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ISBN: 9780913684269
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ISBN: 9780913684252
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Item #: 047344
ISBN: 9781934026441
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Designed to be used in conjunction with the Place Value Disks (whole numbers), these 1" square foam tiles (1/4" thick) help students develop a more in-depth understanding of place value – a key concept that can be difficult. There are 30 of each value – 0.1, 0.01, and 0.001 – and they are the same colors as the Place Value Strips (brown, light green, gold). Instruction sheet is included. ~ Janice

Item #: 053572
ISBN: 9780984362998
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From America's Math Teacher, Richard W. Fisher, comes a very straightforward and logical approach to mastering algebraic concepts. From the beginning of the book to the end, each lesson builds on previous knowledge in a very 'no-nonsense' fashion. The book is divided into chapters – tools for algebra, solving equations, graphing and analyzing linear equations, solving and graphing inequalities, systems of linear equations and inequalities, polynomials, rational expressions, radical expressions and geometry, quadratic equations, and algebra word problems. Every chapter is divided into lessons, and every lesson is one to two pages in length and follows the same format – introduction and explanation, helpful hints, examples, written exercises, review. There is even a final exam to assess the student's understanding. A reference section at the back of the book includes lists of formulas, symbols, multiplication table, prime numbers, squares and roots, fraction/decimal equivalents, and an answer key (not solutions).

The author offers 6 steps to using this book so it will be the most effective. 1) Read the introduction that contains essential information on the topic and includes important terms and definitions and explanations. 2) Read the 'helpful hints' section that offers tips and shortcuts. 3) Go through the examples by writing them out on your own paper, which will aid in better understanding. 4) Work the exercises, and refer back to the 'helpful hints' as needed. 5) Complete the review section. 6) Correct your work. Seems pretty easy!

The bonus for this book is the free online video lessons. Mr. Fisher, America's Math Teacher, will narrate students through the concept of each lesson as writing appears on a white board. He works through some examples (different from those found in the book) using visual prompts and making suggestions for ways to remember. He suggests that the student watch the video lesson before going to the book lesson. These short concise self-contained lessons can change the world of algebra for your student. 280 pgs, pb. ~ Donna

Item #: 049188
ISBN: 9780740322426
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Prepare your middle school student to excel at upper-level math with the new Horizons Pre-Algebra course! Along with exciting real life applications, this year long math course takes students from basic operations in whole numbers, decimals, fractions, percents, roots, and exponents and introduces them to math-building concepts in algebra, trigonometry and geometry. Divided in to 160 lessons, this course comes complete with one consumable student book, a student test and resources book and an easy-to-use teacher's guide. Every block of ten lessons begins with a challenging set of problems that prepares students for standardized math testing and features personal interviews showing how individuals make use of math in everyday life.

Horizons Pre-Algebra includes several areas of new content, including:

• Absolute Value
• Volume and Surface Area of Solids
• Transformations and Nets
• Compound Interest
• Representations of Data
• Permutations, Combinations, and Odds and Events
• Two Variable Equations
• Four Operations with Monomials and Polynomials
• Trigonometric Ratios

The set consists of the student book, teacher's guide and tests/resource book. Similar in format to other Horizons K-6 courses, the consumable, full-color Horizons Pre-Algebra Student Book includes 160 daily lessons. Each lesson begins with a teaching box that details the new concept. A class work section has been added to this area of the lesson for guided practice of the new concept. Typical of other Horizons math courses, the activities section of each lesson includes a set of practice problems for the new concept and review problems for previously covered concepts. Another new feature of the Student Book is a set of college test prep questions that follows each block of 10 lessons. These problems are designed to help students prepare for standardized math testing. This book also includes a new collection of interviews with everyday people who use math in their daily vocations. Setting the stage for each group of lessons, these interviews bring the lessons to life by adding a human interest touch to word problems. (Perfect-bound, full-color, 8.5 x 11, 360 pages). The Horizons Pre-Algebra Teacher's Guide includes a readiness test, scope and sequence, appearance of concept charts, teaching tips for each lesson, reduced student and worksheet pages with solution keys for daily lessons, tests, exams, and worksheets. (Perfect-bound, black-and-white, 8.5 x 11, 400 pages). The Horizons Pre-Algebra Tests and Resources Book includes tests from the student books and worksheets from the teacher's guides of previous Horizons math courses. This book also provides tear-out tests, exams, and worksheets, as well as full-color net diagrams, algebra squares manipulatives on cardstock, and formula strips for tests and exams. (Perfect-bound, consumable, 8.5 x 11, 240 pages)

Please see individual component descriptions to find PDF samples of each.

Item #: 023059
ISBN: 9780890519158
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 The Student Book (textbook) is the instruction, divided into chapters, then into lessons. Important notes about the curriculum and its use are found in the front of the book. Students will read the lesson in the Student Book and complete the activity page found in the Teacher Guide (sold separately or as part of the Book 2 Set). That’s how easy it is to use this curriculum. Don’t confuse easy-to-use with over-simplified content. After comparing the content of this course with that of Bob Jones, Saxon, Alpha Omega etc., Principles of Mathematics stays with the pack. It covers all pertinent topics for algebra preparation. While there is quite a bit of reading, the language is fairly easy to read and comprehend (conversational). The text is black and white with examples and illustrations, so may not appeal to your more visual learner. Lessons that have recommended calculator use are marked with a calculator symbol. 

Book 2 is considered the pre-algebra portion of the program, so students need to be competent in basic functions of fractions, decimals, percent, and basic geometry. Book 2 assumes the knowledge of content presented in Book 1; so if you aren’t sure where to begin, have your student take the placement tests available on our website.

Item #: LOFCMP
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We have recently modified this package to include the texts and Zillions of Practice Problems books for the middle school and high school courses that you would use through 12th grade. More advanced college-level course texts can be found in the Life of Fred College Set (LOFCLG).

Item #: 067984
ISBN: 9781420680690
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 Elementary grade students needing additional practice to master math facts, or to improve their speed and fluency will benefit from the exercises found in this consumable workbook. This resource includes timed exercises/tests covering concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and percents. Suggestions are also included for how best to use the practice pages, as well as recommendations to make the timed test options more flexible. Record sheets are provided as well, so students can track their progress. A complete answer key is printed in the back of the workbook. Content aligns with national standards. Reproducible, 224 pgs, pb.

Item #: 054206
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This is a unique approach to math practice – real world math within the context of the 50 states. Work through each state with place value, rounding, estimation, fractions, and percentages using data taken from the Census Bureau for 2008. We live in Illinois, and one example for our state is, "In 2005, the average cost per day for a hospital stay was $1,637; if you double this number, what digit is in the hundreds place?"

The cd is full of PDF files (you need Adobe Acrobat Reader) arranged alphabetically by state names. Each section or state is referred to as a 'workbook' and includes basic instruction, objectives, 80 practice problems (20 problems in each area mentioned earlier), answer keys, and "What's the Big Idea" which is a blank page on which the student is to explain what they have learned. All content addresses NCTM standards. The activities can be used to reinforce mathematics and social studies, and is designed for the independent learner. Learn a little more about your state and hone your math skills. ~ Donna

C10011 As a parent or teacher, you have probably heard the complaints about learning math, "Why do I have to learn this, I'll never use it." These books help you answer that question with real world examples and problems.

These giant volumes include collections of problems to cover a variety of math topics. Within each volume, there are 11 sections or workbooks and each of them contains 10 real world math activities, and each activity is two pages in length. Those two pages are full of word problems which are related to the same topic such as shipping packages, college housing costs, choosing a cell phone plan, or music downloads. Volume I includes workbooks for arithmetic I, calculus I, exponential and logarithmic functions I, fractions, percents, decimals I & II, linear functions I & II, periodic and piecewise functions I, polynomial, power, logistic, rational functions I, quadratic functions I, and sets, probability, statistics I. Volume II contains workbooks for arithmetic II, fractions, percents, decimals III & IV, geometry I & II, graphing & other algebra skills I & II, linear functions III, periodic & piecewise II, quadratic II, and sets, probability, statistics II. Detailed solutions and explanations are included on the pages that immediately follow each activity.

The purchaser of these volumes has permission to copy for classroom or family use, and activities are mapped to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. CD-ROMs are also available with printable text. This one book will give you word problem practice, reinforcement and supplementation for curriculum, real world topics that can also be used for discussion, and meets the standards – it's like one stop shopping for math! ~ Donna

Item #: 049187
ISBN: 9780740322433
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Prepare your middle school student to excel at upper-level math with the new Horizons Pre-Algebra course! Along with exciting real life applications, this year long math course takes students from basic operations in whole numbers, decimals, fractions, percents, roots, and exponents and introduces them to math-building concepts in algebra, trigonometry and geometry. Divided in to 160 lessons, this course comes complete with one consumable student book, a student test and resources book and an easy-to-use teacher's guide. Every block of ten lessons begins with a challenging set of problems that prepares students for standardized math testing and features personal interviews showing how individuals make use of math in everyday life.

Horizons Pre-Algebra includes several areas of new content, including:

• Absolute Value
• Volume and Surface Area of Solids
• Transformations and Nets
• Compound Interest
• Representations of Data
• Permutations, Combinations, and Odds and Events
• Two Variable Equations
• Four Operations with Monomials and Polynomials
• Trigonometric Ratios

The Horizons Pre-Algebra Teacher's Guide includes a readiness test, scope and sequence, appearance of concept charts, teaching tips for each lesson, reduced student and worksheet pages with solution keys for daily lessons, tests, exams, and worksheets. (Perfect-bound, black-and-white, 8.5 x 11, 400 pages)

To see a sample of the Teacher's Guide, click here.

Item #: 048100
ISBN: 9781601597489
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This book contains an amazing variety of games, crosswords, word searches, math problems, hidden pictures, mazes, logic problems, codes, and other activities to keep children entertained and informed. The folks from School Zone made sure that the 300+ full-color pages included lots of learning about animals, states, and a variety of other subjects. This would make a fun book for car rides, waiting rooms, or any time a kid might need to stay busy. Solutions included. - Laura

Item #: 036603
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Measuring 15" x 5", this single-sided place value card can be moved from desk to table or easily attached to a desk using tape or removable magic mounts (#35644). Highlighted yellow on the top with billions (100, 10, 1) through decimals (1/10, 1/100, 1/1000) places clearly marked plus empty boxes below each place for students to write in the numbers they are assigning place value. Place value boxes alternate yellow and white for ease of writing and reading.

KEY CCSS: 1.NBT.2-3, 2.NBT.1, 2.NBT.3-4, 3.NBT.3, 4.NBT.1-2, 5.NBT.1-3

Item #: 021618
ISBN: 9780545195713
Retail: $14.99
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Let the antics of Molly Mouse, Squirmy Worm, Moovis the Cow and a whole slew of new animal friends inspire your child to do math! Each problem-solving activity in this book begins with a short comic-strip which is followed by 5-6 related math questions. This resource contains 80 reproducible student pages plus answers covering the following key content areas: Place Value & Rounding, Addition & Subtraction, Multiplication & Division, Mixed Operations, Fractions, Decimals, Time, Money, Measurement, Graphs, Geometry, Patterns, and Rate/Ratio/Probability & Statistics. ~ Anh

Item #: 021556
ISBN: 9780764141324
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This book has some overlapping content with E-Z Arithmetic. There's a short review of the four basic operations in chapter one, but then it jumps right into fractions, decimals, percents, beginning algebra, factoring, equations, geometry, tables and graphs, word problems, and probability and statistics. Explanations of concepts and terminology are clear and to the point. Algebraic processes, such as graphing a linear equation or solving a quadratic equation, are systematically broken down and presented as step-by-step procedures. Steps in worked examples are correspondingly numbered for clarity. Each chapter includes a pretest, a posttest, and numerous practice sets. The answer key also provides solutions for more difficult practice problems. 230 pgs. ~ Anh

Item #: 021550
ISBN: 9780764144660
Retail: $16.99
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A comprehensive review of arithmetic. This book probably contains everything you ever wanted to know about addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, percent, and measurement. Starting with a history of numbers and counting, this book assumes nothing. It's also pretty easy to read for a math book. Although you're probably familiar with most of this material, detailed information and instruction is included for all topics. Worked examples are clearly explained. If you're in a hurry and need a quick review, use the diagnostic pretest to pinpoint areas that need improvement. Includes 150 practice sets, a posttest, and an answer key. 450 pgs. ~ Anh

Item #: 000702
ISBN: 9780887249525
Retail: $16.99
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A very user-friendly introduction to pre-algebraic concepts. This workbook contains skill introductions, practice problems, and drills for students needing review and extra practice or to challenge beginners. The book is divided into 11 sections with each section featuring student work pages, a review page, and a unit test. Each page covers a different pre-algebraic concept or topic with a box on the top explaining the concept and giving an example of how to work it followed by 10-20 student practice problems. Concepts covered include integers, variables, metric measures, formulas, operations, inequalities, properties, exponents, fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, graphing, percents, rational numbers, square roots, the Pythagorean Theorem, probabilities, and much more. An answer key is included in the back with answers to all of the practice problems, reviews, and tests. The overall workbook is very clean and well organized with more practice per topic and less wasted space than the Pre-Algebra (Step-by-Step) workbook. It is comparable to the 100+ series in the number of practice problems, but explanations are better in this workbook. A very complete, easy to use workbook. ~ Megan