Description
It’s the revolutionary math study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Ques t. Everything You Need to Ace Math . . . covers everything to get a student over any math hump: fractions, decimals, and how to multiply and divide them, ratios, proportions, and percentages, geometry, statistics and probability, expressions and equations, and the coordinate plane and functions. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK™ series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit—borrowing the notes from the smartest kid in class. There are five books in all, and each is the only book you need for each main subject taught in middle school: Math, Science, American History, English Language Arts, and World History. Inside the reader will find every subject’s key concepts, easily digested and summarized: Critical ideas highlighted in neon colors. Definitions explained. Doodles that illuminate tricky concepts in marker. Mnemonics for memorable shortcuts. And quizzes to recap it all. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and state history standards, and are vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award–winning teachers. They make learning fun and are the perfect next step for every kid who grew up on Brain Quest .
Kaycie Jones –
Im 28 years old and returning to school. I got my GED when I was 16, after dropping out in the 9th grade. Safe to say it’s been a while since I’ve needed to know how to multiply a fraction, or find the LCM. I have to take assessment exams before entering college, and while I’m great in every other subject I’ve always struggled with math. This book has been my best study tool! I wish it had existed when I was in middle school. Finally, everything all the teachers and tutors where trying to teach me makes sense., This book explains things in such a way that it just clicks. I’ve aced every quiz it has to offer on the first try, because everything is covered so well without all the added jumbo you get from normal textbooks. I just took my first practice test today for the assessment, and I got a score of 91% on the math portion! I’m now seriously wishing they offered college algebra (hopefully in the future). The part I like best is this can be helpful to adults in other ways too. I gave the book to my sister in law, and she’s using it to help herself help my nephew with his homework. Honestly, knowing now how helpful this book is, I would pay triple the price in a heartbeat. It’s more than worth the current price tag. If anything it’s a steal., Now that I’m done gushing I’ll give some more details., The book is divided into 6 units. Each unit has anywhere from 5 to 20 chapters. Those chapters are ordered in such a way that the knowledge slowly builds. So you barely even realize what it is you’re learning to do. And you don’t have to skip around all over the book to solve one problem., The chapters are usually short as well (5 pages, give or take) which is great because you feel like you’re flying right through it. Then each chapter ends with a 10 problem quiz covering what you just learned. On the back side of this quiz is the answer key. Which doesn’t just list the answers, but also explains WHY it’s the correct answer., The whole thing reads exactly like the amazing notes I used to borrow from the class math whiz. It feels more like a cheat sheet than a work book or text book, to be honest. Like someone took math and thought, “how can I make this easy for anyone to understand?” And the result was this book., It’s of good size and weight. I mention this because I have literally so many books I carry to the library where I study each day, that it takes two bags. They’re dang heavy, but luckily this book barely added any weight at all. Making it perfect for transporting from school to home, and back again., Even better, it is a medium cover. Not paperback, but not your typical rock solid hard cover either. It has some bend to it, which for me made taking notes in a smaller space (like a tiny library desk) easier. 🤷♀️, All in all, it’s a fantastic book. I plan on buying the rest of the collection because, hey, why not? If knowledge is power, these little puppies are the key.
Kaycie Jones –
Im 28 years old and returning to school. I got my GED when I was 16, after dropping out in the 9th grade. Safe to say it’s been a while since I’ve needed to know how to multiply a fraction, or find the LCM. I have to take assessment exams before entering college, and while I’m great in every other subject I’ve always struggled with math. This book has been my best study tool! I wish it had existed when I was in middle school. Finally, everything all the teachers and tutors where trying to teach me makes sense., This book explains things in such a way that it just clicks. I’ve aced every quiz it has to offer on the first try, because everything is covered so well without all the added jumbo you get from normal textbooks. I just took my first practice test today for the assessment, and I got a score of 91% on the math portion! I’m now seriously wishing they offered college algebra (hopefully in the future). The part I like best is this can be helpful to adults in other ways too. I gave the book to my sister in law, and she’s using it to help herself help my nephew with his homework. Honestly, knowing now how helpful this book is, I would pay triple the price in a heartbeat. It’s more than worth the current price tag. If anything it’s a steal., Now that I’m done gushing I’ll give some more details., The book is divided into 6 units. Each unit has anywhere from 5 to 20 chapters. Those chapters are ordered in such a way that the knowledge slowly builds. So you barely even realize what it is you’re learning to do. And you don’t have to skip around all over the book to solve one problem., The chapters are usually short as well (5 pages, give or take) which is great because you feel like you’re flying right through it. Then each chapter ends with a 10 problem quiz covering what you just learned. On the back side of this quiz is the answer key. Which doesn’t just list the answers, but also explains WHY it’s the correct answer., The whole thing reads exactly like the amazing notes I used to borrow from the class math whiz. It feels more like a cheat sheet than a work book or text book, to be honest. Like someone took math and thought, “how can I make this easy for anyone to understand?” And the result was this book., It’s of good size and weight. I mention this because I have literally so many books I carry to the library where I study each day, that it takes two bags. They’re dang heavy, but luckily this book barely added any weight at all. Making it perfect for transporting from school to home, and back again., Even better, it is a medium cover. Not paperback, but not your typical rock solid hard cover either. It has some bend to it, which for me made taking notes in a smaller space (like a tiny library desk) easier. 🤷♀️, All in all, it’s a fantastic book. I plan on buying the rest of the collection because, hey, why not? If knowledge is power, these little puppies are the key.
Kaycie Jones –
Im 28 years old and returning to school. I got my GED when I was 16, after dropping out in the 9th grade. Safe to say it’s been a while since I’ve needed to know how to multiply a fraction, or find the LCM. I have to take assessment exams before entering college, and while I’m great in every other subject I’ve always struggled with math. This book has been my best study tool! I wish it had existed when I was in middle school. Finally, everything all the teachers and tutors where trying to teach me makes sense., This book explains things in such a way that it just clicks. I’ve aced every quiz it has to offer on the first try, because everything is covered so well without all the added jumbo you get from normal textbooks. I just took my first practice test today for the assessment, and I got a score of 91% on the math portion! I’m now seriously wishing they offered college algebra (hopefully in the future). The part I like best is this can be helpful to adults in other ways too. I gave the book to my sister in law, and she’s using it to help herself help my nephew with his homework. Honestly, knowing now how helpful this book is, I would pay triple the price in a heartbeat. It’s more than worth the current price tag. If anything it’s a steal., Now that I’m done gushing I’ll give some more details., The book is divided into 6 units. Each unit has anywhere from 5 to 20 chapters. Those chapters are ordered in such a way that the knowledge slowly builds. So you barely even realize what it is you’re learning to do. And you don’t have to skip around all over the book to solve one problem., The chapters are usually short as well (5 pages, give or take) which is great because you feel like you’re flying right through it. Then each chapter ends with a 10 problem quiz covering what you just learned. On the back side of this quiz is the answer key. Which doesn’t just list the answers, but also explains WHY it’s the correct answer., The whole thing reads exactly like the amazing notes I used to borrow from the class math whiz. It feels more like a cheat sheet than a work book or text book, to be honest. Like someone took math and thought, “how can I make this easy for anyone to understand?” And the result was this book., It’s of good size and weight. I mention this because I have literally so many books I carry to the library where I study each day, that it takes two bags. They’re dang heavy, but luckily this book barely added any weight at all. Making it perfect for transporting from school to home, and back again., Even better, it is a medium cover. Not paperback, but not your typical rock solid hard cover either. It has some bend to it, which for me made taking notes in a smaller space (like a tiny library desk) easier. 🤷♀️, All in all, it’s a fantastic book. I plan on buying the rest of the collection because, hey, why not? If knowledge is power, these little puppies are the key.
Kaycie Jones –
Im 28 years old and returning to school. I got my GED when I was 16, after dropping out in the 9th grade. Safe to say it’s been a while since I’ve needed to know how to multiply a fraction, or find the LCM. I have to take assessment exams before entering college, and while I’m great in every other subject I’ve always struggled with math. This book has been my best study tool! I wish it had existed when I was in middle school. Finally, everything all the teachers and tutors where trying to teach me makes sense., This book explains things in such a way that it just clicks. I’ve aced every quiz it has to offer on the first try, because everything is covered so well without all the added jumbo you get from normal textbooks. I just took my first practice test today for the assessment, and I got a score of 91% on the math portion! I’m now seriously wishing they offered college algebra (hopefully in the future). The part I like best is this can be helpful to adults in other ways too. I gave the book to my sister in law, and she’s using it to help herself help my nephew with his homework. Honestly, knowing now how helpful this book is, I would pay triple the price in a heartbeat. It’s more than worth the current price tag. If anything it’s a steal., Now that I’m done gushing I’ll give some more details., The book is divided into 6 units. Each unit has anywhere from 5 to 20 chapters. Those chapters are ordered in such a way that the knowledge slowly builds. So you barely even realize what it is you’re learning to do. And you don’t have to skip around all over the book to solve one problem., The chapters are usually short as well (5 pages, give or take) which is great because you feel like you’re flying right through it. Then each chapter ends with a 10 problem quiz covering what you just learned. On the back side of this quiz is the answer key. Which doesn’t just list the answers, but also explains WHY it’s the correct answer., The whole thing reads exactly like the amazing notes I used to borrow from the class math whiz. It feels more like a cheat sheet than a work book or text book, to be honest. Like someone took math and thought, “how can I make this easy for anyone to understand?” And the result was this book., It’s of good size and weight. I mention this because I have literally so many books I carry to the library where I study each day, that it takes two bags. They’re dang heavy, but luckily this book barely added any weight at all. Making it perfect for transporting from school to home, and back again., Even better, it is a medium cover. Not paperback, but not your typical rock solid hard cover either. It has some bend to it, which for me made taking notes in a smaller space (like a tiny library desk) easier. 🤷♀️, All in all, it’s a fantastic book. I plan on buying the rest of the collection because, hey, why not? If knowledge is power, these little puppies are the key.
R.T.H. –
I’m using every book from the middle school series for my 6th grader and I’m VERY happy to have found these. Like a lot of schools today, my daughter’s doesn’t use any textbooks and everything is on an iPad. Maybe that works in the school (I’m not so sure of that, it seems it’s just easier for the teachers) but it’s positively messy and difficult to sort out the online lessons and activities at home when I’m trying to help her with problem areas or to check her knowledge level on a subject. These books help me to bone up on the material before I try to teach at home and they serve as an excellent reference for her to use. How is she supposed to review a topic or formula from two weeks or two months ago when it’s buried in her iPad lessons/activities under vague titles? She can use these books with well laid out table of contents and indexes to find it quickly. The material is pretty comprehensive for her grade level, written very well, and presented in such a way that a middle school student will be attracted to it. I did add a traditional math textbook on top of these; in my opinion this subject requires additional practice and explanation (even beyond the the workbook from this series). On top of all that, the books are priced very cheap for the content they have. Looking at them I would expect they be priced $15-$20 each.
R.T.H. –
I’m using every book from the middle school series for my 6th grader and I’m VERY happy to have found these. Like a lot of schools today, my daughter’s doesn’t use any textbooks and everything is on an iPad. Maybe that works in the school (I’m not so sure of that, it seems it’s just easier for the teachers) but it’s positively messy and difficult to sort out the online lessons and activities at home when I’m trying to help her with problem areas or to check her knowledge level on a subject. These books help me to bone up on the material before I try to teach at home and they serve as an excellent reference for her to use. How is she supposed to review a topic or formula from two weeks or two months ago when it’s buried in her iPad lessons/activities under vague titles? She can use these books with well laid out table of contents and indexes to find it quickly. The material is pretty comprehensive for her grade level, written very well, and presented in such a way that a middle school student will be attracted to it. I did add a traditional math textbook on top of these; in my opinion this subject requires additional practice and explanation (even beyond the the workbook from this series). On top of all that, the books are priced very cheap for the content they have. Looking at them I would expect they be priced $15-$20 each.
R.T.H. –
I’m using every book from the middle school series for my 6th grader and I’m VERY happy to have found these. Like a lot of schools today, my daughter’s doesn’t use any textbooks and everything is on an iPad. Maybe that works in the school (I’m not so sure of that, it seems it’s just easier for the teachers) but it’s positively messy and difficult to sort out the online lessons and activities at home when I’m trying to help her with problem areas or to check her knowledge level on a subject. These books help me to bone up on the material before I try to teach at home and they serve as an excellent reference for her to use. How is she supposed to review a topic or formula from two weeks or two months ago when it’s buried in her iPad lessons/activities under vague titles? She can use these books with well laid out table of contents and indexes to find it quickly. The material is pretty comprehensive for her grade level, written very well, and presented in such a way that a middle school student will be attracted to it. I did add a traditional math textbook on top of these; in my opinion this subject requires additional practice and explanation (even beyond the the workbook from this series). On top of all that, the books are priced very cheap for the content they have. Looking at them I would expect they be priced $15-$20 each.
R.T.H. –
I’m using every book from the middle school series for my 6th grader and I’m VERY happy to have found these. Like a lot of schools today, my daughter’s doesn’t use any textbooks and everything is on an iPad. Maybe that works in the school (I’m not so sure of that, it seems it’s just easier for the teachers) but it’s positively messy and difficult to sort out the online lessons and activities at home when I’m trying to help her with problem areas or to check her knowledge level on a subject. These books help me to bone up on the material before I try to teach at home and they serve as an excellent reference for her to use. How is she supposed to review a topic or formula from two weeks or two months ago when it’s buried in her iPad lessons/activities under vague titles? She can use these books with well laid out table of contents and indexes to find it quickly. The material is pretty comprehensive for her grade level, written very well, and presented in such a way that a middle school student will be attracted to it. I did add a traditional math textbook on top of these; in my opinion this subject requires additional practice and explanation (even beyond the the workbook from this series). On top of all that, the books are priced very cheap for the content they have. Looking at them I would expect they be priced $15-$20 each.
Kindle Customer –
Rather for those who want to brush up on Math or learn more than you knew before. I liked this book very much, it was great because the format was different and laid back. The only dislikes I have with it is some of the answers were wrong, but that happens in literature so if it seems wrong check the work through other parties. Overall I’m very pleased and would recommend from kids to adults, specially if one is a visual learner, with colorful text and figures to highlighting tips., Now this book doesn’t give you everything or always explain the best so always use other sources with the book as you go along and you’ll have an engaging time learning Math skills.
Kindle Customer –
Rather for those who want to brush up on Math or learn more than you knew before. I liked this book very much, it was great because the format was different and laid back. The only dislikes I have with it is some of the answers were wrong, but that happens in literature so if it seems wrong check the work through other parties. Overall I’m very pleased and would recommend from kids to adults, specially if one is a visual learner, with colorful text and figures to highlighting tips., Now this book doesn’t give you everything or always explain the best so always use other sources with the book as you go along and you’ll have an engaging time learning Math skills.
Kindle Customer –
Rather for those who want to brush up on Math or learn more than you knew before. I liked this book very much, it was great because the format was different and laid back. The only dislikes I have with it is some of the answers were wrong, but that happens in literature so if it seems wrong check the work through other parties. Overall I’m very pleased and would recommend from kids to adults, specially if one is a visual learner, with colorful text and figures to highlighting tips., Now this book doesn’t give you everything or always explain the best so always use other sources with the book as you go along and you’ll have an engaging time learning Math skills.
Kindle Customer –
Rather for those who want to brush up on Math or learn more than you knew before. I liked this book very much, it was great because the format was different and laid back. The only dislikes I have with it is some of the answers were wrong, but that happens in literature so if it seems wrong check the work through other parties. Overall I’m very pleased and would recommend from kids to adults, specially if one is a visual learner, with colorful text and figures to highlighting tips., Now this book doesn’t give you everything or always explain the best so always use other sources with the book as you go along and you’ll have an engaging time learning Math skills.
Rachel –
I love reading this book and then torturing my 6th grader with algebra math thought bubbles that continuously come out of my head.
Rachel –
I love reading this book and then torturing my 6th grader with algebra math thought bubbles that continuously come out of my head.
Rachel –
I love reading this book and then torturing my 6th grader with algebra math thought bubbles that continuously come out of my head.
Rachel –
I love reading this book and then torturing my 6th grader with algebra math thought bubbles that continuously come out of my head.
Jamie –
Great condition
Jamie –
Great condition
Jamie –
Great condition