SPEED MATH for Kids

Table of contents

- SPEED MATH FOR KIDS: THE FAST, FUN WAY TO DO BASIC CALCULATIONS (Page 3)
- CONTENTS (Page 5)
- PREFACE (Page 7)
- INTRODUCTION (Page 9)
- HOW TO READ THIS BOOK (Page 11)
- CHAPTER 1: MULTIPLICATION: GETTING STARTED (Page 12)
- WHAT IS MULTIPLICATION? (Page 13)
- THE SPEED MATHEMATICS METHOD (Page 14)
- CHAPTER 2: USING A REFERENCE NUMBER (Page 21)
- REFERENCE NUMBERS (Page 21)
- DOUBLE MULTIPLICATION (Page 26)
- CHAPTER 3: NUMBERS ABOVE THE REFERENCE NUMBER (Page 29)
- MULTIPLYING NUMBERS IN THE TEENS (Page 29)
- MULTIPLYING NUMBERS ABOVE 100 (Page 33)
- SOLVING PROBLEMS IN YOUR HEAD (Page 33)
- DOUBLE MULTIPLICATION (Page 34)
- CHAPTER 4: MULTIPLYING ABOVE & BELOW THE REFERENCE NUMBER (Page 37)
- NUMBERS ABOVE AND BELOW (Page 37)
- CHAPTER 5: CHECKING YOUR ANSWERS (Page 42)
- SUBSTITUTE NUMBERS (Page 43)
- CHAPTER 6: MULTIPLICATION USING ANY REFERENCE NUMBER (Page 51)
- MULTIPLICATION BY FACTORS (Page 51)
- MULTIPLYING NUMBERS BELOW 20 (Page 55)
- MULTIPLYING NUMBERS ABOVE AND BELOW 20 (Page 57)
- USING 50 AS A REFERENCE NUMBER (Page 58)
- MULTIPLYING HIGHER NUMBERS (Page 62)
- DOUBLING AND HALVING NUMBERS (Page 65)
- CHAPTER 7: MULTIPLYING LOWER NUMBERS (Page 67)
- EXPERIMENTING WITH REFERENCE NUMBERS (Page 72)
- CHAPTER 8: MULTIPLICATION BY 11 (Page 77)
- MULTIPLYING A TWO-DIGIT NUMBER BY 11 (Page 77)
- MULTIPLYING LARGER NUMBERS BY 11 (Page 79)
- MULTIPLYING BY MULTIPLES OF 11 (Page 83)
- CHAPTER 9: MULTIPLYING DECIMALS (Page 85)
- MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS (Page 86)
- CHAPTER 10: MULTIPLICATION USING TWO REFERENCE NUMBERS (Page 95)
- EASY MULTIPLICATION BY 9 (Page 102)
- USING FRACTIONS AS MULTIPLES (Page 103)
- USING FACTORS EXPRESSED AS DIVISION (Page 104)
- PLAYING WITH TWO REFERENCE NUMBERS (Page 107)
- USING DECIMAL FRACTIONS AS REFERENCE NUMBERS (Page 110)
- CHAPTER 11: ADDITION (Page 114)
- ADDING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (Page 118)
- BREAKDOWN OF NUMBERS (Page 119)
- CHECKING ADDITION BY CASTING OUT NINES (Page 120)
- CHAPTER 12: SUBTRACTION (Page 124)
- NUMBERS AROUND 100 (Page 127)
- EASY WRITTEN SUBTRACTION (Page 129)
- SUBTRACTION FROM A POWER OF 10 (Page 132)
- CHECKING SUBTRACTION BY CASTING OUT NINES (Page 135)
- CHAPTER 13: SIMPLE DIVISION (Page 138)
- SIMPLE DIVISION (Page 139)
- BONUS: SHORTCUT FOR DIVISION BY 9 (Page 147)
- CHAPTER 14: LONG DIVISION BY FACTORS (Page 149)
- WHAT ARE FACTORS? (Page 149)
- WORKING WITH DECIMALS (Page 155)
- CHAPTER 15: STANDARD LONG DIVISION MADE EASY (Page 157)
- CHAPTER 16: DIRECT LONG DIVISION (Page 165)
- ESTIMATING ANSWERS (Page 168)
- REVERSE TECHNIQUE – ROUNDING OFF UPWARD (Page 170)
- CHAPTER 17: CHECKING ANSWERS (DIVISION) (Page 174)
- CHANGING TO MULTIPLICATION (Page 174)
- BONUS: CASTING OUT TWOS, TENS AND FIVES (Page 177)
- CASTING OUT NINES WITH MINUS SUBSTITUTE NUMBERS (Page 178)
- CHAPTER 18: FRACTIONS MADE EASY (Page 181)
- WORKING WITH FRACTIONS (Page 181)
- ADDING FRACTIONS (Page 182)
- SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS (Page 187)
- MULTIPLYING FRACTIONS (Page 189)
- DIVIDING FRACTIONS (Page 191)
- CHANGING COMMON FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS (Page 192)
- CHAPTER 19: DIRECT MULTIPLICATION (Page 193)
- MULTIPLICATION WITH A DIFFERENCE (Page 193)
- DIRECT MULTIPLICATION USING NEGATIVE NUMBERS (Page 199)
- CHAPTER 20: PUTTING IT ALL INTO PRACTICE (Page 203)
- HOW DO I REMEMBER ALL OF THIS? (Page 203)
- ADVICE FOR GENIUSES (Page 205)
- AFTERWORD (Page 207)
- STUDENTS (Page 208)
- TEACHERS (Page 208)
- PARENTS (Page 208)
- CLASSES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS (Page 209)
- APPENDIX A: USING THE METHODS IN THE CLASSROOM (Page 211)
- APPENDIX B: WORKING THROUGH A PROBLEM (Page 215)
- APPENDIX C: LEARN THE 13, 14 AND 15 TIMES TABLES (Page 217)
- APPENDIX D: TESTS FOR DIVISIBILITY (Page 219)
- APPENDIX E: KEEPING COUNT (Page 223)
- APPENDIX F: PLUS AND MINUS NUMBERS (Page 225)
- NOTE TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS (Page 225)
- APPENDIX G: PERCENTAGES (Page 227)
- WHAT IS A PERCENTAGE? (Page 227)
- CALCULATING A QUANTITY AS A PERCENTAGE OF ANOTHER (Page 228)
- CALCULATING A PERCENTAGE OF A GIVEN QUANTITY (Page 229)
- APPENDIX H: HINTS FOR LEARNING (Page 231)
- APPENDIX I: ESTIMATING (Page 233)
- APPENDIX J: SQUARING NUMBERS ENDING IN 5 (Page 235)
- APPENDIX K: PRACTICE SHEETS (Page 239)
- INDEX (Page 247)