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Building Strong Mathematicians Book 1

Activities to reinforce and extend number and algebra learning

This title is designed to introduce and consolidate number and algebra strategies outlined in the curriculum. Packed with independent activities, students will have ample opportunity to practice and extend their knowledge in a number of ways.

Each section provides;
- an explanation of the mathematical concept
- curriculum documents to help with lesson planning
- activities with clear instructions for students
- answers to activities at the back of the book.

If you are looking for content to reinforce and extend learning of the number and algebra strategies in this book, check out Building Strong Mathematicians: Book 4 here.

Ages: 11-13 | Pages: 64 | Code: 51007 | ISBN: 9781776553846

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Caroline Mulholland

Caroline Mulholland is an experienced teacher and author. She has taught in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. When not teaching or writing, she is a busy mother of two. Her two children Emma and Jack are both her biggest fans and harshest critics and enjoy helping to test out her new books and to ensure there is plenty of fun alongside the learning activities. They particularly like trying any type of science experiments and activities that involve code cracking and logic skill.

Contents

Introduction4
How to use this book4
Curriculum links5
Prime numbers and composite numbers6
Build your maths muscles with prime and composite numbers6
Pick your primes7
Know your primes and composites8
Activity cards: Revise your primes and composites9
Squared numbers and square roots10
Build your maths muscles with squared numbers and square roots10
Fair and squared11
Activity cards: Revise your squared numbers and square roots12
Factors and multiples13
Build your maths muscles with factors13
Find those fabulous factors14
Climb down a factor tree15
Activity cards: Revise your freaky factor trees16
Build your maths muscles with factors and multiples17
Figure out those factors and multiples18
Head for the highest common factor19
Activity cards: Revise your highest common factors20
How low can you go with common multiples?21
Activity cards: Revise your multiples22
Activity cards: Revise your lowest common multiples23
Roll and win24
Using associative, commutative and distributive laws25
Build your maths muscles using mathematical laws to solve problems25
Make the case for the commutative law26
Dicing with the commutative law27
Associative action28
Activity cards: Revise your associative law29
Delve into distributive methods30
Delve deeper into distributive methods31
Activity cards: Revise your distributive law32
Integers33
Build your maths muscles with integers33
Show your integer intelligence: adding and subtracting34
Show your integer intelligence: multiplying and dividing35
Order of operations36
Build your maths muscles with the order of operations36
Start with the B in BEDMAS37
Second thoughts about the E in BEDMAS38
Activity cards: Revise your exponents39
Follow BEDMAS to the end40
BEDMAS crack the code41
Fractions, decimals and percentages42
Build your maths muscles with equivalent decimals, fractions and percentages42
Get the bug with fractions, decimals and percentages43
Take on the equivalent challenge44
Build your maths muscles with decimals and place value46
Dip into decimals47
Build your maths muscles for converting fractions, decimals and percentages48
Confidently convert fractions to decimals and percentages49
Confidently convert between decimals and percentages50
Confidently convert decimals to fractions51
Review52
Show your wisdom with word problems52
Magic squares53
Quick quiz for brainiacs54
Have the last word56
Selected answers57