Sample chapters for download

1. Whole numbers

About the book

In line with the SACSA Framework for Middle Years Mathematics and the R-7 SACSA Mathematics Teaching Resource Click here for a copy of the Correlation Chart (Year 7)

Key features

• Knowledge, skills and understandings explicitly stated at the beginning of each chapter
• Comprehensive explanation
• Clear worked examples
• A wide range of well graded exercises
• Review sets at the end of each chapter
• Interactive student CD promotes independent study.
• Investigations and activities encourage problem solving, the development of logic and reasoning skills, and the communication of mathematical ideas

About this second edition

The second edition is an extensive revision and updating of the original text, with considerable reorganisation of chapters. More details are given in the Foreword but, briefly, changes include:

• coverage of four problem solving techniques in Chapter 2: ’Trial and Error‘, ’Making a Table and Looking for a Pattern‘, ’Modelling or Drawing a Picture‘, and ’Working Backwards‘
• Chapter 3 Shapes and Solids combines the two chapters ’Geometric Figures‘ and ’Angles‘ from the first edition
• a section on GST included in Chapter 6 Percentage
• Measurement is split into two chapters: ’Length and Mass‘ and ’Area and Volume‘
• a new chapter, Data Collection and Representation, incorporates the old Statistics chapter
• a new chapter on Transformation and Location includes a section on ’Bearings and Directions‘
• the inclusion of an interactive Student CD

Table of contents

Foreword

Mathematics for Year 7 (second edition) offers a comprehensive and rigorous course of study at Year 7 level. Through its worked examples, exercises, activities and answers, and the support of the interactive Student CD, the book provides students with the structure and content to work efficiently at their own rate.

The book and CD package is designed to supplement classroom practice and give teachers time to explore other creative strategies, depending on the needs of their students. It is not the Year 7 Mathematics Curriculum, nor does it proclaim to provide the most effective teaching program.

The knowledge, skills and understandings listed at the beginning of each chapter incorporate the descriptors used in the R-7 SACSA Mathematics Teaching Resource for Middle Years. We have listed the descriptors in the hope that this will be a helpful guide for Year 7 teachers who may wish to use the book to support their teaching practice.

About this second edition: the second edition is an extensive revision and updating of the original text, with considerable reorganisation of chapters. Changes include:

• revised sections on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, with a new section on two step problem solving, in Chapter 1
• coverage of four problem solving techniques are included in Chapter 2: ’Trial and Error‘, ’Making a Table and Looking for a Pattern‘, ’Modelling or Drawing a Picture‘, and ’Working Backwards‘
• Chapter 3 Shapes and Solids combines the two chapters ’Geometric Figures‘ and ’Angles‘ from the first edition
• a section on GST is among the new sections in Chapter 6 Percentage
• Measurement has been split into two chapters: ’Length and Mass‘ and ’Area and Volume‘
• much of the old Statistics chapter is included in a new chapter, Data Collection and Representation
• a new chapter on Transformation and Location includes a section on ’Bearings and Directions‘
• the inclusion of an interactive Student CD

In the table of contents, page numbers for corresponding sections in the first edition are given in brackets. This is intended as a guide for teachers who may have to use the first and second editions within the same classroom. A glance at the contents pages will show how both books correlate (the absence of a page number in brackets denotes the introduction of a new section).

About the interactive Student CD: the CD contains the text of the book. Students can leave the textbook at school and keep the CD at home, to save carrying a heavy textbook to and from school each day. But more than that, by clicking on the ’active icons‘ within the text, students can access a range of interactive features: graphing and geometry software, spreadsheets, video clips, computer demonstrations and simulations, and worksheets.

The CD is ideal for independent study. Students can revisit concepts taught in class and explore new ideas for themselves. It is fantastic for teachers to use for demonstrations and simulations in the classroom. In summary, the book offers structure and rigour, and the CD makes maths come alive.

We have endeavoured to provide as broad a base of activity and learning styles as we can, but we also caution that no single book should be the sole resource for any classroom teacher.

We welcome your feedback.

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