A teacher’s guide for middle school math, including:
The challenge of teaching math today
Practical advice and thoughts on teaching math
How can we ensure that our students are prepared for high school and beyond?
6th Grade topics: Fractions • decimals • percents • mental math and math tricks
divisibility • casting out nines • exponents and roots • prime factorization
converting repeating decimals to fractions • and more.
7th Grade topics: The metric system • percents • rates • ratios • irrational numbers • the square root algorithm • basic geometry • and more.
8th Grade topics: Pythagorean Theorem, exponential growth, proportions, area and volume, dimensional analysis (unit conversions), basic algebra skills, and more.
Detailed explanations of main lessons and less well-known topics, including:
Business math • The golden ratio • Number bases
Exchange rates • The Fibonacci sequence • Binary and ASCII code
Mental math & math tricks • Gauss’s summation formula • Computer algorithms
Converting repeating decimals • Angle theorems & proofs • Archimedes’ ratio
Geometric drawing • The four ratios of π • Platonic solids
Euclidean constructions • The square root algorithm
…and much more!
