Math Made Easy: Fifth Grade Workbook [Paperback]

DK Publishing (Author), John Kennedy (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Math Made Easy

The complete home-study program to help children practice the essential math skills they learn in school. Matches the math curriculum so your children will reach their full potential in school -- and on important standardized tests! The successful way to improve your child's math. These workbooks have been compiled and tested by a team of math experts to increase your child's confidence, enjoyment, and success at school. Fifth Grade: Provides practice at all the major topics for Grade 5 with emphasis on addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals. Includes a review of Grade 4 topics. Includes Times Tables practice.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN; 1st edition (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789457415
• ISBN-13: 978-0789457417
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #23 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Study Aids
  • #43 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Math

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49 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Introducing math to 10-11 year olds, March 19, 2002

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Math Made Easy: Fifth Grade Workbook (Paperback)

The last book in the Math Made Easy series of workbooks. Each workbook matches the math curriculum so your child will reach their full potential on the all-important standardized tests. In fact, these books have been compiled and tested by a team of math experts to increase your child's confidence, enjoyment and success.

You will find practice pages for all the major topics covered in Grade 5. There is a definite emphasis on addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals. There is a review of Grade 4 topics and plenty of Times Tables practice. There is also a Progress Chart with gold stars to record achievement.

At the back of the book the "Answer Section with Parents' Notes" provides answers to all the activities in the book. The notes for each page also help to explain common problems and solutions are given to ensure that your child understands how and why they made errors.

Contents:

Multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000
The simplest form of fractions
Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers
Rounding decimals
Decimal addition and subtraction
Converting units of measure
Speed Problems
Interpreting circle graphs
Naming Quadrilaterals
Converting Fractions to Decimals
Simple use of parentheses
Multiplying Fractions
Finding the Greatest Common Factor
Identifying Patterns
Multiplying by two-digit numbers

The successful way to improve your child's understanding of math.

~The Rebecca Review

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT As Good As Other Reviewers Have Said..., July 21, 2005

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Pam Tee "Busy Mom" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Math Made Easy: Fifth Grade Workbook (Paperback)

The Previous `Negative' Reviewer was right. This book consists of worksheets without any coherent 'introduction', progress and testing format. You won't find anything spelled out and explained, though there are answers in the back.

In addition, this DK book (and generally we love their stuff) DOES NOT correspond to what every Fifth Grade class is doing these days. However, I don't really see this as a complete drawback, as one can look at the table of contents and make a decision based on that as to whether it is `right' for your child.

The biggest drawback, as I see it, is that you can basically only use this book as a supplement to another text. Or, in other words, It would make a bad homeschooling text.

Three Stars. Not a good homeschooling-type type book because you are left on your own to explain things. An okay book if you are looking for additional problems for your child to work.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Math Made Easy: Fifth Grade Workbook, March 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Math Made Easy: Fifth Grade Workbook (Paperback)

This book is full of great additional practice related to our state math standards. For children who are struggling with Everyday Math and need more paractice in multiple formats, this series is "the cat's meow." Children will love the star reinforcement stickers and the progress chart which help them to track their skills. Parents and teachers will love the answer key in the rear where you can not only check work but make a record of specific errors on minatures of the actual worksheets to guide later review and practice once the worksheets have been completed or sent home. These books are a great supplemental tool. I have actually purchased several different levels and find them all well thought out and highly useful for grade appropriate math skills remediation.