Best children arithmetic books according to redditors
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4. Arithmetricks: 50 Easy Ways to Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Without a Calculator
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> This is the non-childish response that you should have written in the first place.
Gee thanks! Don't worry, I'm about to go full childish.
> Um, because you claimed that enrollment was down by 60%, and since the schools with the largest % of international students was only around 30% I wanted to know how this is possible.
Ok got it, thanks for confirming what I thought. Might I suggest this for some help.
> I believe you are a liar and are trying to cover up you lie by deflecting blame on me. No?
Neat! I look forward to your post to men's rights whining about it.
Wikipedia says the number of dead or missing for the Winter War on the Soviet side: 126,875–167,976
Wikipedia says the number dead or missing during the Continuation War for the Soviets: 265,000 dead or missing (including 64,000 captured).
Do I have to explain simple addition to you? See, you add together 126,000 with 265,000 and that gets you 391,000 dead or missing Soviet soldiers.
I know big numbers can be hard. I'm sure you're trying your best, though. Maybe learn to deal with them before you worry your pretty little head with really difficult concepts like politics, mmkay?
Edit: I even went and found you this helpful resource for under ten dollars to get you started, buddy.
You might enjoy this Prime number book based on monsters. My kids can't understand multiplication yet. Hell, I can't even get them to understand what odd and even numbers are. But they love learning about prime numbers.
I guess he never read this book to his kids
I remember my parents reading me this book before bedtime, and they give examples of million, billion, and trillion.
Reading this book as a kid means I always calculate tips in my head for my advanced mathematics loving friends.
I teach middle school and use many of the mental math shortcuts in this book, Arithmetricks.
If that book doesn't keep you busy enough, then move on to Rapid Math and its sequel.
If you like videos, these are effective and fun:
Mental Math Secrets - Volume 1 - done by Jason Gibson of the MathTutorDVD series. Short, sweet, and to-the-point.
Since people have already mentioned Arthur Benjamin's book, I'm going to suggest his more enjoyable video from The Great Courses, The Secrets of Mental Math. (It's expensive, but goes on sale, so watch for them.)
My biggest suggestion would be to go to a local community college and see what math level they would place you in, usually this involves a placement test. You probably know more than you think you do. I would start from wherever they tell you too and not skip a math class in between. Especially if you want to be an engineer. It might seem silly, but each math class adds on the previous one and makes the next level so much easier. I was told I could skip trig and precalculus if I wanted too, but you learn so many valuable things at each level. And because as you move forward you add to what the previous classes have already taught you, it makes moving up so much easier.
If you want to relearn/go over the basics as a refresher, I would get some of those spectrum grade school workbooks. Here’s a link for a 1st Grade: Math Workbooks They are great for going over the basics, and they will likely be easy enough you could go through them over the summer and be prepared for a fall class at a college. (If you wanted.)
Khan Academy is also a great resource as I’ve seen some other people mention.
I also hated math growing up. I felt like I never understood it and it was always frustrating for me. I was homeschooled and my brother is genius level smart. So growing up I only had him to compare myself to, and because he got things so quickly, I thought I was stupid/not good at math. Fast forward to my first college algebra course, intermediate algebra, and I found out that I knew way more than I thought I did. The teacher even told me the class was too easy for me and other classmates would come to me for help. Turns out I wasn’t stupid or not good at math, I just needed to actually be taught. Teaching yourself math is way too difficult, especially if you’re a visual learner like me.
I hope this helps! Good luck on your journey to engineering! I’m also becoming an engineer so I get excited when I finds others who are becoming one too! :)
If you are really curious about those tricks, there are books with more. I can't recommand a specific one though since the book I had is in german. I also may point out that most of the tricks are for special cases (like squaring numbers that end on 5), so you would need to train lots of different tricks to get really good at it.
I personally started to calculate the total price I need to pay in the grocery store when buying stuff. That is not too hard and ensures that you'll train on useful numbers.
As long as the base (the thing being raised to a power) is the same
So 3 10^5 2 10^7 = ( 3 2 ) ( 10^5 10^7 ) = 6 10^12
And ( 8 10^5 ) / ( 2 10^7 ) = ( 8 / 2 ) ( 10^5 / 10^7 ) = 4 * 10^-2
You may find my kindle book useful
http://www.suniltanna.com/indices.php
I've also done one on scientific notation (also known as standard form) and engineering notation, which isnt on my website yet but is on amazon (search my name "Sunil Tanna") or
Book link:
https://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Math-Scientific-Engineering-ebook/dp/B07QCR33R1/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=tanna+standard+form&qid=1565679187&s=gateway&sr=8-1
A fun math book for children: You Can Count on Monsters by Richard Schwartz. It's a really nice way to teach factorization to young children that's both visually interesting and entertaining. You can ignore the ages 8 and up thing, it has some higher level content but it also functions as a picture book, so your kids can appreciate it on multiple levels as they get older.
Not quite science, but when I was young I liked to read the How Much is a Million? book, which got me interested in numbers. It may be above your target audience if you're aiming at 2nd grade, but How Things Work was one of my favourites too.
The King's Chessboard - Exponents
Math Curse - Word Problems.
Grandfather Tang - Tangrams.
The Grapes of Math - Number sense and multiplication. This author has lots of others as well.
The M&M Math Book - Counting, shapes, early number sense.
How much is a million? - Complex numbers. I think there's a sequel out too.
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table - Geometry. There is an entire Sir Cumference series.
So many more, but those are off the top of my head. Follow the Amazon links and click through related books. You'll find a ton.
Okay my friend, I happen to love Amazon. First - http://www.corestandards.org/read-the-standards/ That will give you a firm resource to start with. Then I have used some Spectrum Products that have been relatively straight forward. https://www.amazon.com/Spectrum-Math-Workbook-Grade-3/dp/1483808718/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1467990139&sr=8-2&keywords=spectrum+math ..... https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=spectrum+workbooks&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aspectrum+workbooks .... Then I have used some Kumon workbooks.... https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=kumon+workbooks&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Akumon+workbooks.
I would consider (if you are able) keeping him at home and not sending him back to school. BY ALL MEANS DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR FAMILY. but... Kidos that are high functioning autistic and have ADHD - are usually highly gifted and can go through school subjects and grades rather quickly. I home school year around. Routine is paramount - (my kiddo is in the same boat as yours - high functioning autistic and adhd and she is highly gifted) She goes on vacation when we go on vacation (about 3 weeks a year), she gets sick days when she needs them, holidays etc. If we were to take 3 months off in the summer I would have a heck of a time trying to get her back into a structured routine, so our "time off" is treated as out of the normal and we can quickly transition back into our regular routine.
I purchase curriculum when we need it, she completes a concept and we move forward. I do not hold her back. I have purchased workbooks and she has completed them in under a month, we move forward as long as she understands the concepts, and is able to compound on them. My daughter is 9, she is currently in the 5th grade, in most subjects. She has decided to be a marine biologist, she is studying 6th grade marine biology and is doing fantastic. She loves minecraft - she is learning to write code for minecraft mods, with python. She will not memorize math facts, and she cannot do 15 spelling words each week - her adhd wont allow it. So I do not make her do "traditional flashcards" but when she does her math, and she does not know that fact, I make her repeat it once, and she has it memorized very quickly - probably quicker than her peers with flashcards. She can spell asparagus - we do "spelling" and grammar as she is writing reports for science or free writing for english, or even hand written letters to friends. I cannot force her to do handwriting practice either - but she cannot give me a document I cannot read, without completed sentences or defined paragraphs. In addition, because she is a girl, we use glitter gel pens and study "fonts" and practice handwriting. She goes to a local dive shop and takes scuba classes. (she can be certified at 10 years old)
My real point is that kiddos that are autistic/adhd/highly gifted are incredibly easy to teach, when you find out what their "key" is.... My kiddos key is Marine biology and Minecraft. I can teach a lot of subjects through those two "topics". It is not easy... not easy at all, but it is AWESOME!
You are going to be just fine. Don't let the "system" overwhelm you and just "RUN WITH SCISSORS"!!!!
I bought my son 'How much is a million' which helps to visualise big numbers including a million, billion & trillion (if a billion children stood on each others shoulders...)
If you want to help her with Math, allow me to recommend Mental Math!
You could guide her through one of these 2 books:
Arithmetricks: 50 Easy Ways to Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Without a Calculator
Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks
Or if computer games are more her thing, check out Mathemagics (available on OSX and iOS).
Here's some further reading on the subject if you're interested.
http://www.steam-engine.org/juice.asp
https://www.amazon.com/Twizzlers-Percentages-Book-Jerry-Pallotta/dp/0439154308
So I went to grade school in the early 90s and the year after the book Times Tables the Fun Way came out. I am now 32 and I still use these silly stories to remember basic multiplication, such as "you have to be 16 to drive a 4x4" or "two snowmen (represented by a pair of 8s) are cold, so they want to build a fire. So they need sticks. The Sticks (6) are For (4) the fire." (8x8=64) etc.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ASA5DQW #lego #ebook
That's the way I'd do it but I read math magic when I was a kid and it taught lots of simplifying strategies that I didn't learn in school