CONTINENTAL Math Skills, Concepts, Problem Solving Level H

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Grade 8

Bundle Includes:

Student Workbook
Answer Key

2-color - 128 pages
1 SEMESTER (half-year) Basal Math text

Each book addresses the strands identified in the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) report

Numbers and number sense (fractions, decimals, integers)
Patterns, functions, algebra
Problem solving and reasoning
Operation concepts
Geometry
Measurement
Statistics and probability
Provides carefully sequenced activities, including:
Guided computational procedures, building on concepts
Word problem analysis
Estimation strategies
Table, chart, and graph usage
Practical, real-life applications
Ratios and proportions
Finding elapsed time
Discounts and sales tax
Working with money
Finding perimeter, area, and volume
Emphasizes algebra and algebraic thinking

This fourth edition of Mathematics: Skills, Concepts, Problem Solving includes new features that reinforce recommended math skills for elementary and middle school grades.

It's the ideal support for NCTM Standards and most basal math texts.

Updated art and photos promote student engagement and enhance learning.

Updated word problems provide new practice opportunities.

Teacher's guides identify the NCTM focal points covered in each lesson.

Single-page lessons address the NCTM content strands:
Number and Operations
Algebra
Geometry
Measurement
Data Analysis and Probability

Students will grasp an understanding of key math skills using:
Sequenced, step-by-step activities
- Guided computational procedures build on previous concepts
- Word problem analysis
- Estimation strategies
- Table, chart, and graph usage
Practical real-life applications
- Ratios and proportions
- Finding elapsed time
- Discounts and sales tax
- Working with money
- Finding perimeter, area, and volume
NCTM process skills
- Problem Solving
- Reasoning and Proof
- Communication
- Connections
- Representation