Help Your Kids with Math

A Unique Step-by-Step Visual Guide

If math is mindboggling, you can count on this ultimate 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 - this unique study aid sums it all up.

Help Your Kids with Math encourages parents and children to work together as a team to solve even the most challenging problems on the school syllabus. A clear mix of pictures, diagrams, and instructions help to build knowledge, boost confidence, and gain understanding.

This latest version includes updates to the US curriculum standards and features additional information on roman numerals, time, fractions, and times tables. With your support, children can overcome the challenges of math, leaving them calm, confident, and exam ready.
Barry Lewis read mathematics at university and graduated with a first class honors degree. He spent many years in publishing, as an author and as an editor, where he developed a passion for mathematical books that presented this often difficult subject in accessible, appealing, and visual ways. Among these are Diversions in Modern Mathematics and Help Your Kids with Math.   He was invited by the British government to run the major initiative Maths Year 2000, a celebration of mathematical achievement with the aim of making the subject more popular and less feared. In 2001 Barry became the president of the Mathematical Association, and for his achievements in popularizing mathematics he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. He is currently the Chair of Council of the Mathematical Association and regularly publishes articles and books dealing with both research topics and ways of engaging people in this critical subject. View titles by Barry Lewis

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If math is mindboggling, you can count on this ultimate 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 - this unique study aid sums it all up.

Help Your Kids with Math encourages parents and children to work together as a team to solve even the most challenging problems on the school syllabus. A clear mix of pictures, diagrams, and instructions help to build knowledge, boost confidence, and gain understanding.

This latest version includes updates to the US curriculum standards and features additional information on roman numerals, time, fractions, and times tables. With your support, children can overcome the challenges of math, leaving them calm, confident, and exam ready.

Author

Barry Lewis read mathematics at university and graduated with a first class honors degree. He spent many years in publishing, as an author and as an editor, where he developed a passion for mathematical books that presented this often difficult subject in accessible, appealing, and visual ways. Among these are Diversions in Modern Mathematics and Help Your Kids with Math.   He was invited by the British government to run the major initiative Maths Year 2000, a celebration of mathematical achievement with the aim of making the subject more popular and less feared. In 2001 Barry became the president of the Mathematical Association, and for his achievements in popularizing mathematics he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. He is currently the Chair of Council of the Mathematical Association and regularly publishes articles and books dealing with both research topics and ways of engaging people in this critical subject. View titles by Barry Lewis

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