages into fractions	76
SKILL 2 Making fractions into percentages	76
SKILL 3 Making percentages into decimals	76
SKILL 4 Making decimals into percentages	77
SKILL 5 Expressing fractions of quantities as percentages	77
SKILL 6 Finding percentages of quantities	78
SKILL 7 Finding the size of a quantity when given a part of it	78
Percentages Practice	79
Percentages Extensions	80
6 MEASUREMENT	83
Diagnostic Test: Measurement	85
SKILL 1 Length units	88
SKILL 2 Comparing lengths	89
SKILL 3 Perimeter of shapes with straight sides	89
SKILL 4 Area of shapes with straight sides	90
SKILL 5 Composite areas	91
SKILL 6 Volume of solids	92
SKILL 7 Capacity	93
SKILL 8 Mass	94
SKILL 9 Times	94
SKILL 10 Temperature	96
Measurement Practice	97
Measurement Extensions	100
7 GEOMETRY	104
Diagnostic Test: Geometry	106
SKILL 1 Using a compass to make circles	110
SKILL 2 Measuring and drawing angles with a protractor	110
SKILL 3 Angle facts	112
SKILL 4 Triangles	113
SKILL 5 Quadrilaterals	114
SKILL 6 Angles that describe directions	116
SKILL 7 Describing solids	117
SKILL 8 Moving shapes	118
SKILL 9 Symmetry	120
Geometry Practice	121
Geometry Extensions	127
8 CHANCE AND DATA	131
Diagnostic Test: Chance and Data	133
SKILL 1 Finding average and range	135
SKILL 2 Constructing tally tables	136
SKILL 3 Constructing pictographs	137
SKILL 4 Constructing bar graphs	138
SKILL 5 Constructing pie graphs	139
SKILL 6 Reading values from line graphs	140
SKILL 7 Simple probability	141
Chance and Data Practice	143
Chance and Data Extensions	147
9 CALCULATORS	150
Diagnostic Test: Calculators	151
SKILL 1 Estimation	152
SKILL 2 Simple calculations	153
SKILL 3 Using the memory function	154
SKILL 4 Rounding off	155
SKILL 5 Squaring numbers	156
SKILL 6 Finding square roots	157
SKILL 7 Percentages	157
SKILL 8 Turning fractions into decimals	158
Calculators Practice	159
Calculators Extensions	161
10 PROBLEM SOLVING	165
Diagnostic Test: Problem Solving	166
SKILL 1 Making lists	170
SKILL 2 Guess and check method	170
SKILL 3 Using diagrams	172
SKILL 4 Working backwards	175
SKILL 5 Eliminating possibilities	176
SKILL 6 Starting with a simpler problem	177
SKILL 7 Comparing values of quantities	178
SKILL 8 Finding a pattern	179
SKILL 9 Making models	180
SKILL 10 Using information from worded questions, tables and graphs	181
Problem Solving Practice	184
Problem Solving Extensions	189
ASSESSMENT TASKS	193
SOLUTIONS	216
1 Whole number	216
2 Number theory	219
3 Fractions	221
4 Decimals	224
5 Percentages	227
6 Measurement	228
7 Geometry	231
8 Chance and Data	236
9 Calculators	240
10 Problem solving	243
Assessment tasks	246