Maths Workout is a series of six pupil's and two teacher's books providing homework and practice activities for Years 79 (ages 1114). It provides a wealth of imaginatively written questions and problems to supplement any mainstream mathematics course. The books are designed to be easy to use at home. There are 'key ideas' sections to remind pupils of the facts and skills they need to know, and there is also a glossary. Between them the books cover the national curriculum programme of study for key stage 3, and there is a particular emphasis on mental arithmetic techniques.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 11-14 years.

There are 63 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2000 by Cambridge University Press .

BOB HARTMAN, author of the best-selling Lion Storyteller Bible, and other titles in the Storyteller series, the highly acclaimed Angels, Angels All Around , and the hilarious Wolf Who Cried Boy. John Jeskins, Jean Matthews, Howard Baxter, Mike Handbury, Mark Patmore, Eddie Wilde and Brian Seager (Editor) are all experienced examiners.

This book has the following chapters: 1. In your head 1; 2. Transformations; 3. Trial and improvement; 4. Scatter graphs and correlation; 5. A review of algebra; 6. Compound measure and rates; 7. Percentages; 8. Prisms and volumes; 9. In your head 2; 10. Graphs from algebra; 11. Pythagoras' rule; 12. Significant figures, places of decimals and estimates; 13. Ratio; 14. Just a pencil and some paper; Extensions.