Life of Fred: Decimals and Percents
This book covers the second half of the introduction to pre-algebra (after Life of Fred: Fractions). After this book you are ready for pre-algebra.
Read about one afternoon and evening in Fred's life in which he:
• Builds a robot
• Gets his first pet
• Learns why sea chanties are not popular in some boat rental stores
- Number Systems
- Adding and Subtracting Decimals
- Multiplying by Ten
- Functions and Inverse Functions
- Pi
- Multiplying Decimals
- Whole Numbers
- Squaring a Number
- Subtracting Mixed Units
- Sets and Subsets
- Union and Intersection of Sets
- Rules of Divisibility
- Division of Decimals
- Repeating Decimals
- Bar Graphs
- Prime and Composite Numbers
- Consecutive Numbers
- The Goldbach Conjecture
- Area of a Circle
- Dollars vs. Cents
- Pie Charts
- Conversion between Percents/ Fractions/Decimals
- 40% of 15
- 30% off
- Distance Equals Rate Times Time
- 15% more
- Area of a Triangle
- Square Roots
- Area of a Parallelogram
- 13 Is What Percent of 52
- Ratio
- Ordered Pairs
- Graphing
- Negative Numbers
- Elapsed Time
- Probability
- And more . . .
Unlike all other math programs, this one also teaches about:
• When Lincoln used the vigesimal system
• When robots have tea parties
• How flossing helped Fred to read books in bed at night
The answers are included in the textbook.
- Age Level = 10 and up
- Book Author = Stanley F. Schmidt
- Book Material = Hardback
- Book Publisher = Polka Dot Publishing
- Book Series = Life of Fred Pre-Algebra
- Copyright = c2020
- Grade Level = 5th and up
- Condition = New
Item ID: 1132
Category: Middle School