Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Learning and doing; 2 Number; 3 Measures and proportion; 4 Statistics; 5 Algebra; 6 Geometry; 7 Chance; 8 Proof and reasoning; 9 What next?; A supplementary self-evaluation guide to assessing your mathematical subject knowledge and understanding; Index
Summary
This book is suitable for those who lack confidence? It is particularly useful as a revision guide ... Tasks and practical exercises are included throughout the book. Worth buying a copy' - Primary Mathematics. This task-driven text emphasizes strategies and processes and is very different from the usual style of mathematics textbooks. For example, algebra is treated as a way of thinking mathematically, rather than merely manipulating symbols. Each of the sections is designed to stand alone so that they can be studied in any order or dipped into as needed. The Second Edition has been updated t