Critical Thinking Co: Math

Understanding Pre-Algebra: Middle School Mathematics from the Critical Thinking Company is part of the Mathematical Reasoning series. Written to help students understand the concepts and elements behind the steps they need to take to solve problems, this book organizes concepts in logical steps, stressing practice and critical thinking along the way. Concepts are presented clearly and in connection to other concepts. Chapters cover number families, integers, rational numbers, ratio/prop ortion/percents, equations and word problems, square roots and irrational numbers, graphing on the coordinate plane, and more. Concepts are presented in clear language with multiple examples; practice exercises follow for students to work and master the lesson's material. Answer key included. 442 pages, softcover. Reproducible for in-family /in-classroom use. Grades 6-8.