Understanding numbers in elementary school mathematics / Hung-Hsi Wu

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Hongxi, 1940-

Series:

Miscellaneous Books, v. 79

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Number concept--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Number concept.

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Providence, R.I. American Mathematical Society [2011]

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Contents:

Chapter 1. Place value Chapter 2. The basic laws of operations Chapter 3. The standard algorithms Chapter 4. The addition algorithm Chapter 5. The subtraction algorithm Chapter 6. The multiplication algorithm Chapter 7. The long division algorithm Chapter 8. The number line and the four operations revisited Chapter 9. What is a number? Chapter 10. Some comments on estimation Chapter 11. Numbers in base $b$ Chapter 12. Definitions of fraction and decimal Chapter 13. Equivalent fractions and FFFP Chapter 14. Addition of fractions and decimals Chapter 15. Equivalent fractions: further applications Chapter 16. Subtraction of fractions and decimals Chapter 17. Multiplication of fractions and decimals Chapter 18. Division of fractions Chapter 19. Complex fractions Chapter 20. Percent Chapter 21. Fundamental Assumption of School Mathematics (FASM) Chapter 22. Ratio and rate Chapter 23. Some interesting word problems Chapter 24. On the teaching of fractions in elementary school Chapter 25. The (two-sided) number line Chapter 26. A different view of rational numbers Chapter 27. Adding and subtracting rational numbers Chapter 28. Adding and subtracting rational numbers redux Chapter 29. Multiplying rational numbers Chapter 30. Dividing rational numbers Chapter 31. Ordering rational numbers Chapter 32. Divisibility rules Chapter 33. Primes and divisors Chapter 34. The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic (FTA) Chapter 35. The Euclidean algorithm Chapter 36. Applications Chapter 37. Pythagorean triples Chapter 38. Why finite decimals are important Chapter 39. Review of finite decimals Chapter 40. Scientific notation Chapter 41. Decimals Chapter 42. Decimal expansions of fractions

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012

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Print version: Wu, Hongxi, 1940- Understanding numbers in elementary school mathematics /

ISBN:

9781470412104

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