Steck-Vaughn Core Skills: Math provides strategies and an organized approach to problem solving helping children build a thinking-based process to solving math problems. The Core Skills Math series is designed to reinforce math and problem-solving skills. Aligned to national standards for mathematics, Core Skills Math offers a variety of exercises that help students practice the strategies necessary to ensure mastery and build math confidence. Each page contains grade-appropriate problems and activities that develop computation, problem-solving, and reasoning skills vital to success in mathematics. Each book offers students the opportunity to polish his or her math skills and also demonstrates how much math applies to other subject areas such as science, social studies, and language arts.