mathematics

An introduction to the sport of NASCAR and how mathematics are used to calculate points, driver's average start, and more.

Presents five classroom-tested units for teaching kindergarten math using projects involving other disciplines, including literature, art, science, and social studies.

Getting into the nation's most competitive universities requires more than a good SAT score--it requires a perfect score. Students taking the new SAT need this updated edition of Perfect 800: SAT Math, which includes 200+ problems required to master the new SAT. Covering areas including arithmetic concepts, algebra, geometry, probability, and more, the book offers exposure to a wide range of degrees of difficulty in a holistic approach that allows students to experience the "real thing," including the impact of time constraints on their performance. The book maximizes the pace of progress and emphasizes critical thinking over memorization and trial and error. Logic games improve students' analytic skills. The book also includes access to an online test and an in-depth analysis tool that provides students with an assessment of their results and recommendations for an improved performance.

Presents several lessons and activities for each of the ten NCTM standards and strategies, provides strategies for making connections between mathematical concepts, and incorporates TI-73 Explorer and TI-83/84 Plus graphing calculator applications and programs.

Provides activity ideas and review questions for students in fifth grade that teach science, technology, engineering, and mathematics skills.

Provides activity ideas and review questions for students in fourth grade that teach science, technology, engineering, and mathematics skills.

Provides activity ideas and review questions for students in third grade that teach science, technology, engineering, and mathematics skills.

Presents a comprehensive guide for teachers and parents to help develop math skills for advanced learners, and provides teaching strategies for encouraging and challenging gifted students.

Presents teaching techniques, with activities and investigations, for introducing students in grades three through eight to the basic concepts of mathematics, covering numbers and operations, algebra, measurements, geometry, and data analysis and probability.

"A look at the numbers that surround us, big and small, on earth and in outer space."--.