Mental Maths is the maths we do in our heads without the use of calcu lators and without writing down the calculation. Mental Maths strategies are the 'tricks' we use to do Maths is our heads. There are different w ays of finding the answer to any Mental Maths problem, and such strategi es are the focus of this series.

Excel Basic Skills: Men tal Maths Strategies Year 2 contains:

• 32 units of work, wit h eight units of work for each school term.
• each unit is broken up into 4 sets: A, B, C and D. Each set is on a different topic.
< li>uou will notice illustrations at the top of nearly every page. These characters are used to convey an important strategy or step in Mental Ma ths.
• each page of Mental Maths has an extra practice section in the lower part which will give the student further practice in a concep t. The illustrations help explain the concepts and strategies that could be used to answer the questions.
• answers are provided in the m iddle of the book