We love the Kumon series for maths!There are many sections in this book – review of fractions, exponents, order of operations, negative numbers, values of algebraic expressions, simplification of those expressions, solving equations (substitution method and addition/subtraction method), simultaneous linear equations and “applications” i.e. word problems and graphs (slope of a line).There is an initial step-wise explanation of how to solve equations, but after that you are on your own… which I love – use your head to figure it out! Answers are given at the end of each section, but without any explanations – which also we love – they exist only to determine whether you got it right or not – there is no spoon-feeding the answer.They are supposedly harder than the corresponding grade-level in Ontario – I do not know about that. Our daughter (grade 2) is fairly advanced in math for her age and she enjoys doing some sections out of these for fun – like puzzles.This is a workbook, not a textbook – there are many, many problems for solving – lots and lots of practice. There is enough space for solving (but you can always use scrap-paper if you need). The quality of the paper is good (much cheaper than printing stuff from free websites online – also, you don’t have to waste time searching; cheaper than the classes!).If the above is what you are looking for, definitely buy this book. You will not regret it.
