Jousting Armadillos An Introduction To Algebra Student Text And Workbook

First in the Arbor Algebra series. A writing-based, common sense, whimsical & engaging introduction to algebra for middle-grade math students.

Answers and tests for a writing-based, common sense, whimsical and engaging introduction to algebra for middle-grade math students.

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Volume III of a writing-based, common sense, whimsical & engaging introduction to algebra for middle-grade math students.

This student workbook is designed as the third step to learning Algebra. The key to teaching Algebra successfully is to have a curriculum that is as flexible as possible. A child's learning capabilities grow and develop constantly so a text that fits perfectly at the start of the school year might not work after a few months. This curriculum is designed to accommodate the growing and changing maturity of a child throughout the year.Algebra Can Be Easy for Anyone to Teach Any ChildEach book in the series is available as both a teacher's guide and a student workbook for use in a tutoring group, small class, or homeschool. No additional texts are needed. Parents with any educational background will be equipped to teach the subject using the teacher's guide as a resource.Designed for Gifted, 2e, Special Education, and Everything BetweenDifferent ways of thinking about and explaining each lesson are included in the teacher's guide to accommodate children who are gifted, or dyslexic, or prefer nearly any learning style.Flexible and FriendlyIndividual worksheets work as a stand-alone curriculum, or as reinforcement and supplemental practice. This book is the result of years of teaching children, teens, and adults. Students will learn why algebra works, not just how to use it.Topics Learned in This BookThis third book in the Doodles Do Algebra(tm) series teaches your child how to evaluate equations followed by a comprehensive tour through addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of monomials and polynomials, including long division of polynomials.This leads the way towards factoring and fractions, followed by learning to solve simple equations in a problem. Then we move on through the subject and your child will forever understand why you learn algebra and why it is used.● Evaluating Equations● Writing Equations● Algebraic Addition (of both positive and negative terms)● Algebraic Subtraction● Distributive Property of Multiplication● Commutative Property of Multiplication● Multiplication of both monomials and polynomials● Division of monomials● Long Division of PolynomialsAll Books in the Curriculum SeriesBook 1: Starting Out with Mental AlgebraBook 2: Unknowns and the 29 Articles of AlgebraBook 3: The Basic Math of AlgebraBook 4: Factors and Multiples in AlgebraBook 5: Working with Fractions in AlgebraBook 6: Solving Equations in AlgebraBook 7: Powers, Exponents, and Roots in Algebra