Booklets
If you need specific information on a particular mathematical topic then you will find it here. Most of the booklets are 50 pages or more of concentrated explanations and exercises to practise. Visit this section often as it will be continually updated with booklets being revised and added to each month.
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The Whizz Kids Worksheets
Mighty Maths is a structured series of workbooks written by New Zealand's premier mathematics author Kim Freeman. This is the first book in the Mighty Maths series for 9 - 12 year olds. Inside this book there are 30 pages of basic number work. Students should try and complete one sheet per session then plot their progress on the graph at the back of the book. The pages are fun and reinforce and supplement what is being covered at school. -
Working With Numbers
Mighty Maths is a structured series of workbooks written by New Zealand's premier mathematics author Kim Freeman. This is the second book in the 9-12 year olds series. It is primarily concerned with number work to help students develop a better understanding of and skill with numbers. After working through these fun pages, students will have gained in confidence in both mental arithmetic and the use of a calculator. -
Stepping Up to Harder Numbers
Mighty Maths is a structured series of workbooks written by New Zealand's premier mathematics author Kim Freeman. This is the third book in the 9-12 year olds series which covers all strands of the NZ Mathematics Curriculum. This particular book is primarily concerned with exercises on fractions, percentages, decimals, squares and square roots. The book is essential in nurturing further confidence and understanding in computational methods. All the sheets are designed to encourage a continued and creative interest in Mathematics. -
AS90148 Sketch and Interpret Graphs
This booklet is designed for the NCEA Level 1 Achievement Standard for graphs and covers both straight line graphs and quadratic graphs. It shows how to find the equation of a linear graph and a parabola. There are specific achievement, merit and excellence examples and exercises along with a practice examination based on a previous external paper. -
AS90153 Geometric Reasoning
This booklet is designed for the NCEA Level 1 Achievement Standard for geometry and covers all the geometric facts and figures such as angles on a straight line, within a triangle, angles within a polygon and within a circle. There are specific achievement, merit and excellence examples and exercises along with a practice examination based on a previous external paper. -
AS90151 Number Problems
This booklet is designed for the NCEA Level 1 Achievement Standard for number problems and covers covers percentages, GST, standard form, ratios and accuracy. There are specific achievement, merit and excellence examples and exercises along with a practice examination based on a previous external paper.
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AS90152 Solve Right Angled Triangles
This booklet is designed for the NCEA Level 1 Achievement Standard for graphs and teaches how to find unknown side lengths and angles of right angled triangles. There are specific achievement, merit and excellence examples and exercises along with a practice examination based on a previous external paper.
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AS90194 Determine Probabilities
This booklet is designed for the NCEA Level 1 Achievement Standard for probability and covers probabilities in a range of situations, tree diagrams and how to use them. There are specific achievement, merit and excellence examples and exercises along with a practice examination based on a previous external paper. -
Time Series
The NCEA Level 3 Mathematics course has a Time Series Achievement Standard that has an internal assessment component. Students are required to collect data, present all the relevant time series information and then make predictions on the future direction of the data. This booklet presents boht the Additive Model for Time Series data and the Least Squares Method for the calculations. There are also two exemplars. These are internal assessments that both received excellence for their writers. It gives you an example of how to structure an excellent internal assessment survery. -
Family Maths
Every family should have a "Mathematics Night". We know that there are many home schoolers and parents who receive our newsletter. Mathematics does not have to be that dreaded subject that we want to forget from our school days. Family maths can help to promote a love of maths and will help make maths fun through positive attitudes, games and activities that use key mathematical concepts. Attitude is everything and a parent can help with positive attitudes by being interested and helping gain mathematical success in math. This booklet is full of strategies, ideas, games and suggestions for you to help make mathematics more meaningful and most of all fun! It is ideal for ages 3 - 8.
