Capt_Uhura Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Hello All, In another thread which I can no longer find, someone said that SM goes further than MM. Can anyone speak to this? Capt Uhura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Wizards Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 MM only goes to 6B. I believe that Singapore Math goes through high school (or something like that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 I may have misunderstood the post but I thought she said there were topics covered in SM1A-6B that are not covered in MM1A-6B or that things were covered more thoroughly. However, I think SM doesn't cover negative numbers but MM does. Is that true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I may have misunderstood the post but I thought she said there were topics covered in SM1A-6B that are not covered in MM1A-6B or that things were covered more thoroughly. However, I think SM doesn't cover negative numbers but MM does. Is that true? The standards edition of SM covers negative numbers, as well as all the other stuff people always complain about being missing from the US edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 Oh I always forget about the CA standards edition. Darn, I wish I could find that post. I'm fairly certain a poster said that SM through 6B gets you further than MM6B. I'm wondering if it's specific topics that are missing in MM or is that Sm goes deeper. WE're going to do MM6B/6B but if there are some topics in SM which are absent in MM, it's easy for me to add those in as I also own SM. Capt Uhura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 The standards edition of SM covers negative numbers, as well as all the other stuff people always complain about being missing from the US edition. When does the Stds edition cover negative numbers? Signed, mom who bought US editions through third grade without knowing any better ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 When does the Stds edition cover negative numbers? Signed, mom who bought US editions through third grade without knowing any better ;) I think the first instance is in level 4, but I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 When does the Stds edition cover negative numbers? Signed, mom who bought US editions through third grade without knowing any better ;) 4A - at a very basic level: just "this is what a negative number is". I don't think there's any arithmetic with negative numbers in 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I wonder if the poster comparing the two was thinking about back when MM only went to 6A? That wasn't very long ago. When there was no 6B, yes, Singapore went further, because it had a 6B. :D Though looking at the MM website where it talks about the comparison, it says this: The above comparison does not apply to SM Primary Mathematics Standards Edition, which follows California standards and is therefore more advanced. I don't know what exactly is in SM Standards that isn't in MM. :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 HHmmmm very interesting.....sigh, if no one pipes out I might have to start comparing TOC. I only have the US edition at home so I can't compare w/ the standards edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Honestly? I'm not at all worried about it. MM gets the kid ready for pre-algebra/algebra. That's enough for me. At that point, we'll get some good textbooks and dive right in. I know I've heard of people occasionally going to algebra straight from MM, so obviously there wasn't anything drastic missing? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 I'm more curious than worried. I have enough math books at home that I could easily supplement. That's why I want to know what the topic is...honestly I can't think of anything. I'd rather fill any gaps right now than later though I suppose it doesn't matter. DS has also done RSA-E, and is doing RS Geo so it's likely we may cover whatever it is that might be missing from MM compared to SM stds edition. I too am wondering if that statement was made not considering MM6B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 With regard to this quote from Maria Miller: The above comparison does not apply to SM Primary Mathematics Standards Edition, which follows California standards and is therefore more advanced. By "advanced," she means that the standards edition covers some of the topics sooner (in slightly earlier levels) than MM or Singapore/US edition, not that it covers topics missing from MM. MM6 covers probability & statistics, negative numbers, graphing functions, intro to algebraic equations, etc. It is quite complete. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 OOHH I see now! Thanks Correllano! For the life of me, I couldn't think of anything not in MM that was in SM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I have a related question. I have downloaded samples of Singapore and also watched lessons on youtube based on Singapore. Why does it seem soooo much easier than MM? It looks to me like it is slightly behind. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchbark Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Does anyone know if Singapore 6A/6B is basically on the same level as Math Mammoth 6A/6B? Would either one be considered 7th grade level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I have a related question. I have downloaded samples of Singapore and also watched lessons on youtube based on Singapore. Why does it seem soooo much easier than MM? It looks to me like it is slightly behind. :confused: I believe it may appear that way because Singapore does not require as many problems to be done in their workbooks. However, there are plenty of problems if the textbooks are being used, as well as the IP and CWP books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) 4A - at a very basic level: just "this is what a negative number is".I don't think there's any arithmetic with negative numbers in 4. Neg number again taught in 6A ch2 , 6B, ch 13 with all 4 operations (standard edition) In 4, it is just what is, and compare between neg numbers Edited April 28, 2011 by jennynd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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