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Note that the Floris Books editions of Jamie Yorks books have been completely revised for UK + European notation, language + metric systems. They are also suitable for use in South Africa, Australia + New Zealand.
Experienced maths teacher + consultant Jamie York believes that a love of learning comes through the teacher, so his books are committed to supporting teachers in developing their classroom skills and to fostering a love of maths in their students. Unlike conventional maths textbooks, his books are not full of fancy graphics + contrived ways to make maths
fun. Rather, they:* focus on the essentials, so teachers aren't overwhelmed by endless lists of required materials
* are genuinely interesting + challenging, sparking students enthusiasm for learning maths
* are developmentally appropriate to the age of the child, thereby encouraging inner mathemetical awareness + thinking
* favour depth over superficiality, to avoid teaching blind procedures to solve meaningless problems.
This students workbook for Class 6 contains practice questions, with room for working, on all the topics a student needs to cover in Steiner-Waldorf Class 6 (age 12-13).
The book includes:
Review topics from previous years: multiplication, short + long division, fractions, decimals, measurement, unit cost, factors, + estimating.
New topics for Class 6: casting out nines, exponents (powers), square roots, divisibility, formulas, the imperial + metric systems, converting decimals to fractions, + fractions to decimals, angle measure, percents, mean/median/mode, pie charts, line graphs, area + perimeter, business maths (discount, profit, etc.,), ratios, rates (speed, wages), exchange rates + complex fractions.
Mental maths: it is as important as ever for children to develop the ability to do calculations in their head.Each worksheet therefore begins with a section on mental maths, focusing on one of our areas described in the Teachers Source Book (available separately): multiplication, with selected facts from the 13 to 18 times tables + 25 times table; powers with base 2 to 5; fraction to decimal conversions; + maths tricks.