Life of Fred books provide a self teaching, self contained, comprehensive math program with answers included. The character Fred explains the need for math in everyday life.Life of Fred: Advanced Algebra covers: Ratio, Proportion amp Variation, Radicals, Logarithms, Graphing, Systems of Equations, Conics, Functions, Linear Programming, Partial Fractions, Math Induction, Sequences, Series, Matrices, Permutations amp Combinations.This book is to be used with Fred s Home Companion: Advanced Algebra study guide and answer key. Author: Stanley F. Schmidt Format: 318 pages, hardcover Grade: 10 Publisher: Polka Dot Publishing ISBN: 9780970999528

Life of Fred--Advanced Algebra

Ph.D. Stanley F. Schmidt

Polka-Dot Publishing

Life of Fred--Trigonometry by Ph.D. Stanley F. Schmidt (2003) Hardcover

Science & Math

Mathematics

My daughter Louisa used to hate math. Then we discovered The Life of Fred and now she LOVES math! At first, I was highly suspicious as I listened to Louisa laugh through her math lessons and totally enjoy doing them. I was stunned to watch her go straight for math when she started her homeschool work each morning. I picked up the book and read an outlandish story about a miniature boy named Fred and all his adventures. I was impressed to say the least! How could a girl who hates math actually be enjoying? I contacted Stan Schmidt, the author of the Life of Fred, and a retired college math professor of 28 years whose self-proclaimed mission is to help kids love math. I asked him, "How do I know a student who does Life of Fred will retain it?," to which he replied, "How much of your school algebra did you retain?" Ouch! If you have a creative child who is languishing on traditional math programs, you'll love Life of Fred! Beware: This is not a traditional math book. This is a child-directed course. The student reads the adventure story, does the math problems that occur as a natural part of the story, and checks their answers (the solutions are right there for the looking.) And learns to love math in the process! (Compare to Saxon at $50-70) Contents: Points and Lines, Angles, Triangles, Parallel Lines, Perpendicular Lines, Quadrilaterals, Area, Geometry Theories, Similar Triangles, Symbolic Logic, Right Triangles, Circles, Constructions, Non-Euclidean Geometry, Solid Geometry, Geometry in 4D, Coordinate Geometry, and Modern Geometry. Hardcover, 542 pages.

Life of Fred: Geometry

Z-Twist Books

Title: Fred's Home Companion Beginning Algebra (A study guide for:) Binding: Hardcover Publication date: 2005 Pages: 128

Fred's Home Companion--Beginnning Algebra

From author's Preface - Since Life of Fred: Trigonometry (LOF) was first published, there have been requests from home schoolers, teachers and adults who are learning trig. This book is a response to those needs. It offers you 94 daily reading. Each one tells you what part of the book you'll be covering. Lots of the lessons include new problems not in the LOF 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. Finish all of these problems in addition to the ones in LOF and you should be able to join Fred as a professor of mathematics. (Description by http-mart)

Fred's Home Companion--Trigonometry

This book takes a slightly different approach. It tells a story -- a story of one day in the life of a five-and-a-half-year-old boy. All of the math arises out of Fred's life. All of it is motivated -- right down to when Fred is working at the PieOne pizza place, and he's trying to decide whether to put the tomatoes on the pizza before of after it's cooked and we get the commutative law. -- book (p. 8).

Life of Fred: Fractions

The idea behind Life of Fred is that if students have an enjoyable experience and have fun doing their math, they will remember it and use it and have a good taste in their math about the whole subject. The sub-title on each of his math books is "As Serious As it Needs to Be". And that is just the point: math doesn't need to be horrid and dry. This is math-just as serious as it needs to be-and I can tell you from my child's smiles and chuckles, that's not very serious at all! As a bonus, these books are very low priced compared to any other math books on the market. (Compare to Saxon at 50-70). If you have a creative child who is languishing on traditional math programs, try Life of Fred! Math, As Serious As it Needs to Be!

Life of Fred--Cats

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