Help Your Kids with Maths: A Unique Step-by-Step Visual Guide

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If you find maths mindboggling, then you can count on this ultimate home-study guide to get all the answers you need. This visual reference book gets you ready to help your children tackle the trickiest of subjects. From algebra and angles to sequences and statistics -and everything in between - Carol Vorderman's unique study companion sums it all up. Help Your Kids with Maths encourages parents and children to work together as a team to solve even the most challenging problems on the school syllabus. Made with home learning in mind, this book uses a clear mix of pictures, diagrams, and instructions help to build knowledge, boost confidence, and gain understanding. This latest version includes updates to the UK National Curriculum and features additional information on roman numerals, time, fractions, and times tables. With your support, children can overcome the challenges of maths, leaving them calm, confident, and exam ready. Contents 6 FOREWORD by Carol Vorderman 8 INTRODUCTION by Barry Lewis 10 1 NUMBERS Introducing numbers 14 Addition 16 Subtraction 17 Multiplication 18 Division 22 Prime numbers 26 Units of measurement 28 Telling the time 30 Roman numerals 33 Positive and negative numbers 34 Powers and roots 36 Surds 40 Standard form 42 Decimals 44 Binary numbers 46 Fractions 48 Ratio and proportion 56 Percentages 60 Converting fractions, decimals, and percentages 64 Mental maths 66 Rounding off 70 Using a calculator 72 Personal finance 74 Business finance 76 2 GEOMETRY What is geometry? 80 Tools in geometry 82 Angles 84 Straight lines 86 Symmetry 88 Coordinates 90 Vectors 94 Translations 98 Rotations 100 Reflections 102 Enlargements 104 Scale drawings 106 Bearings 108 Constructions 110 Loci 114 Triangles 116 Constructing triangles 118 Congruent triangles 120 Area of a triangle 122 Similar triangles 125 Pythagoras’ theorem 128 Quadrilaterals 130 Polygons 134 Circles 138 Circumference and diameter 140 Area of a circle 142 Angles in a circle 144 Chords and cyclic quadrilaterals 146 Tangents 148 Arcs 150 Sectors 151 Solids 152 Volumes 154 Surface area of solids 156 3 TRIGONOMETRY What is trigonometry? 160 Using formulas in trigonometry 161 Finding missing sides 162 Finding missing angles 164 4 ALGEBRA What is algebra? 168 Sequences 170 Working with expressions 172 Expanding and factorizing expressions 174 Quadratic expressions 176 Formulas 177 Solving equations 180 Linear graphs 182 Simultaneous equations 186 Factorizing quadratic equations 190 The quadratic formula 192 Quadratic graphs 194 Inequalities 198 5 STATISTICS What is statistics? 202 Collecting and organizing data 204 Bar charts 206 Pie charts 210 Line graphs 212 Averages 214 Moving averages 218 Measuring spread 220 Histograms 224 Scatter diagrams 226 6 PROBABILITY What is probability? 230 Expectation and reality 232 Combined probabilities 234 Dependent events 236 Tree diagrams 238 Reference section 240 Glossary 252 Index 258 Acknowledgements 264