PAINLESS Jr. Math

Honest, kids...Learning about numbers is fun!
- You Start with what you already know about telling time, then use this knowledge of numbers for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- You'll also discover how to use fractions and decimals, and learn different ways to measure things.
- The Magic of geometry and probability turn math into fun!

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Time Is It?
A Chapter About Telling and Understanding Time
- It's About Time
- Time to the Hour
- Time to the Half Hour
- Time to the Minute
- Time as a Fraction
- A.M. and P.M. 
- What Time Is It Now?
- Calendar
- Elapsed Time 

Chapter 2: Does It Make Sense?
A Chapter About Place Value and Number Sense
- It's the Whole Picture-Writing Whole Numbers to 1,000
- Is This the Right Order?
- How Does My Number Compare With Yours?
- How Big Is One Thousand?
- How Big Is One Million?
- Getting Round To It-Rounding Numbers
- Wet Noodle Number Line

Chapter 3: Does It Add Up?
A Chapter About Addition
- What Happens to Numbers When You Add Them?
- Mental Addition
- Properties of Addition
- Missing Addends
- Ways to Add

Chapter 4: Do You Say "Take Away"?
A Chapter About Subtraction
- When Am I Going to Subtract?
- Let's Throw a Zero in the Top Number
- Family of Facts-Addition and Subtraction

Chapter 5:How Many Groups?/ Are There Any Leftovers?
A Chapter About Multiplication and Division
- What Happens to Numbers When You Multiply?
- Other Ways to Multiply
- Properties of Multiplication
- What Happens When You Divide?
- Other Ways to Divide
- Family of Facts-Multiplication and Division
- Factors and Multiples
- Prime and Composite Numbers
- Prime Factorization-What Under Your Prime Factor Tree?
- Common Factors
- Common Multiples

Chapter 6: How Much Did You Spend?
A Chapter About Money 
- What Are This Coins Worth?
- Can You Make Equivalent Sets?
- Order and Compare Sets
- Reading Money
- Make Change
- Mental Money Math

Chapter 7: How Do You Measure Up?
A Chapter About Measurement
- What is Customary Mearurement?
- What is Metric Measurement?
- Temperature

Chapter 8: How Do You Shape U?
A Chapter About Geometry
- The Magic of Geometry
- Geometry Begins with the Point
- Lines and Segmnets
- Parallel, Perpendicular, or Not?
- Plane Shapes
- Solid Shapes
- Symmetry
- Congruence and Similarity

Chapter 9: What's Your Favorite?
A Chapter About Graphs
- What Is Data?
- How Should I Collect My Data?
- How Should I Organize My Data?
 

Chapter 10:How Many Parts of the Whole?
A Chapter About Fractions
- What is Fraction, and Where Does It Come From?
- If I Share My Cookie, Do I Get to Eat a Fraction?
- Equivalent Fractions
- Who Has More of The Cookie? Ordering and Comparing Fractions
- Let's Put the Pieces Together-Adding and Sustraction

Chapter 11: What Is Likely To Happen?
A Chapter About Probability
- Is It Certain or Imposible?
- Likely and Unlikely Events
- Equality Likely Events
- Usings Fractions
- Making Predictions
- Organizing Results 

Chapter 12: Got Problem?
A Chapter About Problem Solving
- What Are This Things Called Strategies?
- Draw a Picture
- Make a List
- Find a Pattern
- Act It Out
- Make a Table
- Guess and Check
- Work Backward
- Solve a Simpler Problem

Answer Key

Index
 

198 Pages

Printed in USA