Succeed with Maths – Part 1
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Contents

  • Introduction and guidance
    • What is a badged course?
    • How to get a badge
  • Introduction
  • 1 Puzzles and real-world maths
  • 2 Problem solving
  • 3 Understanding numbers
    • 3.1 Parts of the whole – decimal numbers
  • 4 Addition
  • 5 Subtraction
    • 5.1 Subtracting one number from another
  • 6 Multiplication
    • 6.1 Everyday multiplication
  • 7 Division
  • 8 Does order matter for multiplication and division?
  • 9 This week's quiz
  • 10 Summary of Week 1
  • Introduction
  • 1 Fractions and decimals
  • 2 Rounding
  • 3 Getting to know your calculator
    • 3.1 Another calculator activity
  • 4 Exponents or powers
    • 4.1 Calculator exploration: exponents
  • 5 Order of operations
  • 6 Using maths in the real world
    • 6.1 Maths cycle in practice: insulating the attic
  • 7 Problem-solving strategies
  • 8 This week's quiz
  • 9 Summary of Week 2
  • Introduction
  • 1 Fractions
    • 1.1 Folding paper
  • 2 Equivalent fractions
    • 2.1 Working with equivalent fractions
  • 3 Fractions of a group
    • 3.1 Thinking more about fractions
  • 4 Mixed numbers
    • 4.1 Improper fractions
  • 5 Fractions – bringing it all together
  • 6 This week's quiz
  • 7 Summary of Week 3
  • Introduction
  • 1 Adding and subtracting fractions
    • 1.1 The process of adding and subtracting
    • 1.2 Adding and subtracting mixed numbers
    • 1.3 Reporting results using fractions
  • 2 Multiplying fractions
    • 2.1 Multiplying mixed numbers and fractions
    • 2.2 Practical multiplication
  • 3 Dividing fractions
    • 3.1 Practising dividing fractions
    • 3.2 Dividing mixed numbers and fractions
    • 3.3 Dividing mixed numbers and fractions – more examples
  • 4 Fractions on your calculator
  • 5 This week's quiz
  • 6 Summary of Week 4
  • Introduction
  • 1 Percentages
  • 2 Writing a percentage as a fraction or decimal
  • 3 Writing a decimal as a percentage
  • 4 Writing a fraction as a percentage
  • 5 Converting between percentages, decimals and fractions
  • 6 Finding a percentage of a number
  • 7 What percentage is it?
  • 8 Facts and figures
  • 9 This week's quiz
  • 10 Summary of Week 5
  • Introduction
  • 1 Using percentages
    • 1.1 Finding a percentage of a value
    • 1.2 Money
  • 2 Percentage increase or decrease
    • 2.1 Calculating a result following a percentage increase or decrease
    • 2.2 Does the order of percentage change calculations matter?
    • 2.3 Calculating original amounts
  • 3 Percentage points
  • 4 Ratios
    • 4.1 Ratios in recipes
  • 5 This week's quiz
  • 6 Summary of Week 6
  • Introduction
  • 1 Understanding negative numbers
  • 2 More practical uses of negative numbers
    • 2.1 Determining if a value is positive or negative
  • 3 Addition and subtraction on the number line
  • 4 Adding and subtracting negative numbers
  • 5 Rules for negatives
  • 6 Calculator exploration: negative numbers
  • 7 This week's quiz
  • 8 Summary of Week 7
  • Introduction
  • 1 Multiplication and division with negative numbers
    • 1.1 Investigating multiplication by a negative number
    • 1.2 Rules for multiplication and division of signed numbers
    • 1.3 Using negative numbers in golf
  • 2 Calculator exploration: exponents with negative numbers
  • 3 Wrapping up negative numbers
  • 4 Reading and writing mathematics
    • 4.1 Writing mathematics
    • 4.2 Understanding a solution
  • 5 This week's quiz
  • 6 Summary of Week 8
  • Where next?
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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