Life of Fred: Decimals and Percents
The Decimals & Percents book in the Life of Fred Arithmetic Series is designed for 5th-grade students who completed elementary and intermediate books. It features 33 chapters with practice questions and review sections. The book covers a wide range of math topics, including number systems, decimals, functions, and more. Life of Fred uses storytelling to teach math concepts in an engaging way, making math relevant and enjoyable for students. Hardcover, 192 pages.
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Decimals & Percents is the second book in the Life of Fred Arithmetic Series, designed for students who have completed the elementary and intermediate series books and are at least in the 5th grade. The book features thirty-three chapters, each ending with a Your Turn to Play segment with three or four questions. Answers are provided on the next page for self-assessment. The book includes The Bridge review questions after every five chapters, providing transitions between concepts and a means of assessment. It is recommended that students score at least 90% (9 out of 10 questions) before moving on. If needed, students have up to five attempts to achieve this score. The book concludes with The Final Bridge, featuring twenty questions. Decimals & Percents covers a wide range of topics, including number systems, adding and subtracting decimals, multiplying by ten, functions and inverse functions, pi, multiplying decimals, whole numbers, squaring a number, subtracting mixed units, sets and subsets, union and intersection of sets, rules of divisibility, division of decimals, repeating decimals, bar graphs, prime and composite numbers, consecutive numbers, the Goldbach Conjecture, area of a circle, dollars vs. cents, pie charts, conversion between percents/fractions/decimals, distance equals rate times time, area of a triangle, square roots, area of a parallelogram, ratio, ordered pairs, graphing negative numbers, elapsed time, and probability. Life of Fred is a unique, complete math program that uses engaging narratives to teach math in a way that is both enjoyable and relevant. Students follow the life of Fred Gauss, a math professor, who sees math everywhere in his humorous and zany adventures. This series is perfect for inquisitive students who struggle with the relevance of math or anyone looking for a creative approach to mathematical thinking. The book is 192 pages long, indexed, and comes as a hardcover non-consumable textbook with Smyth-sewn binding. Students write their answers on separate paper, and answers are also included in the text and written directly to the student.
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Subject: Math
Grade: Grade 5
Brand: Polka Dot Publishing
Author: Stanley F. Schmidt
Dimensions: 10.38 x 7.25 x .68
UPC: 9780979107207
