Life of Fred: Dogs

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-RM218
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 Dogs 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.

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

This book covers beginning mathematics including . . .

  • One Million
  • the Game of Doubles
  • Fortnight
  • Digits in a Number
  • Two Dimes = 20 Cents
  • Doubling 1 ➔ 2 ➔ 4 ➔ up to 1,267,650,600,228,229,401,496,703,205,376 (which is 100 doubles)
  • 7 - z = 4
  • Functions
  • the Function Party Game
  • One Billion
  • Making Choices in Life
  • Finding Patterns
  • Consecutive Even
  • Numbers Numbers that Add to 15
  • Guessing Functions
  • Right Angles
  • Rectangles
  • Constant Functions
  • Numbers that Add to 17
  • Bar Graphs
  • Adding two- and three-digit numbers
  • Carrying the One in Addition
  • and much more . . .

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