Life of Fred: Pre-Algebra 0 with Physics

Book 3, Pre-Algebra Set
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$39.00
Age Range: 10-18 & above
Grade Range: 5-9
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5th through 9th grade. Life of Fred: Pre-Algebra 0 with Physics is the third book in the Life of Fred Pre-Algebra Set. Complete Fractions and Decimals and Percents first.

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5th through 9th grade. This is the third book in the Life of Fred Pre-Algebra Set. Complete Fractions and Decimals and Percents first.

Fred does physics before algebra.

In Life of Fred: Pre-Algebra 0 with Physics you’ll learn . . .

  • How ducks and cows pronounce µ differently
  • Why no one can weigh 55 kilograms
  • How Kingie could move a safe that superman couldn't

. . . and even some elementary physics:

  • Numerals
  • Making models
  • Nineteen conversion factor problems
  • Area of a rectangle
  • Friction independent of speed
  • Constants of Proportionality
  • Exact speed of light
  • Continuous and discrete variables
  • Story of the meter
  • Pendulums
  • Oblate spheroids
  • Square roots
  • Normal forces
  • Coefficient of friction
  • Solving d = rt for r
  • Graphing points
  • Ordered pairs
  • Why rocks stop falling
  • Hunch-conjecture-theory-law
  • Simultaneity doesn't exist
  • Inductive and deductive reasoning
  • How fossils and astronomy are connected
  • Hooke's law
  • Three meanings of plastic
  • Static vs. kinetic friction
  • Nine forms of energy
  • Energy Cards game
  • Experimentally finding the coefficient of static friction without knowing the weight of the object
  • Resolving a vector into its components
  • Addition of vectors
  • Similar triangles
  • Slope
  • Physicists think that there isn't any work in holding a bowling ball
  • Kelvin temperature
  • Law of conservation of energy
  • Perpetual motion machines
  • Kilowatt-hours
  • Photosynthesis
  • Metric system
  • Gregorian calendar
  • Two ways to measure mass
  • Definition of pi
  • Inertia
  • Newton's first and second laws
  • Definition of pressure
  • Exponents
  • Density of neutron stars
  • Computing the mass of an iron atom
  • Cavalieri's principle
  • Pressure at a given depth
  • Buoyancy
  • Finding the volume of a desk lamp
  • Air has mass
  • Why 35-foot straws don't work
  • Gedankenexperiments
  • Elliptical constructions
  • Galvani and dead frogs that twitch
  • Schematic drawings in electrical circuits
  • Electrons per second in an ampere
  • Ohm's law
  • Batteries in series
  • Computing resistance in parallel circuits
  • Dangers of electricity—Thomas Merton
  • History of the atom
  • Principal quantum number
  • Orbital quantum number
  • Orbital magnetic quantum number
  • Spin magnetic quantum number
  • Positron

But that’s not all! Interested in famous people? In Pre-Algebra 0 with Physics you will find: Democritus, Isaac Newton, Henri Becquerel, J. J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, Arnold Sommerfeld, Louis de Broglie, C. J. Divisson and L. H. Germer, Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, and Carl David Anderson

Ready to discover the fun side of math you've been missing all these years? This is the math book for you!

This book covers 40 lessons. This book is not consumable. All answers are written on separate paper or in a notebook. Answers are included in the textbook.

The Life of Fred Pre-Algebra Set can be started with any child who can add and subtract well and knows how to do long multiplication and division. When they have finished these books, they are ready to begin the High School Set. Many high school aged students would benefit by going quickly through these books to lay foundations that they might have missed.

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