School Zone Math Basics 6 Workbook: 64 Pages, 6th Grade, Powers & Exponents, Order of Operations, Fractions, Estimating, Ages 11-12 (I Know It! Book Series)

Most other workbooks just looked like pages of problems. And so many that it's overwhelming for kids to pick up. This book explains exactly how they want you to do it at the top. This is enough for motivated kids to do it on their own, or parents to quickly understand the point and steps of the lesson. The lessons are short, but with the perfect amount of practice without being overwhelming.There are A LOT of topics in this book. It's laid out in logic order.The first section is all fractions, which I think will end up being the hardest section for my student. But it's broken up by part so she's tacked most of it with ease. I know it was the hardest topic for me!There are 60 pages to work on, and one per day is very reasonable. So 2 months at 7 days a week, or 3 months at 5 days per week.It contains (counts are approximate)An answer keyFractions - 14 pages of adding, comparing, subtracting, multiplying, dividing. Going from mixed to improper.Percents & fractions, ratios, and decimals - 8 pagesDecimal math - 6 pages of adding, comparing, subtracting, multiplying, dividing.GCF - 1 pageExponents - 1 pageBeginning equations and algebra - lots of pages, including the properties and OoOEstimation and roundingGeometry - area, surface area, volume - 4 pagesProbability - 1 pageNegative numbers, number line and x-y grid- 9 pages, includingThe pages can be torn out on the perforation. We are punching holes and putting in a binder as we finish.What I would change:1. I wish there was a refresher section on simplifying fractions, at the beginning,, since many skills are built on that. I'm going to move the GCF page up to help with this.2. I wish each problem had more room to work. If I need to find a common denominator before adding fractions, I need PLENTY of room to write like x3=12/x3=15 one one side and x7=7/x7=14 on the other. kids HATE copying fractions to a blank sheet, so providing room to do all the scrunching in of steps would be amazing. That way we can see the process is correct - not just the answer.Definitely recommend

60 pages, color. Answer key: 4 pages (2, front-and-back)The instructions are adequate but maybe lacking a little.Perforated pagesSubjects are:FractionsMixed Numbers and Improper fractionsPercents and decimalsRatios and cross productsGreatest common factorNegative numbers and number lines; coordinate planesAbsolute valuePowers and exponentsSolve simple algebraic equations using addition and subtraction, multiplication and divisionRounding and estimationOrder of operationsExpressionsDistributive propertyChecking solutionsInequalitiesVariablesGeometry: area of shapes, volumeProbability30 days free of EverywhereTeacher, but I haven't used that.

I bought this book to use as a review during the summer months when school was out. I found it easy to use due to the clear instructions and examples given before each topic. It had a good amount of problems to work but not to many that it was overwhelming to my kiddos. The answer key in the back was also a definite plus!

Good review to not lose skills over summer. Not too long so my kids agreed to do it. One per day was doable.

A great tool to reinforce or even introduce important math milestones for beginning 6th graders!

School Zone math book is very good my grandson learned a lots from all of their books. The math books are very great they really help him to learn his math a it explains things step by step.

Sixth grade math is actually quite straightforward and this Math Basics book kept it plain and simple! On a large whiteboard, I "teach" a lesson with the examples given on the page and then my daughter works through each problem (also on the whiteboard, as there is not space in the book for showing work).In my opinion, this is not a book for kids to work through on their own. There are opportunities for teaching the lesson to your child, and then your child getting the opportunity to practice the skill.We work through one page a day and it's enough to grasp the skills without overdoing it (as learners will see these skills again in the next math level - spiral learning!) All answers are provided in the back of the book.I homeschool both of my kids (and have taught public school for 12 years previous) and have tried a few different math programs (Go Math, Math Expressions, Singapore). We end up throwing out many of the pages due to redundancy or overcomplicating a skills. Really happy with Math basics and will keep using the other levels for my younger kids as well.

The practice lessons have been so helpful to me while I recover from my stroke. They increase increase in difficulty at appropriate timing.

good

Thanks so much it arrived really quickly and it’s an awesome book