A spring morning in Fred’s life. Find out about…
• What it takes to run a shopping mall
• How to ask for oats in Scotland
• The correct way to deliver flowers to a hospital patient
and even some algebra and biology, including…
Definition of Life
Sets
Fractions
Germination of Seeds
Area of a Rectangle
Volume of a Cube
Ordinal Numbers
Diameter and Circumference of a Circle
Definition of ?
2% of 500
Four Ways Plants Make New Plants
d = rt
20% Discount
The Five Kingdoms
Phyla
Classes
Orders
Families
Genera
Species
Your Brain
Conversion Factors
Where the Non-Water Mass of a Plant Comes From — Plants Don’t Eat Dirt
Subsets of Sets
Digestion
Eyes
Negative Numbers
Dominant Genes
Genotypes
Phenotypes
Blood
Staying Alive
Solving Algebraic Equations
Volume of a Cylinder
Word Problems
Breathing
Chlorophyll vs. Hemoglobin vs. Hemocyanin
Avogadro’s Number
Stoichiometry
The Whole Numbers
A Proof that Division by Zero is Not Permitted
Bones
The Integumentary System
Epidermis and Dermis
Meiosis and Mitosis
Chromosomes
DNA
Alleles
Changing Your Phenotype
Answers are included in the textbook.
The Life of Fred homeschool math books cover math topics appropriate for kindergarteners all the way up to third year of college, including arithmetic, fractions and decimals, algebra, geometry, calculus, and everything in between.
No other textbooks are like these. Each text is written in the style of a novel with a humorous story line. Each section tells part of the life of Fred Gauss and how, in the course of his life, he encounters the need for the math and then learns the methods. Tons of solved examples. Each hardcover textbook contains ALL of the material – more than most instructors cover in traditional classroom settings. Includes tons of proofs.
Written by Dr. Stanley Schmidt with the intent to make math come alive with lots of humour, clear explanations, and silly illustrations that stick in the mind. The student will learn to think mathematically.
Completion of this series prepares student for third year college math.