This is a SMSG geometry text for elementary teachers. This volume has been prepared to help elementary teachers develop a sufficient subject matter competence in the mathematics of the elementary school program. The editors feel that elementary teachers need a thorough discussion of all the materials they might teach in grades 4, 5, and 6, from a…

This document provides supplementary chapters for junior high school students studying SMSG or SMSG-type mathematics. Chapters include: (1) Sets; (2) Special Figures in Project Geometry; (3) Repeating Decimals and Tests for Divisibility; (4) Open and Closed Paths; (5) Finite Differences; (6) Recent Information on Primes; and (7) Games. Each…

This is part one of a two-part SMSG mathematics text for junior high school students. Key ideas emphasized are structure of arithmetic from an algebraic viewpoint, the real number system, and metric and non-metric relations in geometry. Topics included are numbers; cardinal numbers; geometry of lines, points, and planes; geometry of angles,…

This is part two of a two-part SMSG mathematics text for junior high school students. Key ideas emphasized are structure of arithmetic from an algebraic viewpoint, the real number system, and metric and non-metric relations in geometry. Included are chapters on the rational number system; parallels, parallelograms, triangles, and right prisms;…

This sixth unit in the SMSG junior high mathematics series is a student text covering the following topics: permutations and selections; probability; similar triangles and variation; non-metric geometry; volumes and surface areas; the sphere; and unsolved problems in mathematics. (DT)

This is part one of a two-part SMSG mathematics text for junior high school students. Key ideas emphasized are structure of arithmetic from an algebraic viewpoint, the real number system as a progressing development, and metric and non-metric relations in geometry. Chapter topics include number line and coordinates, equations, scientific notation,…

This is part two of a two-part SMSG mathematics text for junior high school students. Key ideas emphasized are structure of arithmetic from an algebraic viewpoint, the real number system as a progressing development, and metric and non-metric relations in geometry. Chapter topics include real numbers, similar triangles, variation, polyhedrons,…

This first unit in the SMSG's junior high mathematics series is a student text covering the following topics: what is mathematics?; numeration; whole numbers; non-metric geometry; factoring and primes; the rational number system; measurement; and area, volume, weight, and time. (DT)

The second unit in the SMSG series for junior high school mathematics is a student text covering the following topics: ratios, percents, and decimals; parallels, parallelograms, triangles, and right prisms; circles; mathematical systems; statistics and graphs; and mathematics in science. (DT)

This fifth unit in the SMSG junior high mathematics series is a student text covering the following topics: rational numbers and coordinates; equations; scientific notation, decimals, and the metric system; constructions, congruent triangles, and the Pythagorean property; relative error; and real numbers. (DT)