About Author

For Primer A, B and classes 1-5
C. Sailaja is a reputed author having over 15 years of experience in teaching mathematics. She is presently working as Mathematics Teacher (Primary Section), at NASR Girls School, Hyderabad.
 
Smita Ratish is a well-known author having teaching experience of more than a decade. She is presently working as Primary Teacher at New Horizon School, Bengaluru.

For classes 6-8
Lata Wishram is a renowned academician with more than two decades of experience in teaching mathematics. She has worked as Principal at Naval Public School, Visakhapatnam. She has also taught mathematics at various reputed institutions, like Army School, Jhansi; Army School, Kalimpong; St. Miras School, Pune and Sadhu Vaswani International School, Delhi.

About the Series

Understanding Mathematics is a carefully written series of mathematics to help students encourage the study of mathematics in the best interactive form. It contains ample practice material, attractive illustrations and real-life examples for the students to relate the topics with their everyday life. Special care has been taken while teaching topics like geometry and probability to the students. Keeping in mind the development status and comprehension level of students, the text has been presented in a well graded manner.

Salient Features

For classes Primer A, B, 1 to 5
Starter: Warm up activity at the beginning of each chapter
Quick Recall: Summary of the concepts studied in the chapter in a flow chart format
Real-Life Connect: Application based questions connecting mathematics with real-life situations
Maths and our Environment: A blend of mathematics with Art, Language and Environmental Sciences
Let us Revise: Worksheet given at the end of each chapter to revise the concepts
Fun with Mental Maths: Questions to sharpen the mind by doing quick calculations
Activity time: Hands-on learning to consolidate mathematical concepts
Quick Tips: Quick and easy recapitulation of key concepts and new facts
 
For classes 6 to 8
In This Chapter: At the beginning of each chapter to make learning more focused
Starter: Warm up activity at the beginning of each chapter
Quick Tips: Quick and easy recapitulation of key concepts and new facts
Did You Know?: Learn facts related to the concept
Quick Recall: Summary of the concepts studied in the chapter in a flow chart format
Revision Exercise: Including questions related to all the concepts learnt in the chapter
Face the Challenge: At the end of each chapter to provide challenging questions
Real-Life Connect: Application based questions connecting mathematics with real-life situations
Project Work: Encouraging the students to research and act by themselves using their abilities and interests
Mental Maths: Questions to sharpen the mind by doing quick calculations
Unit Test Paper: After each unit comprising problems related to all concepts learnt in the
entire unit
Lab Activities: Hands-on learning to consolidate mathematical concepts
Test Papers: Consisting of a variety of questions like fill in the blanks, column matching and so on to assess the student's performance
Vedic Mathematics: Enabling the students to practice techniques based on the Vedas for mental calculation to simplify numeric problems

Supporting Material

• I-book (interactive digital book)
• Web support for teachers of user schools ONLY
  • Downloadable worksheets with answer key
• Test generator
• Teacher's support Book contains
  • Lesson Plan
• Various activities
• Mental Maths questions
• Real-life connect question
• Link for the video
• Chapter assessment
• Homework questions
• Classwork questions
• Photocopiable worksheets