Teaching Your Kids New Math, 6-8 For Dummies

It’s not too late to learn new math tricks—and help kids learn them, too!

Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies teaches you the new standard way of teaching kids math. It’s all about thinking through how to solve problems and using strategies, rather than just memorizing the procedures. In this book, parents, guardians, and tutors will learn how to use these methods and standards to effectively teach kids Common Core math for grades 6-8. Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies shows you how schools are teaching kids math these days, and gives you tools to support kids through the homework and test prep process.

You’ll love this book’s clear explanations and examples organized by grade level. With Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies?? you’ll also get access to online tools, including dozens of math worksheets for additional support.

• Learn how to teach 6th through 8th grade math according to the Common Core
• Discover the new methods and formulas that are standard for math instruction
• Get best teaching practices, example problems, and tips about common math pitfalls
• Help your kids with math homework and enhance the homeschool journey

This is the perfect Dummies guide for anyone who needs guidance on how to teach kids math using new methods and concepts—they’re different from what we learned in school! Future math teachers will also love this user-friendly guide to middle-grade math.

Dr. Kris Jamsa is the author of 115 books on computing and education. He holds eight college degrees, which include a PhD in Computer Science, a PhD in Education, and a Masters in Education with a focus on multiple intelligences. Jamsa was the founder of the Head of the Class series, an e-learning portal for kindergarten through fifth grade.

Introduction 1

Part 1: Securing the Foundation 5

Chapter 1: Parent, Provider, and Now, Math Teacher 7

Chapter 2: Adding to What They Already Know 13

Chapter 3: Subtracting Any Knowledge Gaps 31

Chapter 4: Multiplying Their Multiplication Skills 49

Chapter 5: Divide and Conquer 67

Chapter 6: Mastering Fractions 83

Chapter 7: The Point of Decimals 101

Chapter 8: Prime Time Factors 119

Part 2: Sailing through Sixth-Grade Math 129

Chapter 9: Getting Around Shapes 131

Chapter 10: Working with Numbers Less than Zero 143

Chapter 11: Starting with Simple Statistics 161

Chapter 12: Making Sense of Ratios 185

Chapter 13: Working with Exponents 195

Chapter 14: Getting Started with Algebra 207

Chapter 15: Calculating and Applying Percentages 225

Chapter 16: Making Sense of the Metric System 239

Part 3: Succeeding at Seventh-Grade Math 247

Chapter 17: Revisiting Ratios with Unit Rates 249

Chapter 18: Converting Fractions to Decimals 255

Chapter 19: Properties of Operations 261

Chapter 20: The Geometry of Angles 269

Chapter 21: Statistics Aren’t Perfect 283

Chapter 22: Introducing Probabilities 291

Part 4: Graduating to Eighth-Grade Math 303

Chapter 23: Solving Two-Variable Expressions 305

Chapter 24: Numbers, Like People, Aren’t Always Rational 315

Chapter 25: Raising the Status with Exponents 319

Chapter 26: Calculating a Line’s Slope and Intercept 335

Chapter 27: Circling Back to Geometry 351

Chapter 28: Taking Another Chance on Probability and Statistics 365

Part 5: The Part of Tens 383

Chapter 29: Ten Types of Mathematics 385

Chapter 30: Ten Things to Consider before High School 389

Index 393

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