Product Reviews
Amazon Review - 3 Feb 2010
***** I would recommend this book to help with homework or revision for any child doing 11+ Common Entrance level. Very easy to use and answers book is a must for marking!
Caroline Byrne, St John's Beaumont Prep School - 13 Mar 2009
As a primary teacher of 40 yrs experience the mathematics text book I am currently using (for Year 6) is by far and away the best maths text I have ever used. Keep up the high standard - teachers are always keen to use and promote well researched textbooks in their classrooms.
John Clare, The Daily Telegraph - 28 Oct 2008
So you really want to learn Maths is a triumph: comprehensive, lucid, clearly and attractively laid out with plenty of exercises. Although particularly aimed at pupils preparing for the 11+ (or Common Entrance at), it provides the essential foundation for GCSE. Book 1 starts with basic number work and the moves on to fractions, decimals, area, angles, probability and so on.
David Hanson, member of the ISEB 13+ setting team - 28 Oct 2008
This is a book by a teacher who understands children. There are many attractive features adn expect that children will be inspired by this material. I imagine that this text will enjoy widespread acclaim and become a 'standard' work.
Moira Laffey, The Old Malthouse School - 28 Oct 2008
What a wonderful book: easy to read but so informative, with a clean layout, approprite diagrams, good cross-curricular presentation, clear instructions and excellent extension exercises for the more able children. This is the Common Entrance textbook that school teachers have been waiting for.
Home Education Advisory Service Bulletin - 17 Dec 2007
These books provide a thorough grounding in maths. Detailed explanations are given through graded exercises, practical work, investigations and puzzles. The material is neatly laid-out, well organised with clear instructions and excellent diagrams, and very informative. The author even brings in fascinating snippets of history throughout the books: how the Egyptians wrote fractions, the history of the penny and of percentages, the origin of imperial units and much more. For instance, did you know that it was the Greeks who established the 'foot' as their basic unit of length and that, according to legend, this Greek unit was based on the measurement of Hercules' foot?
I am very impressed by the quality of material, which is very substantial both in content... and in weight (these books are heavy!) and would definately recommend them as a complete course.