New Wave Mental Maths Workbook 5th Class

New Wave Mental Maths is a series of seven workbooks written to provide a comprehensive and structured daily approach to learning and practising mental maths for classes from Senior Infants to 6th Class. With a fresh look and added features, the series has been updated to cover all mental maths-related strands and strand units of the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum. New Wave Mental Maths is designed to: encourage and develop mental calculation concepts and skills; constantly revise the different strands and strand units; develop and reinforce problem-solving strategies; develop and maintain speed of recall; and practise, consolidate, and reinforce mathematical vocabulary and language. About the 5th Class book In the 5th Class book, the number of questions per day increases from the 4th Class book, reflecting the expected advancement in the confidence and abilities of the pupils, as well as preparation for senior school. Advanced primary maths topics are introduced, including 24-hour times, positive and negative numbers, percentages, BIMDAS, improper and equivalent fractions, pie charts, and addition and subtraction of fractions. Features of the Series Easy-to-use weekly structure Modern design with more space and larger font ‘Monday Focus’ (1st to 4th Class) and ‘Weekly Focus’ (1st to 6th Class) sections that highlight a core concept or strategy practised throughout the week’s learning ‘Problem-solving’ column that encourages critical thinking and inquiry skills ‘Friday Review’ section to assess the week’s learning ‘Maths Talk’ column to facilitate class discussions ‘Vocabulary’ column to test mathematical terminology understanding ‘Word Cloud’ to support independent learning of vocabulary ‘Maths Facts’ to aid and consolidate learnt concepts ‘Online Portal’ for review of daily activities and answers on a classroom whiteboard