Help Your Kids with Maths: A Unique Step-by-Step Visual Guide

✍ Scribed by Carol Vorderman

• Publisher: DK
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 266
• Series: Help Your Kids
• Edition: UK ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

If you find maths mindboggling, then you can count on this ultimate home-study guide to get all the answers you need.

This visual reference book gets you ready to help your children tackle the trickiest of subjects. From algebra and angles to sequences and statistics -and everything in between - Carol Vorderman's unique study companion sums it all up.

Help Your Kids with Maths encourages parents and children to work together as a team to solve even the most challenging problems on the school syllabus. Made with home learning in mind, this book uses a clear mix of pictures, diagrams, and instructions help to build knowledge, boost confidence, and gain understanding. This latest version includes updates to the UK National Curriculum and features additional information on roman numerals, time, fractions, and times tables.

With your support, children can overcome the challenges of maths, leaving them calm, confident, and exam ready.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents 6
FOREWORD by Carol Vorderman 8
INTRODUCTION by Barry Lewis 10
1 NUMBERS
Introducing numbers 14
Addition 16
Subtraction 17
Multiplication 18
Division 22
Prime numbers 26
Units of measurement 28
Telling the time 30
Roman numerals 33
Positive and negative numbers 34
Powers and roots 36
Surds 40
Standard form 42
Decimals 44
Binary numbers 46
Fractions 48
Ratio and proportion 56
Percentages 60
Converting fractions, decimals, and percentages 64
Mental maths 66
Rounding off 70
Using a calculator 72
Personal finance 74
Business finance 76
2 GEOMETRY
What is geometry? 80
Tools in geometry 82
Angles 84
Straight lines 86
Symmetry 88
Coordinates 90
Vectors 94
Translations 98
Rotations 100
Reflections 102
Enlargements 104
Scale drawings 106
Bearings 108
Constructions 110
Loci 114
Triangles 116
Constructing triangles 118
Congruent triangles 120
Area of a triangle 122
Similar triangles 125
Pythagoras’ theorem 128
Quadrilaterals 130
Polygons 134
Circles 138
Circumference and diameter 140
Area of a circle 142
Angles in a circle 144
Chords and cyclic quadrilaterals 146
Tangents 148
Arcs 150
Sectors 151
Solids 152
Volumes 154
Surface area of solids 156
3 TRIGONOMETRY
What is trigonometry? 160
Using formulas in trigonometry 161
Finding missing sides 162
Finding missing angles 164
4 ALGEBRA
What is algebra? 168
Sequences 170
Working with expressions 172
Expanding and factorizing expressions 174
Quadratic expressions 176
Formulas 177
Solving equations 180
Linear graphs 182
Simultaneous equations 186
Factorizing quadratic equations 190
The quadratic formula 192
Quadratic graphs 194
Inequalities 198
5 STATISTICS
What is statistics? 202
Collecting and organizing data 204
Bar charts 206
Pie charts 210
Line graphs 212
Averages 214
Moving averages 218
Measuring spread 220
Histograms 224
Scatter diagrams 226
6 PROBABILITY
What is probability? 230
Expectation and reality 232
Combined probabilities 234
Dependent events 236
Tree diagrams 238
Reference section 240
Glossary 252
Index 258
Acknowledgements 264