21 Jul 2005 - 18:26

pre-algebra fast facts from Saxon Math

Carolyn mentioned that she's looking for prealgebra resources.

The 5-minute 'Fast Fact' worksheets from Saxon Math 8/7 are terrific. There are 21 different worksheets in the 8/7 Tests and Worksheets book ($24.50), with multiple copies of each sheet. Around 150 worksheets in all.

The Solutions Manual is another $29.50, but you don't need it if you're using only the Fast Fact sheets. (I would probably buy the solutions manual if I were ordering the entire 3-book package, but in that case I would purchase from a discount site like Homeschool Supercenter.)

$24.50 plus shipping is a lot to pay for worksheets (the book includes 23 20-item tests as well, which you can use as mixed practice). You could pull together 21 sheets with equivalent problems yourself. On the other hand, it would take you awhile, and you'd be doing a lot of formatting & printing-out & whatnot.

So my feeling is that if you're not on an incredibly tight budget (I've been on tight and not-so-tight) they're worth the money.

Here are the titles of the sheets, and the number of problems on each:


A 64 Multiplication Facts

B 30 Equations - these are simple equations like:
a + 12 =20
a = _____

C 30 Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers

D 40 Fractions to Reduce

E Circles
sample question: A segment between two points on a circle is a _____

F Lines, Angles, Polygons 15 questions

G Fractions add, subtract, multiply divide 24 problems

H Measurement Facts 33 problems
sample questions:
Water freezes at _____ Fahrenheit & _____ Celsius
1 meter ^2 = _____ centimeters^2

I Proportions 24 problems

J Decimals (add, subtract, multiply, divide) 21 problems

K Powers and Roots 24 problems

L Fraction-Decimal-Percent Equivalents 25 problems
sample question: express 5/6 in decimal & percent

M Metric Conversions 24 problems
sample problem: 50 centimeters = _ mm

N Mixed Numbers add, subtract multiply, divide 20 problems

O Classifying Quadrilaterals and Triangles 9 problems (includes kite, rectangle, isosceles triangtle, right triangle, trapezoid, rhombus, scalene triangle, acute triangle, parallelogram, square, equilateral triangle, obtuse triangle)

P Integers add, subtract, multiply, divide 32 problems
sample problem: (-5) + (-6) + (-2) = _____

Q Percent-Decimal-Fraction Equivalents 25 problems
sample problem: express 83 1/3% as a decimal & a fraction

R Area 12 problems (includes non-square figures)

S Scientific Notation 20 problems

T Order of Operations 16 problems

U Two-Step Equations 15 problems

The book also includes 24 20-item tests that can be used as mixed practice.

SaxonMath Homeschool 8/7 with prealgbra

Third Edition
Tests and Worksheets
Fast Facts (5 minute)



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Catherine, what a great idea! I had forgotten you could order the Saxon tests and worksheets book separately.

The worksheets by themselves make it marginal, but the inclusion of the 23 tests put it over the top, as far as I'm concerned.

Thank you thank you! MWAH! (Big kiss)

-- CarolynJohnston - 21 Jul 2005

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That's what I suddenly realized while I was writing the post....you get the 23 tests, all of which review skills from earlier tests (and that's not an easy thing to do on your own)....

I'll probably keep buying Saxon worksheets down the line, assuming he's got them for the algebra books.

-- CatherineJohnson - 21 Jul 2005

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