Books with author Maria Miller

Please note: This version has grayscale (black-and-white) interior pages.Math Mammoth Grade 5-A is the student worktext for the first half of 5th grade mathematics studies.The book starts out with a study of whole numbers and their operations. Students review multi-digit-multiplication and learn long division with two-digit divisors. We also review divisibility and prime factorization from fourth grade.In the second chapter, the focus is on large numbers and using a calculator. This is the first time a calculator is introduced in Math Mammoth complete curriculum — thus far, all calculations have been done with mental math or with paper and pencil. I want students to learn to be critical in their use of the calculator and use it with good judgment. Every exercise where calculator use is allowed is marked with a little picture of a calculator.The third chapter is about equations and problem solving. We study simple equations with the help of a balance and bar models. The main goal is to get students used to the concept of an equation and what it means to solve an equation. Students also solve a fair amount of word problem with the help of the visual bar model.The fourth chapter is about decimals and some of the operations with decimals (the rest will be studied in chapter 6, in book 5-B). Fifth grade is the time when students learn all the basic operations with decimals. In this chapter, we focus on place value with decimals, addition and subtraction of decimals, and multiplication and division of decimals by whole numbers. Multiplying decimals by decimals and dividing decimals by decimals is covered in chapter 6.In chapter 5 we study graphing in a coordinate grid, line and bar graphs, and average and mode. Today’s world has become increasingly complex with lots of data presented in the media, so our children need a good grasp of statistical graphs to be able to make sense of all of that information.The rest of the 5th grade topics are covered in the 5-B student worktext.

Times New Roman is a true account of lifelong dreams to live abroad, experience another culture, complete an education and alter two career paths. When Martha first met John she overheard him musing about quitting his job and living in a box on a beach in Mexico. She was immediately skeptical, but secretly intrigued. Fast forward two years and they are enjoying their honeymoon in Mexico. Before marrying, they had discussed the “box on the beach” idea endlessly. The “box” was upgraded to a more stable dwelling and European countries were included in their pool of choices. They had enough money saved to bum around for a while, but then what? John was 42 and Martha was 37, too old to throw caution to the wind, too young to retire. Martha wanted to live somewhere and not feel like a tourist in city after city. She wanted to know her neighbors and understand what their lives were like. They needed a plan that would allow them to experience another culture, but also prepare them for future earnings. In Times New Roman, you will learn what that plan entailed, how they decided where to go and how they funded it themselves. Using their experiences as a backdrop, Times New Roman focuses on modern life in the Eternal City. By adapting their lifestyle, they learned how to live, eat, shop, cook and dress as the Romans do. And either through osmosis or out of necessity, they picked up some Italian behaviors they never expected.

Math Mammoth Grade 4-B worktext is the student book for the latter half of grade 4 mathematics studies. This is the full color version. Being a worktext means that the book contains both the instruction and all the exercises and problems.In this book, Math Mammoth Grade 4-B, we first study division. The focus is on learning long division, using division in word problems, and studying factors and divisibility.In the chapter on geometry, we first review area and perimeter, and then concentrate on the topic of angles. Students measure and draw angles, solve simple unknown angle problems, and classify triangles according to their angles. They also study parallel and perpendicular lines.Fractions and decimals are presented last. These two chapters teach and practice only some of the operations with fractions and decimals. The focus is still on building conceptual understanding of these concepts as a foundation towards 5th grade, when fraction and decimal arithmetic will be in focus.

Math Mammoth Grade 3-B Worktext is the student book for the latter half of grade 3, and part of the Math Mammoth Grade 3 complete curriculum. This book covers place value with 4-digit numbers, geometry, measuring, concept of division, and fractions. The worktext contains both the necessary instruction and the problems & exercises (the 'text' & and the 'work'; thus a "worktext"), and is fairly self-teaching. The curriculum meets and exceeds the Common Core standards. Please note this is a student worktext and does not contain the answers. The answer key book is available separately.

Math Mammoth Grade 7 Review Workbook is intended to give students a thorough review of seventh grade math, following the main areas of Common Core Standards for grade 7 mathematics and typical pre-algebra study topics. So, this workbook is both a pre-algebra review workbook as well as grade 7 math review workbook.The workbook has both topical as well as mixed (spiral) review worksheets, and includes both topical tests and a comprehensive end-of-the-year test. The tests can also be used as review worksheets, instead of tests. You can use this workbook for various purposes: for summer math practice, to keep the child from forgetting math skills during other break times, to prepare students who are going into eighth grade or algebra 1, or to give seventh grade students extra practice during the school year. The topics reviewed in this workbook are:algebra integersone-step equationsrational numbersequations and inequalitiesratios and proportionspercentgeometryPythagorean Theorem probabilitystatisticsIn addition to the topical reviews and tests, the workbook also contains many cumulative (spiral) review pages.The answer key is included at the back of the workbook. The content for these is taken from the Math Mammoth Grade 7 Complete Curriculum. However, the content follows a typical pre-algebra course, so this workbook can be used no matter which math curriculum you follow. Please note this workbook does not contain lessons or instruction for the topics. It is not intended for initial teaching. It also will not work if the student needs to completely re-study these topics (the student has not learned the topics at all). For that purpose, please consider the Math Mammoth Grade 7 Complete Curriculum, which has all the necessary instruction and lessons.

Times New Roman is a true account of lifelong dreams to live abroad, experience another culture, complete an education and alter two career paths. When Martha first met John she overheard him musing about quitting his job and living in a box on a beach in Mexico. She was immediately skeptical, but secretly intrigued. Fast forward two years and they are enjoying their honeymoon in Mexico. Before marrying, they had discussed the “box on the beach” idea endlessly. The “box” was upgraded to a more stable dwelling and European countries were included in their pool of choices. They had enough money saved to bum around for a while, but then what? John was 42 and Martha was 37, too old to throw caution to the wind, too young to retire. Martha wanted to live somewhere and not feel like a tourist in city after city. She wanted to know her neighbors and understand what their lives were like. They needed a plan that would allow them to experience another culture, but also prepare them for future earnings. In Times New Roman, you will learn what that plan entailed, how they decided where to go and how they funded it themselves. Using their experiences as a backdrop, Times New Roman focuses on modern life in the Eternal City. By adapting their lifestyle, they learned how to live, eat, shop, cook and dress as the Romans do. And either through osmosis or out of necessity, they picked up some Italian behaviors they never expected.

Some students benefit from spiral review, and that is exactly what Math Mammoth Grade 6 Skills Review Workbook offers! It has been designed to complement the lessons in Math Mammoth Grade 6 complete curriculum, providing spiral review of the concepts in the Grade 6 curriculum.Math Mammoth Grade 6 Skills Review Workbook is divided into chapters, which correspond to the chapters in Math Mammoth Grade 6 curriculum. It is meant to be used during the school year, alongside the main curriculum. Spiral reviewing means that after a particular concept or skill has been studied in the main curriculum, it is then reviewed repeatedly over time in several different worksheets of this book.You can choose exactly when to use the worksheets within the chapter, and how many of them to use. Not all students need all of these worksheets to help them keep their math skills fresh, so please vary the amount of worksheets you assign your student(s) according to their need.Each worksheet is designed to be one page, and includes a variety of exercises in a fun way without becoming too long and tedious. Please see the sample file (PDF) to get a good idea of what the worksheets look like.The problems and exercises in this book are completely new and different from any other Math Mammoth series of books.The answer key is available as a separate book.

On August 23, 1877, a scout named Jack Bean watched 600 Nez Perce Indians head into the new Yellowstone National Park. Bean rushed 60 miles to the nearest telegraph office to tell the army where the Indians were going. He didn’t take time to warn tourists who were visiting the park that was then a roadless wilderness. The Indians flight for freedom is a touchstone of the history of the American West, so most people know about their 1,200-mile running battle with the army that ended just forty miles from the Canadian border and freedom. However few know the stories of the confrontations between the Nez Perce and park tourists. Encounters in Yellowstone tells about those thrilling adventures: Emma Cowan’s watching Indians shoot her husband in the head and then taking her captive; Andrew Weikert’s blazing gun battles when he tries to rescue friends missing after an Indian attack, and George Cowan’s six-mile crawl to get help after he was shot three times and left for dead. The book tells these and other true stories with all the detail and drama of fiction.