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Introducing
MATHEMATICS Kim Freeman
Mighty Math, Beginner Mathematician Book 5, Introducing Mathematics
Author, Kim Freeman
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Every child wants to play in the afternoon and get rid of the cares of the school
day. However if a parent provides a place and a time for learning or for going over
homework, they will be surprised to find that their child quickly adapts and will
actually look forward each day to the experience.
Most children will need to be encouraged to start an activity, however do not force
them. Help them start by reading through and explaining any instructions. Reward
their efforts with more encouragement. Above all, instill an enjoyment of math and
its challenges. Success and confidence in any subject inevitably lead to an
enjoyment of learning. We hope that you and your child have fun as they learn with
the Mighty Math series. At Mahobe, we certainly had fun putting it all together
for you.
One
1 sandcastle
Write the number one.
Two
2 seagulls
Write the number two.
2
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Three
3 keys
Four
4 ice creams
Write the number four.
4
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Five
5 flowers
Write the number five.
Six
6 pens
Write the number six.
6
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Seven
7 drinks
Write the number seven.
Eight
8 bottles
Write the number eight.
8
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Nine
9 umbrellas
Write the number nine.
Ten
10 ducks
Write the number ten.
10
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One
1 pumpkin
Write the number one.
2
How many bottles?
3
How many ice-cream sundaes?
4
How many kiwis?
5
How many whales?
How dolphins?
6
How many mosquitoes?
How caterpillars?
7
How many cats?
How donkeys?
8
How many spades?
How brooms?
9
How many rulers?
How staplers?
10
How many circles?
How triangles?
7 2 5
4
9
1 6 8
0 3 10
1 three 6 eight
2 five 7 six
3 four 8 seven
4 one 9 ten
5 two 10 nine
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Counting Up To Five.
Fill in the circles with , 1234 5
, , or .
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
eleven thirteen twenty
twelve
nineteen
eighteen seventeen
fifteen sixteen fourteen
How many?
Write the number in each box.
20 19
1
18
2
3 17
4 16
5
6 15
7 14
8 13
12
9
11
10
13 14
15
12
11
17
19 16
20 18
9 8
12 11
10
14
13
17 15 16
8 5 7
6 4
12 9
10
13 11
1 2 3 4
8 9
5 6
8
5 3
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Ordering Numbers.
Fill in all the empty boxes.
1 3
8 9
5 4
2 8
1 7
4
8 7
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Bigger / Smaller Numbers.
Circle the number that is larger.
3 5
6 2
8 4
3 7
9 12
5 1
6 10
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Bigger / Smaller Numbers.
Circle the number that is larger.
7 3
5 1
4 6
9 12
10 2
11 8
4 7
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Bigger / Smaller Numbers.
Circle the number that is smaller.
5 3
4 7
6 1
2 4
8 11
10 6
5 9
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Bigger / Smaller Numbers.
Circle the number that is smaller.
10 12
6 8
9 5
11 7
2 4
3 1
7 8
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Bigger / Smaller Numbers.
Circle the Circle the
biggest number. smallest number.
4 2 5 8 5 1
6 1 3 2 4 6
2 10 8 3 11 9
7 12 5 10 2 7
9 3 7 9 8 5
4 2 6 12 1 6
10 1 8 4 11 5
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Add One More.
Count the spots on each card then write a sum for
one more.
3+1=4
......................... ......................... .........................
5+2=7
......................... ......................... .........................
3+..........=7
5+..........=7
1+..........=7
6+..........=7
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Addition.
Count the triangles and circles on each card then add.
3 2 5
+ =
7
+ =
+ =
+ =
3 5 8
............+3=10
............+7=10
5+............=10
............+2=10
............+8=10
6+............=10
4+............=10
............+9=10
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Subtraction.
Complete the Subtractions.
Ice creams
XXXX
XX
Cakes
Ice Cream
X
Sundaes
Eggs
X
XXXXX
Slices of
Bread
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Subtraction.
Complete the Subtractions.
Pens
X
Pencils
XX
Rulers
XXX
XX
Sharpeners
X X X X
Staplers
XXXX
Complete the Subtractions.
Umbrellas
X XXX X
Clothes
Hangers
X
Keys
Spades
XX
XX X X
Buckets
XX X
Complete the Subtractions.
Tents
Lawn Mowers
XX
X XX
Bicycles
XXX XX
Stools
X X XX
Arm Chairs
10-3=.......... 6-2=..........
12-7=.......... 7-4=..........
11-5=..........
9-4=..........
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Subtraction.
Subtract spots from each of the cards.
6-2=..........
3-2=..........
9-2=..........
2-2=..........
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Addition.
Draw 7 more rectangles.
How many rectangles do you have now?
0 1 3 10
Count the cherries.
12-4=..........
12-7=..........
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Adding and Subtracting.
There were 12 beads on each piece of string.
Some beads have fallen off.
Write a subtraction sum for each.
12-5=..........
12-9=..........
Complete the numbers in the number line.
1 4 10
Left Right
Use the number line to show where you end up if:
..........+..........=..........
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Adding.
11+2=13
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
9+2=............ 15+2=............
7+2=............ 10+2=............
14+2=............ 9+2=............
18+2=............ 12+2=............
5+2=............ 17+2=............
Complete these addition strips.
add 10 5 13 9 6 16 8 17 12
3 13
add 12 7 14 10 16 11 9 13 15
4 16
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Adding.
13+3=16
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
7+4=............ 9+3=............
12+4=............ 16+2=............
11+3=............ 14+5=............
13+4=............ 18+2=............
15+4=............ 13+2=............
Complete these addition strips.
add 10 5 13 9 6 14 8 1 12
5 15
add 12 7 14 10 16 11 9 13 15
2 14
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Adding.
8+6=14
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
9+4=............ 14+5=............
8+4=............ 12+6=............
11+5=............ 13+4=............
10+6=............ 12+7=............
15+5=............ 14+6=............
Write down the total of the numbers on each pair
of cards.
7 5 10 4
6 6 17 3
12 4 13 5
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Adding.
12+8=20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
12 9 15
10 13 16
14 18 20
Complete these additions.
6+8=............ 8+8=............
9+9=............ 10+7=............
11+7=............ 8+7=............
5+5=............ 13+6=............
7+8=............
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Adding.
Draw spots on the blank cards to make the totals.
+ =12 + =10
+ =15 + =14
+ =11 + =13
Complete these additions.
7+5=............ 18+1=............
9+8=............ 13+7=............
6+7=............ 10+8=............
5+9=............ 12+5=............
2+12=............ 4+11=............
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Addition.
The following pyramids are formed by adding each
of the numbers in the blocks below it. 6+5=11
Therefore 11
becomes 2+4=66 5 4+1=5
2 4 1 2 4 1
Complete these pyramids.
6 4 3 5 2 7 4 4
2 1 3 4 2 5 2 2 5
Complete these additions.
5+3=............ 7+8=............
3+9=............ 4+5=............
14+4=............ 12+7=............
9+7=............ 2+11=............
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Arithmetic.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 + =5 4 + =7
+ 3=13 + 2=15
6 + =12 11 + =16
+ 4=10 + 4=18
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Subtraction.
9-2=7
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
9-2=............ 15-2=............
7-2=............ 10-2=............
14-2=............ 9-2=............
18-2=............ 12-2=............
5-2=............ 17-2=............
Complete these subtraction strips.
subtract10 5 13 9 6 16 8 17 12
3 7
subtract 12 7 14 10 16 11 9 13 15
4 8
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Subtraction.
15-3=12
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
15-3=............ 17-3=............
13-4=............ 12-2=............
16-5=............ 9-5=............
14-4=............ 18-2=............
11-5=............ 10-3=............
Complete these subtraction strips.
10 5 13 9 6 14 8 1 12
subtract
3 7
12 7 14 10 16 11 9 13 15
subtract
4 8
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Subtraction.
13-6=7
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
13-6=............ 15-5=............
10-4=............ 12-6=............
14-5=............ 18-4=............
19-6=............ 16-5=............
17-5=............ 11-6=............
Subtract the smaller number from the bigger.
The answer is called the difference.
7 5 10 4
6 6 17 3
12 4 13 5
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Subtraction.
12-2=10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
12 2 15 16
10 13 19
18 14 20
Complete these subtractions.
12-5=............ 8-8=............
19-6=............ 11-7=............
16-7=............ 18-5=............
15-8=............ 13-6=............
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20-5=............ 14-8=............
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Subtraction.
Write the difference between the heights of each pair of
blocks.
10 - =5 14 - =8
- 2=13 - 3=15
16 - =12 11 - =10
- 4=10 - 2=18
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Subtraction.
Draw spots on the cards to make these totals.
+ = 12 - =8
+ =9 - =5
+ = 13 - = 14
Complete these sums by writing in the missing sign.
5 7=12 5 3=2
12 2=10 2 5=7
10 5=5 8 4=4
7 4=11 4 6=10
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Describing Groups of Objects.
2 rows of ..........
.......... 5 .......... rows of ..........
10
Total = .......... Total =..........
Total = ..........
4 rows of 5
2 rows of 6
3 rows of 3
8 rows of 3 1 row of 4
2 rows of 9
6 frying pans.
2 eggs in each pan.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
0 2 4
1ø2= 2ø2= 3ø2=
4ø2= 5ø2= 6ø2=
7ø2= 8ø2=
9 hens.
Each hen had 2 eggs.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
0 3
1ø3= 2ø3= 3ø3=
4ø3= 5ø3= 6ø3=
7ø3=
1 stool legs
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
0 4
1ø4= 2ø4= 3ø4=
4ø4= 5ø4=
1 table legs
2ø3=............
3ø2=............
4ø2=............ 2ø4=............
1ø5=............
5ø1=............
4ø3=............ 3ø4=............
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Multiplication Tables.
Complete the pictures then write the missing products.
5ø4=............
4ø5=............
6ø2=............
2ø6=............
3ø5=............
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5ø3=............
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Dividing By Two.
4 flowers in a vase.
Divide the flowers into 2 vases.
3
6÷2=............ 10÷2=............
4÷2=............ 8÷2=............
12÷2=............ 16÷2=............
20÷2=............ 2÷2=............
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Dividing By Three and Four.
=
6÷3=............
9÷3=............ 12÷3=............
15÷3=............ 18÷3=............
12÷4=............
8÷4=............ 16÷4=............
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Dividing By Three and Four.
Divide each number by 3.
12 3 9 15 6
8 16 4 12
6÷3=............ 12÷2=............
8÷4=............ 9÷3=............
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10÷2=............ 12÷4=............
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MightY Math BEGINNER MATHEMATICIAN for 4 - 6 year olds
The MIGHTY MATH series is a structured, easy-to-follow series of fun activities designed
to stimulate and challenge.
Beginner Mathematician (for 4 - 6 year olds), look for the RED books.
Developing Mathematician for (5 - 7 year olds), look for the YELLOW books.
Advancing Mathematician for (6 - 8 year olds), look for the BLUE books.
Maturing Mathematician for (7 - 9 year olds), look for the GREEN books.
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