Everything you need to ace math in one big fat notebook the complete middle school study guide

A workbook that examines mathematics on a middle school level. Organized by key concepts, the text includes mnemonic devices, definitions, timelines and doodles to help the subject stick in your brain, so you can ace your class.--

Main Author: Peterson, Altair (Author)
Other Authors: Newton, Ouida (Contributor), Pearce, Chris (Teacher) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Workman Publishing, 2016.
Series: Big fat notebook.
Complete middle school study guide.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Unit 1: The number system
  • Types of numbers and the number line
  • Positive and negative numbers
  • Absolute value
  • Factors and greatest common factor
  • Multiples and least common multiple
  • Fraction basics: types of fractions, and adding and subtracting fractions
  • Multiplying and dividing fractions
  • Adding and subtracting decimals
  • Multiplying decimals
  • Dividing decimals
  • Adding positive and negative numbers
  • Subtracting positing and negative numbers
  • Multiplying and dividing positive and negative numbers
  • Inequalities
  • Unit 2: Ratios, proportions, and percents
  • Ratios
  • Unit rate and unit price
  • Proportions
  • Converting measurements
  • Percent
  • Percent word problems
  • Taxes and fees
  • Discounts and markups
  • Gravity and commission
  • Simple interest
  • Percent rate of change
  • Tables and ratios
  • Unit 3: Expressions and equations
  • Expressions
  • Properties
  • Like terms
  • Exponents
  • Order of operations
  • Scientific notation
  • Square and cube roots
  • Comparing irrational numbers
  • Equations
  • Solving for variables
  • Solving multistep equations
  • Solving and graphing inequalities
  • Word problems with equations and inequalities
  • Unit 4: Geometry
  • Introduction to geometry
  • Angles
  • Quadrilaterals and area
  • Triangles and area
  • The pythagorean theorem
  • Circles, circumference, and area
  • Three-dimensional figures
  • Volume
  • Surface area
  • Angles, triangles, and transversal lines
  • Similar figures and scale drawings
  • Unit 5: Statistics and probability
  • Introduction to statistics
  • Measures of central tendency and variation
  • Displaying data
  • Probability
  • Unit 6: The coordinate plane and functions
  • The coordinate plane
  • Relations, lines, and functions
  • Slope
  • Linear equations and functions
  • Simultaneous linear equations and functions
  • Nonlinear functions
  • Polygons and the coordinate plane
  • Transformations
  • Proportional relationships and graphs
  • Index