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What does the Sums??–Simple!! maths book contain?
Here is a brief summary of the contents:
Tables Square
Section A:
Decimal number system and place value
- Including:
- Place value
- Writing of numbers in words
- Writing of numbers in figures
Section B:
Addition
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Including:
- What is addition?
- Simple addition
- Addition involving “exchange” / “carrying”
Section C:
Subtraction
- Including:
- What is subtraction?
- Simple subtraction
- Subtraction involving "decomposition"
Section D:
Multiplication
- Including:
- What is multiplication?
- The importance of mental arithmetic
- Short multiplication
- Multiplication by tens, hundreds, thousands etc.
- Long multiplication
Section E:
Division
- Including:
- What is division?
- Short division
- Division by tens, hundreds, thousands etc.
- Factors
- Long division using factors
- Short division using long division method
- Long division
Section F:
Fractions
- Including:
- What are (vulgar) fractions?
- Mixed numbers
- Improper fractions
- Equivalence of fractions
- Addition and subtraction of fractions
- Multiplication of fractions
- Multiplication of fractions using cancellation
- Division of fractions
- Finding fractional amounts
Section G:
Decimals, Money and Metric Measures
- Including:
- What are decimal fractions?
- Short multiplication and division of decimals
- "Correcting" to a number of decimal places
- Multiplication and division of decimal fractions by tens, hundreds, thousands etc.
- Long multiplication and division of decimals
- Changing decimal fractions into vulgar fractions
- Changing vulgar fractions into decimal fractions
- Multiplication of a decimal by a decimal
- Division of a decimal by a decimal
- Money and metric measures
Section H:
Percentages
- Including:
- What are percentages?
- Changing percentages into vulgar fractions and decimal fractions
- Changing decimal fractions and vulgar fractions into percentages
- Finding percentage amounts
Section I:
Problems
A final word on the use of calculators
Section J:
Answers to revision exercises page

