Alpha Mathematics 1

This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the first in the Alpha Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by more able students of middle school age. The structure of the book is replicated in other books of the series and there are frequent opportunities for students to review previously completed work.

Contents include:

Number and money - Counting to 20; to 50; to 100 • Tens and units • Hundreds, tens and units
Addition and subtraction - Number facts to 10; to 20 • Money to 20p • Number facts test • Bridging tens • £1 note and coins • Counting and giving change • Shopping • £s and pence • Graded practice • Problems
Multiplication and division - Tables twos • fives, tens • fours, eights • twos, fours, eights; fives, tens • threes, sixes • nines, sevens • threes, sixes, sevens, nines • Table test • Miscellaneous practice • Number, Graded practice • Money, Graded practice Number and money, Problems.
Numbers from pictures - Block and line graphs
Fractions - Halves and quarters • Fifths, tenths • Halves, quarters, eighths • Thirds, sixths • Mixed examples
Decimal number system - Notation; tenths
Time - The clock, time to a minute • The calendar
Measuring length - Practical work • Metres, centimetres • Estimating and measuring • Metres, kilometres
Measuring mass - Practical work • kg.1/2 kg • 200g, 100g, 50g, 20g, 10g
Measuring liquids - Practical work. Litre,1/2 litre • Estimating and measuring
Lines, right angles and shapes - Lines: straight and curved • vertical, horizontal and oblique • Right angles, perpendiculars and parallel lines • Shapes: squares, rectangles and circles • sides, angles and triangles • 3-D shapes, solids • Shapes and space, surfaces
Plans and scales - Looking at things from above • Simple scales.
Puzzle Corner
Making sure - Revision