Explore common math problems in ways that relate to everyday life: calculating tips and taxes, comparing prices, figuring out volume and area, and even counting calories.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know
- Using the exercise files
- Why practice mental math?
- Estimation in mental math
- Order of operations
- What are decimals?
- What are fractions?
- Operations with fractions
- Percent basics
- Working with percents
- Ratios and proportions
- Understanding translation
- Applying translation
- Solving equations
- Reading graphs
- Exponents and square roots
- Perimeter and area
- Volume
- Comparing prices of different-sized products
- Calculating average price
- Scaling a recipe
- Calculating rates
- Calorie counting
- Area and perimeter
- Volume
- Basic probability
- Arrangements and groups
- Next steps
Taught by
Vince Kotchian
