How_To_Be_Good_At_Math

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Foreword Our lives wouldn’t be the same without maths. In fact, everything would stop without it. Without numbers we couldn’t co ...

Column addition Subtraction Subtraction facts Partitioning for subtraction number line Shopkeeper’s addition subtraction Expa ...

Numbers are symbols that we use to count and measure things. Although there are just ten number symbols, we can use them to writ ...

10 NUMBERS •^ NUMBER SYMBOLS Number symbols Since the earliest times, people have used numbers in their daily lives – to help th ...

NUMBERS • NUMBER SYMBOLS 11 Reading long numbers and dates To turn a long Roman number or date into a Hindu-Arabic number, we br ...

12 NUMBERS •^ PLACE VALUE Place value In our number system, the amount a digit is worth depends on where it’s placed in a number ...

NUMBERS • PLACE VALUE 13 ÷10 ÷10 ÷10 ÷ When we divide by 10, digits move one place value to the right When we multiply by 10, di ...

14 NUMBERS •^ SEQUENCES AND PATTERNS Sequences and patterns A sequence is a series of numbers, which we call terms, listed in a ...

NUMBERS • SEQUENCES AND PATTERNS 15 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, RULE: ADD 1 ... RULE: MULTIPLY BY TEN RULE: ADD ONE, THEN MULTIPLY BY TWO ...

16 NUMBERS •^ SEQUENCES AND SHAPES Sequences and shapes Some number sequences can be used to create shapes by using the terms in ...

NUMBERS • SEQUENCES AND SHAPES 17 The Fibonacci sequence One of the most interesting sequences in maths is the Fibonacci sequenc ...

18 NUMBERS •^ POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE NUMBERS Positive and negative numbers Positive numbers are all the numbers that are greater ...