New Wave Mental Maths is a best-selling series written to consolidate students’ mathematical understanding through comprehensive and structured daily mental maths practice. The series supports learning for curricula across Australia, and has been revised to meet the proficiencies of the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0, covering Understanding, Fluency, Problem-solving, and Reasoning. The workbook is designed to ensure students: practise mental calculation concepts and skills across all strands consolidate their understanding of mathematical topics and vocabulary reinforce their learning through self-guided revision of pre-taught concepts. New to this edition is the ‘Strand Activity’ section, which provides students the space to apply critical thinking and inquiry skills to worded problems or activities, such as games. Designed for flexible use in the classroom, these colour-coded questions link to the curriculum strands: blue for Number, purple for Algebra, green for Measurement, orange for Space, and red for Statistics. The ‘Maths Facts’, located at the back of the workbook, support student learning through visual representation of mathematical concepts. The goal of this series is to encourage students to practise mental calculations every day, supporting their future in a world that is full of maths. Book A Features First revision in a long time. A day per page, with between 2-7 questions per day and lots of clean space. Lots of supportive and engaging artwork, including authentic Aboriginal artwork created by Melinda Brown. Question 1 of each week builds supplementary number knowledge and improves motor skills with tracing and saying. This encourages regular practice and the reinforcement that supports the student in feeling confident in counting forward and backwards in 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s. Real-world topics are scattered throughout for continuous practice from a young age; these include season knowledge, months, time and money. Having these questions throughout the book provides opportunities for the teacher to expand on these topics and to support students with a life of maths. Fun games are included as well as some inquiry and practical activities such as using modelling clay, pebbles, pop sticks and playing cards.
