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Life of Fred Math
• So, you think math is boring and there is nothing much anyone can do to make it "un-boring"?

• You think the average person can't really ever understand math, and "Who needs it?" if you have a calculator in hand!

Think Again!!


Introducing: Life of Fred Math

Never again hear the question which many math students have: "When are we ever gonna use this stuff?" or "Math is boring!"

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.

IMPORTANT NOTE: These books are designed to make your child THINK! and to learn on their own. It does not give step-by-step directions and answers to every question. They learn to apply to current questions the concepts previously taught. Upon completion they will understand how math works, why it works, and how to apply it. They will know the formulas and how to apply them in real-life situations, not just situations created for a textbook. This program relies heavily on reading comprehension and thinking, not rote spoon-fed learning that is quickly forgotten. Parents can learn these novel methods along with the student, but should not try to integrate the traditional rote/memorization methods.
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Life of Fred: Fractions
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Life of Fred: Fractions (Pre-Algebra Part 1 and More) After you know your addition and multiplication tables, you are ready for Life of Fred: Fractions. One morning in our five-year-old hero's life in which he... • Teaches a class at the university • Buys a bicycle • In his office, he hurts his foot and is taken to the hospital This book covers the first half of pre-algebra including . . . Less Than Billion Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers Diameter and Radius Savings and Expenses Definition of a Fraction Sectors Comparing Fractions Reducing Fractions Adding and Subtracting Fractions Common Denominators Roman Numerals Least Common Multiples Improper Fractions Lines of Symmetry Division by Zero Circumference Multiplying Mixed Numbers Commutative Law Canceling Definition of a Function Area Unit Analysis Division of Fractions Geometric Figures Estimating Answers. And much more . . . Unlike all other math programs, t...

Life of Fred: Decimals and Percents
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Life of Fred: Decimals & Percents (Pre-Algebra Part 2 and More) This book covers the second half of pre-algebra (after Life of Fred: Fractions). After this book you are ready for algebra. Read about one afternoon and evening in Fred's life in which he: • Builds a robot • Gets his first pet • Learns why sea chanties are not popular in some boat rental stores This book covers second half of pre-algebra including . . . Number Systems Adding and Subtracting Decimals Multiplying by Ten Functions and Inverse Functions Pi Multiplying Decimals Whole Numbers Squaring a Number Subtracting Mixed Units Sets and Subsets Union and Intersection of Sets Rules of Divisibility Division of Decimals Repeating Decimals Bar Graphs Prime and Composite Numbers Consecutive Numbers the Goldbach Conjecture Area of a Circle Dollars vs. Cents Pie Charts Conversion between Percents/ Fractions/Decimals 40% of 15 30% off Distance Equals Rate Tim...

Life of Fred: Pre Algebra with Biology
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Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra
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Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra Find out about... • What it takes to get drafted into the army at age 6 • New milkshake marketing techniques • How Darlene tries to get Joe to fall in love with her while learning all of beginning algebra, including... Numbers Integers Equations Motion & Mixture Two Unknowns Exponents Factoring Fractions Square Roots Quadratic Equations Functions & Slope Inequalities & Absolute Value Unlike all other math programs, this one also has: • 2000 digits of pi • Prof. Fred Gauss's new teaching methods • Five verses of the country western hit, "She ran away and took the dog" • How beige, codeine, conscience, counterfeit, deify, efficient, Eileen, Einstein, either, feisty. . . all fit the "i before e rule" Some answers are included in the textbook, the rest are included in the Companion Guide. Click here to view a sample lesson

Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra Companion
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Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra Companion Guide The Companion Guide divides Beginning Algebra into daily lessons. It contains answers to all of the questions that do not have answers in the textbook. The Companion Guide also contains many additional beginning algebra problems. Need #1: I would like my Life of Fred chopped up into daily bite-sized pieces. Done! Fred’s Home Companion offers you daily readings. In the space of one summer, for example, you can finish all of Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra and still have plenty of time to do other things. Need #2: I want someone (like you!) to write out all my lesson plans and lecture notes. Done! Here are lesson plans. Each one tells you which part of the Life of Fred that you’ be covering. Lots of the lessons include new problems which are not in the regular Life of Fred book. These can serve as your lecture notes or as material for pop quizzes or for tests. The answers are also supplied to these problems. Need #3...

Life of Fred: Advanced Algebra
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Life of Fred: Advanced Algebra Find out about... • Romance! How little kids meet each other on the bus • Cuisine! What pie you shouldn't order . . . unless you're rich • Travel! Parts of Kansas you've never been to • Fashion! Hairless anteriors and gold chains • Music! The newest hit "Unselfish Love" by accordionist Rockin' Rita, age 4 while learning all of advanced algebra, including... Ratio Proportion & Variation Radicals Logarithms Graphing Systems of Equations Conics Functions Linear Programming Partial Fractions Math Induction Sequences Series Matrices Permutations & Combinations. Unlike all other math programs, this one also has: • Material from Modern Bus & Electric Journal • Why Rita could never be 50 feet tall • A 12-page True Fairytale History of Mathematics from the counting numbers to the complex numbers • A short discussion of tachyons (which travel faster...

Life of Fred: Advanced Algebra Companion
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Life of Fred: Advanced Algebra Companion Guide The Companion Guide divides Advanced Algebra into daily lessons. It contains answers to all of the questions that do not have answers in the textbook. The Companion Guide also contains many additional advanced algebra problems. Need #1: I would like my Life of Fred chopped up into daily bite-sized pieces. Done! Fred’s Home Companion offers you daily readings. In the space of one summer, for example, you can finish all of Life of Fred: Advanced Algebra and still have plenty of time to do other things. Need #2: I want someone (like you!) to write out all my lesson plans and lecture notes. Done! Here are lesson plans. Each one tells you which part of the Life of Fred that you’ be covering. Lots of the lessons include new problems which are not in the regular Life of Fred book. These can serve as your lecture notes or as material for pop quizzes or for tests. The answers are also supplied to these problems. Need #3: I’...

Life of Fred: Geometry
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Life of Fred: Geometry One day in Fred's life in which he . . . • Falls in Love! • Teaches you how to write an opera! • Buys Hecks Kitchen! • Does all of geometry up to the 14th dimension! All of Geometry including... Points and Lines Angles Triangles Parallel Lines Perpendicular Lines Quadrilaterals Area Similar Triangles Symbolic Logic Right Triangles Circles Constructions Non-Euclidean Geometry Solid Geometry Geometry in Four Dimensions Coordinate Geometry Flawless (Modern) Geometry Unlike all other math programs, this one also has: • The only verse of Fred's famous song, "Another Day, Another Ray" • The difference between iambic, trochaic, anapestic and dactyllic in poetry • How easy it is to confuse asinorum which is in the genitive plural in Latin with asinus which is in the nominative singular. • A good use for Prof. Eldwood's Introduction to the Poetry of Armenia while on the deck ...

Life of Fred: Geometry Answer Key
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Contains all the answers to the questions in the Life of Fred: Geometry book.

Life of Fred: Trigonometry
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Life of Fred: Trigonometry A day and a half in our hero's life. • Cuisine! See what dinner in a limo is really like • Entrepreneurship! Learn how to create a best-selling board game • Sports! Witness the boxing match of the century • Fashion! Create a T-shirt to keep you out of the hospital Covers all of trigonometry including... Sines Cosines and Tangents Graphing Significant Digits Trig Functions of Any Angle Trig Identities Graphing a s in (bx + c) Radian Measurement Conditional Trig Equations Functions of Two Angles Oblique Triangles Inverse Trig Functions Polar Coordinates Polar Form of Complex Numbers Preview of all of Calculus. Unlike all other math programs, this one also has: • Preview of all of Calculus and what specific material you'll need from arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trig in order to do all of calculus • Reviews of functions, factoring, fractions, and graphing inserted just before the...

Life of Fred: Trigonometry Companion
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Life of Fred: Trigonometry Companion Guide The Companion Guide divides Trigonometry into daily lessons. It contains answers to all of the questions that do not have answers in the textbook. The Companion Guide also contains many additional trigonometry problems. Need #1: I would like my Life of Fred chopped up into daily bite-sized pieces. Done! Fred’s Home Companion offers you daily readings. In the space of one summer, for example, you can finish all of Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra and still have plenty of time to do other things. Need #2: I want someone (like you!) to write out all my lesson plans and lecture notes. Done! Here are lesson plans. Each one tells you which part of the Life of Fred that you’ be covering. Lots of the lessons include new problems which are not in the regular Life of Fred book. These can serve as your lecture notes or as material for pop quizzes or for tests. The answers are also supplied to these problems. Need #3: I’d like the ...

Life of Fred: Calculus
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Life of Fred: Calculus The story of the first five years of Fred's life ... • How Fred won 500 gallons of Siberian Bear Brand Beer for his father • Fred's job application resume at the age 6 months • Line integrals in a law library All 15 or 16 units of college calculus including. . . Functions Limits Speed Slope Derivatives Concavity Trig Related Rates Curvature Integrals Area Work Centroids Logs Conics Infinite Series Solids of Revolution Polar Coordinates Hyperbolic Trig Vectors Partial Derivatives Double Integrals Vector Calculus Differential Equations. Unlike most other math programs, this one also has: • Multi-variable calculus • Analytic geometry • Vector calculus • Differential equations Some answers are included in the textbook, the rest are included in a separate Answer Key. Click here to view a sample lesson

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