A new title in the Starting Off With series. This series is aimed at giving children aged five upwards a head start in maths. The full colour artwork supports and explains the text as well being entertaining and motivating. A wide variety of activities gives opportunities for lots of practice in new skills. The books tie in closely with the Numeracy Strategy in the UK. This book finds a straightforward way to explain these tricky mathematical functions. Building on knowledge of addition and subtraction, the text shows clearly how numbers work together. Each title contains a word bank of key mathematical terms and is approved by educational and numeracy advisors.