Mental Arithmetic Teachers Guide

Mental Arithmetic Teacher's Guide provides a full introduction to Mental Arithmetic, suggesting how it may be best used. This guide is also fully compatible with Essential Mental Arithmetic.

"The Mental Arithmetic Teacher's Guide contains: an Overview of the series, describing how the books may best be used, a simple chart showing which books are appropriate for each year group, photocopiable Assessment Resources, including tests and diagnostic support, photocopiable General Resources, including glossaries and Maths Facts copymasters."--Back cover.

The format of Mental Arithmetic differs from that of traditional mental arithmetic materials in that pupils read the questions themselves, use rough paper for workings out, and write down their answers. It provides intensive practice in all areas of the maths curriculum.

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The First Mental Arithmetic Answers book provides the correct answers to all the questions contained in the corresponding workbook. Answers to the Check-up tests are included, together with the photocopiable Group record sheets and an additional photocopiable Check-up.

With this book, you can learn all the formulas of addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, learn the method of explaining this course to students, the organization of the teacher’s work (lesson plan, working with parents, exams, standards, reports of the teacher, etc.). Mental arithmetic develops: Speed of thinking, Memory, Attentiveness, Assiduity, Photographic memory, Creative analytical thinking, Logics, memory. Fine motor skills of hands.