Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. Access to math. In this text, many of the two to four page lessons are introduced with a sample problem from a real life experience. The student is taught step by step how to solve the problem.
Exercises follow, giving the student an opportunity to practice the procedure.
Each lesson ends with an application section which applies the new math skill to a practical situation. The book starts with the meaning of ratio and works through the ideas of proportion, scale drawing, similarity in geometric shapes, and volume of cubes. The book ends with cumulative reviews. Answers to the odd numbered problems are included. The accompanying teacher's manual contains suggestions for teaching approaches and discusses common errors.