Workbook 1 (New Wave Mental Maths Book 1: Daily Activity Workbook)

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By teaching mental maths in primary school, you are equipping pupils with a valuable skill that will serve them throughout their lives. Includes problem-solving questions to develop pupils’ ability to make choices, interpret, formulate, and communicate solutions effectively. Sequential development and consolidation of core maths concepts and precise maths language used throughout for pupils to regularly encounter and understand the vocabulary of maths. I use Mental Maths daily and love the fact that there is a mixture of concepts in each test. This means concepts are being continually reviewed. Patricia Murphy With over 20 years of research and continuous development, our bestselling New Wave Mental Maths series is still the best mathematics practice resource for the modern classroom. Visually rich and engaging, New Wave Mental Maths provides daily maths practice to increase students’ fluency and automaticity in all three maths strands. Have a closer look and find out how they can make a difference in your school today.

New wave mental maths is a huge hit in our school. Mornings run so smoothly in each class as children just take out their mental maths and get started themselves. It is extremely child friendly and covers the various strands of the curriculum well. Pupils learn a lot before they even come across it in their core maths book. Children love their new wave mental maths. Cant wait to try out its sister book in the grammar one. Laura Quinlan By using strategies and encouraging regular practice, your pupils will develop strong mental maths abilities in no time.

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For the time questions if you put in digital to be changed to analogue, 12 hr to change to 24 hr + so on to suit ability levels and add variety e.g. 1/4 hr = ( ) mins , so past 2 = ( 2: ) provides a variety of mental problems in a number of contexts in all Australian Curriculum Mathematics strands Tús maith, leath na hoibre - a good start is half the work. This is certainly the case for the New Wave Mental Maths series. It is an excellent warm-up activity at the start of a Maths lesson and it is also a useful way for pupils to continuously review all of the strands of the Maths curriculum. It provides a structured approach to develop pupils' mental maths skills and is a valuable addition to a class booklist as a result. Linda McMahon

The New Wave Mental Maths books are suitable for Senior Infants all the way up to 6th Class pupils. Mental Maths is a wonderful resource for any teacher. I can't recommend it highly enough.There is never enough time in a teacher's day for all the topics we not alone have to introduce and teach but we also have to constantly revise. Mental maths takes some of the pressure off for revision. It also times the introduction of new topics really well. I have used it for many years and hope to continue to use it for many more! Gillian Connolly We currently use New Wave Mental Maths throughout the school. It is very popular with our children (as per a recent survey!) and it provides great graded exercise of each topic throughout the year. Super for revision and a very good structured approach to the exercises. Joan-Marie Healy New Wave Mental Maths is a fantastic resource covering all aspects of the maths curriculum. The layout of daily exercises is fantastic for revision and introduction of topics. The workbook is ideal for in class instruction and also perfect for homework. An invaluable resource!! Ann CumiskeyThe series is comprised of six pupil workbooks which aim to provide comprehensive coverage of mental maths concepts required by the primary school mathematics curriculum. New Wave Mental Maths provides a valuable resource to support teachers in the classroom, helping pupils to develop essential skills that will underpin their success in all areas of maths. I use New Wave Mental Maths each year in First and Second Classes for homework Monday-Thursday. There are 10 questions each night. Students are able to answer most of the questions by themselves and there are one or two challenging questions each night. We do the Friday box in school on Fridays. This shows me how well the student has grasped the new concepts. Well laid out book.. Sinéad Murphy With over twenty years of research and continuous development, this bestselling series is still the ultimate mathematics practice resource for the modern classroom. Visually rich and engaging, New Wave Mental Maths provides daily practice to increase pupils’ fluency and automaticity across all maths strands. Daily practice of mathematics with a spiral learning approach to consolidate and improve pupils’ skill level.

sequential development of mathematical concepts and vocabulary, and opportunities for weekly assessment and monitoring of student progress with the Friday review Friday review now easier to access with questions colour-coded for each strand. Great for the student and great for teacher marking and evaluating the student’s knowledge Includes a daily review of mental maths concepts. Aptly challenges and assesses pupil's levels of understanding. A useful resource which is very beneficial for children to consolidate mathematical knowledge. Gillian Fitz-Gerald Mental maths answers are available to view online with New Wave Mental Maths Online. Create an online account to access answers. I myself am a student and personally love math and this book has really helped me devolp new skills in Math AnonymousThe New Wave Mental Math's are a great resource for keeping recent topics in the children's minds and getting them to continually practice them while also introducing them gradually to newer topics they may not have me yet with me. Personally, I use it as a great homework resource and find they love it too! Sarah Mccabe Maths assessment is provided through the online portal, allowing teachers to record pupils' progression. The mathematical skills and concepts covered in each book are based on the Irish Primary School Mathematics Curriculum. A preview book is available to view online for a more in-depth review of the mental maths concepts covered in each book.