British Money and Fractions & Decimals 3 - New Math Mammoth books

I have two new books available for the Math Mammoth Blue Series:

1) British Money

Math Mammoth British Money is a worktext that covers money-related topics usually encountered during years 2-4. The book contains both textbook explanations and exercises, and is designed to be very easy to teach from, requiring very little teacher preparation (you do need to find practise coins before the lessons).

Please read more, and see free sample pages.


2) Fractions & Decimals 3

Math Mammoth Fractions & Decimals 3 continues the study of fraction and decimal topics, on the 6th grade level. This book assumes the student already has studied fractions and decimals in the past, for example using Math Mammoth Fractions 2 and Math Mammoth Decimals 2. The goal of the book is to go through all of the fraction and decimal arithmetic, using up to six decimal digits and larger denominators in fractions than what is commonly encountered in 4th and 5th grade materials.

Read more, and see free sample pages.

Comments

Tori said…
I know you are geared to Math. And you do a REALLY wonderful job sharing teaching methods and suggestions with us (especially those like me who are less proficient with Math that we might prefer!). I thank you for doing what you do with your blog.

Since you are also a homeschooler, I thought you might be interested in this writing contest for homeschooling kiddos. The winner of this writing contest wins based on number of entries... NOT the merit of the entrant. I like this a LOT because, as an aspiring author, I've read MANY places and in many ways that the more you submit the more likely you will be to be published. So, here it is:
http://homeschoolwriters.com/hwyc_2010.aspx

I hope you think this is as cool as I do!
1:10 PM, April 26, 2010
harsh said…
It is really very nice tool at least now we are able to know how our ancestor were using this…:)
http://www.maths-n-abacus.com/
5:49 AM, May 01, 2010
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