The
fifth edition has refreshed the materials and provides more opportunities for
critical thinking and application of skills. It introduces more advanced
topics like decimals, dividing fractions, and more pre-algebra concepts earlier
than the 4th edition. The book layout is different in that the back
of the book now holds a handbook, additional practice pages, and a homework
section for daily lessons. Now you can choose whether your student needs more
practice outside of the daily lesson.
Concepts
presented include place value of whole numbers and decimals; mastery of
fundamental operations; story problems; problem-solving strategies, Roman
numerals, measuring to the eighth inch, calculating time, making change,
rounding off whole numbers, money, decimals, and missed numbers; English and
metric measures, converting measures within the same system and solving
measurement equations; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
involving fractions; finding parts of a whole; factoring; divisibility rules;
probability; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division involving
decimals; introduction to percents; reading a thermometer, Celsius and
Fahrenheit scale; solving algebraic equations; graphs and scale drawings;
graphing ordered pairs' reading schedules and charts; basic geometric shapes;
perimeter and area; squares and square roots; estimation. 170 lessons ~Amber