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Online answers as well as a selection of free supporting downloads are available from the Schofield & Sims website. A separate accompanying answer book, Mental Arithmetic 1 Answers (ISBN 9780721708058), contains correct answers to all the questions, making marking quick and easy. Mental Arithmetic provides rich and varied practice to develop pupils' essential maths skills and prepare them for all aspects of the Key Stage 2 national tests. It may also be used as preparation for the 11+, and with older students for consolidation and recovery. Structured according to ability rather than age, the series allows children to work at their own pace, building confidence and fluency. Two Entry Tests are available in the Mental Arithmetic Teacher's Guide to help teachers, parents and tutors to select the appropriate book for each child. Mental Arithmetic 1 covers the key subject areas of number, measurement, geometry and statistics, including place value, simple fractions, time tables, telling the time, giving change, and 2-D and 3-D shapes. The book includes: 36 one-page tests, each presented in a unique three-part format comprising: questions where use of language is kept to a minimum; questions using number vocabulary; questions focusing on one- and two-step word problems Progress Tests to monitor learning as pupils work through the book Check-up Tests to identify any gaps in understanding. Review: Very good book - Very good book to help your child good knowledge of Maths. Review: Highly recommended - Well researched book and it really improved my child's arithmetics performance.



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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,172 Reviews |
Z**A
Very good book
Very good book to help your child good knowledge of Maths.
J**B
Highly recommended
Well researched book and it really improved my child's arithmetics performance.
G**I
Deserves 10 stars!
I've been buying these books for years now, Scofield simply has the best content ever. Tests are in 3 sections, which helps my son to focus more. Very high quality questions.
B**.
Good book for quick test
Very good for generalising and practicing maths
A**O
Great maths book from a high quality publisher
I bought this to help my son improve his mental arithmetic. It starts out fairly easily and gradually gets harder. We have only tried one page so far but my son enjoyed filling it in. It has mixed problems on each page in the form of a test per page. After 10 tests there is a progress test. With 3 sections and 4 progress tests throughout the book. There is alot if content for the money so good value.
O**A
My granddaughter is enjoying it
Very good and interesting.
A**G
Great series of simple non-gimmick maths books
I use this series as part of our maths curriculum with my home-educated son. The book is very clear and easy to use. There is plenty of work for him to do so he doesn't use the book up too quickly. I also find some maths books suddenly jump levels and get a lot harder, whereas this series is very good at getting progressively slightly harder so that students progress slowly and steadily. Each page has three different tests - all mental arithmetic but a slightly different emphasis eg. the third test is slightly more wordy with problem solving type questions. It is an excellent curriculum with no gimmicks.
K**A
Better than other maths books we have used
I have been using this book with my just turned 6 year old, and it is great at posing questions in a way which really requires a child to think about what is being asked of them, rather than basic addition, subtraction etc. It teaches them to extrapolate from the question only the key information, rather than to get bogged down in the words. My daughter finds some questions challenging, but she is only in Year 1, so to be expected. I will be purchasing another copy for my 4 year old son as I think it’s fantastic.
H**R
Great Thinking Books for Little Brain
This is a great book that teaches kids how to think. I love the book. The only thing that is not great - uses the European terms like cm, 24 hour clock, C degrees, etc. I would buy it again.
D**H
Visualy "cleaner" than the previous we had.
I can't compare in exercises quality because different levels, but for me it's a good choice
O**E
Good to build mathematics foundation for kids
Lots and lots of sums, word problems and conversion questions. Keeps the kids engaged and supplements school study. Also has self-tracker/performance tracker if you wish to keep track of your kid's progress. Good to build mathematics foundation for kids
B**G
These exercises are excellent. They force the student to focus on the ...
These exercises are excellent. They force the student to focus on the question and to think. However, they should be graded or discussed with the student so that the student learns from any mistake made.
S**M
Mental Arithmetic 1
The content of the book was super.Very helpful for kids to solve more problems.
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