Spectrum Critical Thinking for Math, Grade 7

I like this book and I am satisfied with everything : it is easy to read and to make the exercises. I recommend this book without any hesitation !

The Spectrum Series has been a really excellent resource for helping my son improve his math grades and allowing him to retain what he learns.7th grade is where math starts to get a bit more abstract, but also more practical than simple adding and subtraction. This is where you learn about ratios, angles, volume and statistics, the skills you actually use in real life. Each chapter is broken down into short lessons, each of which focuses on a specific math skill. Helpfully clear examples show how to perform the calculation, diagram or graphing, so you not only learn how to solve the questions, but how to show your work, which is a very important part of math testing in school.There are only a few examples per page, so it isn’t so overwhelming. But there are a lot of pages! So cumulatively it is a challenge, but most importantly, it gives you enough material to facilitate practice. As with any skill, it is practice that turns a learned knowledge into an automatic skill. Learning at school would quickly dissipate without putting it through a few repetitions.I personally sat with my son on some of the sections he found difficult, or that he hadn’t covered in class yet, and I actually relearned things I had forgotten from long ago. And I was able to point out some things about math that made it so amazing. But a typical child in, or just about to enter, 7th grade should be able to do these exercises without adult help, though of course things may go faster if someone is there to help explain.There are only a few examples per page, so it isn’t so overwhelming. But there are a lot of pages, so cumulatively it is a challenge. Most importantly, it gives your child enough material to allow them to get in a good amount of practice. As with any skill, it is practice that turns a learned knowledge into an automatic skill. There is a test in the middle of the book to assess what they've learned, and one at the end. The answers to everything are at the end of the book, so depending on how you're using the workbook, you may want to cut those out before you start.Hint to parents with middle schoolers who seem more interested in video gaming than geometry (which is ALL of them), I found that completing a set number of pages in the Spectrum books was a good way to allow your child to earn screen time.

These questions aren't as challenging as I was hoping they would be. Also there are only about two questions per 'lesson'. I was looking forward to using this with my advanced classes, but I don't think I'll be able to do that.

Book came with a sticky brown substance on the back cover and on the edge of the pages.

It's important book to practice, even though middle schoolers to know math....critical thinking practice is useful