How to do Maths so Your Children Can Too: The Essential Parents' Guide - Softcover

Sani, Naomi

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9780091929381: How to do Maths so Your Children Can Too: The Essential Parents' Guide

Synopsis

Does the sight of your child's math homework fill you with dread? Do you look for any excuse when they ask you to explain equations, fractions, or multiplication? Math can often leave children—and parents—perplexed. How to do Maths so Your Children Can Too works through math topics with a simple step-by-step approach, explaining the new ways of teaching math that confuse so many parents. This book will show you how to master "number bonds" and "number lines;" divide by "chunking;" multiply using "the grid method;" work with fractions, percentages, and ratios; and understand number and place value. Bridging the gap between primary and secondary school—when children often struggle—and packed full of simple, accessible examples, this essential guide will banish your math phobia and take the pain out of homework time.

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About the Author

Naomi Sani has been a math teacher for 18 years, serving as head of a secondary math department and senior management team member. She has lectured to PGCE students at Exeter and Bath universities and has been a math consultant for the Specialist Schools and Academies trust. She has provided special math enhancement days to disaffected pupils and was a Regional Coordinator for the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics.

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