APSMO

Australian Edition. 2006. Reprinted with corrections 2010.

ISBN : 978-0-9757316-1-1
290 pages


"A most valuable resource book"

This enriching book has nearly 300 pages of creative, stimulating and mentally invigorating thoughts and ideas on a multitude of teaching techniques and problem strategies for mathematics.

It extends primary school mathematics through non-routine topics such as those listed below. It has many practice examples and also has a bank of Olympiad problems and their solutions. It is a definite must for all school reference libraries and for any teacher's personal shelves.

Chapter Headings Include:

• Teaching Problem Solving
• Problem Solving Strategies
• Number Patterns
• Factors and Multiples
• Tests for Divisibility
• Fractions
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Logic
• Trains, Books, Clocks and Things

The book is aimed at the teaching of problem solving to students in school Years 4 to 8, but is suitable for anyone wishing to improve their problem solving abilities.

It is organised into several sections:

• Part A : Discusses techniques for teaching problem solving
• Part B : Highlights strategies used to solve problems
• Part C : The heart of the book. It consists of seven sections, each containing from four to eight topics. Each of the 37 model problems and its solution leads into a detailed discussion of a concept or algorithm. Each concept then is expanded or extended, using as many as 13 wide-ranging problems. Topics include: assorted number patterns; factors and multiples; tests of divisibility; fractions; geometry and measurement; algebraic problems done without algebra; cryptarithms; logic; and Venn diagrams.
• Part D : Solutions to Parts A and B
• Part E : Solutions to Part C
• Part F : Appendicies including Basic Information, Angle-Measures in Polygons, Pythagorean Theorem, Working with Exponents, Divisibility Rules, Sequences and Series
• Part G : Index

Each topic is explored in depth. Each point made in the book is supported by a wealth of challenging problems, with complete, detailed solutions.

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WAHROONGA NSW 2076
AUSTRALIA

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