Introduction 1 Part 1: Securing the Foundation 5 Chapter 1: Parent, Provider, and Now, Math Teacher 7 Chapter 2: Adding to What They Already Know 13 Chapter 3: Subtracting Any Knowledge Gaps 31 Chapter 4: Multiplying Their Multiplication Skills 49 Chapter 5: Divide and Conquer 67 Chapter 6: Mastering Fractions 83 Chapter 7: The Point of Decimals 101 Chapter 8: Prime Time Factors 119 Part 2: Sailing through Sixth-Grade Math 129 Chapter 9: Getting Around Shapes 131 Chapter 10: Working with Numbers Less than Zero 143 Chapter 11: Starting with Simple Statistics 161 Chapter 12: Making Sense of Ratios 185 Chapter 13: Working with Exponents 195 Chapter 14: Getting Started with Algebra 207 Chapter 15: Calculating and Applying Percentages 225 Chapter 16: Making Sense of the Metric System 239 Part 3: Succeeding at Seventh-Grade Math 247 Chapter 17: Revisiting Ratios with Unit Rates 249 Chapter 18: Converting Fractions to Decimals 255 Chapter 19: Properties of Operations 261 Chapter 20: The Geometry of Angles 269 Chapter 21: Statistics Aren't Perfect 283 Chapter 22: Introducing Probabilities 291 Part 4: Graduating to Eighth-Grade Math 303 Chapter 23: Solving Two-Variable Expressions 305 Chapter 24: Numbers, Like People, Aren't Always Rational 315 Chapter 25: Raising the Status with Exponents 319 Chapter 26: Calculating a Line's Slope and Intercept 335 Chapter 27: Circling Back to Geometry 351 Chapter 28: Taking Another Chance on Probability and Statistics 365 Part 5: The Part of Tens 383 Chapter 29: Ten Types of Mathematics 385 Chapter 30: Ten Things to Consider before High School 389 Index 393.