Life of Fred: Liver

Written by Dr. Stanley Schmidt with the intent to make math come alive with lots of humor, clear explanations, and silly illustrations that stick in the mind. The student will learn to think mathematically. 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.
$24.00
SKU
B-RM230
Written by Dr. Stanley Schmidt with the intent to make math come alive with lots of humor, clear explanations, and silly illustrations that stick in the mind. The student will learn to think mathematically. 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.
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Life of Fred Liver is a hardcover textbook containing 128 pages. This book is not consumable. All answers are written on separate paper or in a notebook. It is designed to be read with the student or done independently.

Life of Fred Liver contains 19 lessons and is designed to take approximately one month to complete.

This book covers intermediate mathematics including . . .

  • 1/4 + 1/4 +1/4 = 3/4
  • Elapsed Time
  • The Three Angles of a Triangle Always Add to 180º
  • The Pythagorean Theorem
  • Finding Two-fifths of $400,000
  • Solving 2x - 7 = 11
  • Pie Charts
  • Six-sevenths of 413
  • Short Division
  • Quotients
  • Secant Lines
  • Changing Percents to Fractions#8212;68
  • Completely Worked out Examples
  • Computing 2% of 550
  • Functions, Domains, and Codomains
  • Reducing Fractions
  • Finding an Average

The decision to homeschool our daughter, Alexa, was an easy one. Choosing a curriculum that worked well with her goals and schedule was a little more difficult.

Jenna Henning