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I have taught students from grade 1 to grade 12 since I opened the Vancouver Ho Math Chess Learning Centre in 1995. I have personally witnessed on how some students suffered because they could not master some very basic computational skills. I do not want to create a workbook, which is about practice, practice, and more practice of computational skills. This has motivated me to create a workbook that would be very different from the conventional ones in terms of the way the questions are presented to the students. I wanted students to learn basic computation skills by using the carefully designed worksheets so that students can master basic computation skills in an intuitive way. These worksheets were being designed while I actually watched student's work and modified accordingly to their responses.

If you have any comments or problems on this workbook, please email them to fho1928@gmail.com.I have taught students from grade 1 to grade 12 since I opened the Vancouver Ho Math Chess Learning Centre in 1995. I have personally witnessed on how some students suffered because they could not master some very basic computational skills. I do not want to create a workbook, which is about practice, practice, and more practice of computational skills. This has motivated me to create a workbook that would be very different from the conventional ones in terms of the way the questions are presented to the students. I wanted students to learn basic computation skills by using the carefully designed worksheets so that students can master basic computation skills in an intuitive way. These worksheets were being designed while I actually watched student's work and modified accordingly to their responses. I had an idea to create a computational workbook, which integrates chess knowledge, puzzles, and math in such a way that students could learn how to transfer abstract symbols into numerical values and then calculating the results by using puzzles-like problems. This idea may sound very simple but the result is much more profound - not only students learn to do math in multi-step, they also learn how to process information by converting abstract symbols into numerical values, which is important in learning critical thinking skill.One very noticeable computation format in Ho Math Chess math workbooks is the way computation directions are presented - it is no longer just a linear fashion; instead, students work on computations in all kinds of directions: top down, bottom up, left to eight, right to left, diagonally, and even circular motion. For example, the multiplication workbook computation format is designed in such a way that it takes the boredom out by using the format of multi-direction computation and multi-concept learning. Students could be introduced division computation procedure while working on multiplication and even equivalent fractions but without realizing that they are actually working on advanced math concepts and mechanic computation procedure beyond their grade level. One other example is that the factoring procedure is introduced while students are working on multiplication. These many embedded computational procedures included in the elementary level of math workbook will benefit students when they go to higher grades.

If you have any comments or problems on this workbook, please email them to fho1928@gmail.com.Many people were curious about how I created so many unique workbooks. People were also wondered how Ho Math Chess is different from other similar learning centres. Many readers do not have an idea of how these puzzles were placed in each of our workbooks. When we first created these puzzles, we did not have a blueprint to follow because they did not exist. Many parents do not know how to teach their children with our workbooks because they had never seen this kind of arithmetic worksheets before. So, I decided to write a book to address the above two problems, one is to describe how I created worksheets in general, and the other is to show how and why Ho Math Chess sets itself apart from others. I would like to thank my students who had given us feedback during my writing many workbooks. I wrote a few worksheets for some of my students and tried on them and if they did not work out effectively, then I revised. Without these students' input, some of my workbooks would not have been materialized. I have produced unedited videos to talk about my worksheets and explained about their formatting. Watch my videos using the following links. They are very educational and one-of-a-kind. Frank Ho presents math, chess, and puzzles integrated Intelligent Arithmetic Worksheet. https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td3SKp7cukA&t=262s Published on Jun 14, 2017, Frank walks the viewer through his unique and world's first math, chess, and puzzles integrated worksheet. No questions are shown on the sheet, only mini-chessboard, puzzle table, and his invented flat chess Geometry Chess Symbols which are being used as a set of the command language. Students follow identified square were and use chess moves to reach a puzzle table (information retrieval like cloud storage) to fetch its corresponding data. The fetched data is linked with the previously identified mini-chessboard to complete the answer. The whole process takes the boredom and mundane routine computation procedure out of the problem and replaces it with puzzle-like fun. Ho Math Chess Intelligent Arithmetic WorksheetsThis is the future style of computation problems that is students not only will be trained on computation to find answers they also are asked to use their thinking skills to figure out the problems by going through visualization, orientation, corresponding, analyzing, synthesizing, and executing abstract commanding symbols. The enforcement of the students to write the problems only imprints more impression on the number of facts. https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3wAMqo4qUEWhat is an Intelligent Arithmetic Worksheet? The intelligent Arithmetic worksheet allows students to work on computations but figures out the answers like they are working on word problems. I have dreamed about how can I can create a type of computation worksheet which are disruptively different from the traditionally straightforward type of computational worksheets? Not only they have to be fun, intriguing and entertaining they also must be effective in learning results. This example is one of many examples that I created and collected them in my workbook called Ultimate Math Contest Preparation, Problem Solving Strategies, and Math IQ Puzzles Grade 1 and 2 from pages 28 to 74. The Intelligent Arithmetic Worksheets take the exploratory approach which trains a student to use more of his or her brain and, yet the problem is not difficult, so an average student can solve them with fun. I also created a video which introduces my math, chess, and puzzles combined idea as follows: https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td3SKp7cukA

Frankho puzzles were invented by Mr. Frank Ho, a Canadian math teacher and the founder of Ho Math and Chess learning centre based in Canada. Frankho Puzzles were created using Frank's trademarked Geometry Chess Symbols. Frankho puzzles are a special kind of math puzzles that are solved by using basic arithmetic operations and by following chess moves and logic. Frankho Puzzles help children improve their computing, logic, and chess abilities all in one workbook and at the same time. There are no chess strategies or tactics required when working on Frankho Puzzles other than the knowledge of basic chess moves. Frankho puzzles are educational, fun, and additive. More details can be found at the following web site address. http: //www.scribd.com/doc/60924260/Frankho-Math-and-Chess-Puzzles-for-Childre

What's wrong with the traditional drill computation? From tutoring point of view, there is nothing wrong to give them to children for practice on fluency and grasp of basics. However, there is something wrong form children's point of view that is they are boring, dull and not fun. Why do children feel that way? Well, the time has changed but the format of traditional computation worksheets has not caught up with the pace of the society.The future belongs to a generation who understands how to process information and the information might include digits, bytes, numbers, graphics, images, languages, symbols, equations etc. Children today might chat with others on the internet while downloading or uploading files and viewing movie clips at the same time. Multi-tasking and the multi-way of processing information seem to have come as second nature to children, but is our computation format reflecting the way that children are living today? Certainly not, this is one reason why children feel so bored and lost interest to continue to work on the same "old" style of computation worksheets.These simple monotonic basic number facts computation worksheets are no longer reflecting the real world which the young generation is facing today or will be living in the future. The computing world children are facing today is much like a rich tapestry, where diversified fabrics and colours are integrated. Children today are absorbing not just numbers but an array of information like image, sound, music, symbols, spatial information, or even abstract ideas all bundled together and delivered through many types of media. Children today are not happy just working on pure number drill without any other stimulus or motivator. After realizing the importance of having fun while learning, Ho Math Chess has been embarked on an important teaching philosophy that is to integrate chess and puzzles into math worksheets so that children can learn math while having fun.Ho Math Chess has created a series of special printable workbooks to have a synergetic effect by integrating or converging arithmetic basic number facts, chess, mazes, and information processing all in one worksheet.This is accomplished through Ho Math Chess own trademarked proprietary technologies such as Symbolic Chess Language (SCL), Frankho Puzzle, Frankho Maze, and the Ho Math Chess training set.With this invention of math, chess, and puzzles integrated worksheets, a child is acting as a data warehouse manager and sorts, matches, or classifies data in an information environment which simulates a cell phone screen using an incredible variety of learning concepts namely chess, symbols, spatial relation, logic, comparison, tables, patterns, mazes, computing etc. by networking all kinds of information together. The learning process is much like to search for information using the internet. Only when children have successfully followed instructions using SCL and, as a result, created a question themselves, can a solution be found at last.Ho Math Chess workbook is a multi-function workbook, it trains children not only their basic computing ability but also trains them to be an astute data warehouse manager or an excellent data miner by developing their problem-solving ability and critical thinking skills.

What's wrong with the traditional drill computation? From tutoring point of view, there is nothing wrong to give them to children for practice on fluency and grasp of basics. However, there is something wrong form children's point of view that is they are boring, dull and not fun. Why do children feel that way? Well, the time has changed but the format of traditional computation worksheets has not caught up with the pace of the society. The future belongs to a generation who understands how to process information and the information might include digits, bytes, numbers, graphics, images, languages, symbols, equations etc. Children today might chat with others on the internet while downloading or uploading files and viewing movie clips at the same time. Multi-tasking and the multi-way of processing information seem to have come as a second nature to children, but is our computation format reflecting the way that children are living today? Certainly not, this is one reason why children feel so bored and lost interest to continue to work on the same "old" style of computation worksheets. These simple monotonic basic number facts computation worksheets are no longer reflecting the real world which the young generation is facing today or will be living in the future. The computing world children are facing today is much like a rich tapestry, where diversified fabrics and colours are integrated. Children today are absorbing not just numbers but an array of information like image, sound, music, symbols, spatial information, or even abstract ideas all bundled together and delivered through many types of media. Children today are not happy just working on pure number drill without any other stimulus or motivator. After realizing the importance of having fun while learning, Ho Math Chess has been embarked on an important teaching philosophy that is to integrate chess and puzzles into math worksheets so that children can learn math while having fun. Ho Math Chess has created a series of special printable workbooks to have a synergetic effect by integrating or converging arithmetic basic number facts, chess, mazes, and information processing all in one worksheet. This is accomplished through Ho Math Chess own trademarked proprietary technologies such as Symbolic Chess Language (SCL), Frankho Puzzle, Frankho Maze, and the Ho Math Chess training set.With this invention of math, chess, and puzzles integrated worksheets, a child is acting as a data warehouse manager and sorts, matches, or classifies data in an information environment which simulates a cell phone screen using an incredible variety of learning concepts namely chess, symbols, spatial relation, logic, comparison, tables, patterns, mazes, computing etc. by networking all kinds of information together. The learning process is much like to search information using the internet. Only when children have successfully followed instructions using SCL and, as a result, created a question themselves, can a solution be found at last. Ho Math Chess workbook is a multi-function workbook, it trains children not only their basic computing ability but also trains them to be an astute data warehouse manager or an excellent data miner by developing their problem-solving ability and critical thinking skills.

A multiplication workbook uses math-chess-puzzles integrated idea.If you have any comments or problems on this workbook, please email them to fho1928@gmail.com.

If you have any comments or problems on this workbook, please email them to fho1928@gmail.com.We have seen that many students did their homework but still could not get A mark consistently. One of the problems is that even though they did their homework or assignments, but the problems given in quizzes or tests by their day school teachers are different from what they did in their homework. Some students also need more practice or tests, and there are not enough test problems in their textbooks. Often it because some students could use a quick review to boost their marks.This workbook was not written just for reviewing, testing, or assessing purposes. Students can also use it to learn new concepts and get ahead.It is challenging to produce a workbook to be used worldwide by instructors all over the world. This workbook can be used worldwide to meet the needs of students with advanced abilities in many countries. How did we produce such a workbook? We have combed through many math books produced by many countries and areas, including China, the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore etc., to compare their contents and studied their exam papers. We also studied many math problems in the IB program, SSAT math part, and regional and international math assessments. Doing these researches allows us to produce some problems that have a very high standard and some average problems for beginner's level.All drawings in this workbook may not represent the exact scales.This workbook can be used for lower and middle grades.

In 2014, all computation workbooks have taken major upgrades to include truly math and chess integrated material, this idea is world first and these worksheets formats are also world first. With these releases of many new and innovative workbooks, the math teaching and tutoring has taken the entire math tutoring to a revolutionary stage. Because of the creation of integrated math, chess, and puzzles integrated workbooks, Ho Math Chess has made the dream of fun math teaching becomes true.Students at Ho Math Chess have enjoyed math even more than the previous workbooks and we see dramatic changes in student's attitude, they are happier and more willing to work on math. In 2015, we added a new part called intelligent worksheets which allow students to figure out the operator and this is an innovative idea in computation format because all other math workbooks on the market all pre-define their operators for students and students just calculate the results.

If you have any comments or problems on this workbook, please email them to fho1928@gmail.com.We have seen that many students did their homework but still could not get A mark consistently. One of the problems is that even though they did their homework or assignments, but the problems given in quizzes or tests by their day school teachers are different from what they did in their homework. Some students also need more practice or tests, and there are not enough test problems in their textbooks. Often it because some students could use a quick review to boost their marks.This workbook was not written just for reviewing, testing, or assessing purposes. Students can also use it to learn new concepts and get ahead.It is challenging to produce a workbook to be used worldwide by instructors all over the world. This workbook can be used worldwide to meet the needs of students with advanced abilities in many countries. How did we produce such a workbook? We have combed through many math books produced by many countries and areas, including China, the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore etc., to compare their contents and studied their exam papers. We also studied many math problems in the IB program, SSAT math part, and regional and international math assessments. Doing these researches allows us to produce some problems that have a very high standard and some average problems for beginner's level.All drawings in this workbook may not represent the exact scales.This workbook can be used for lower and middle grades.

Frankho puzzles were invented by Mr. Frank Ho, a Canadian math teacher and the founder of Ho Math and Chess learning centre based in Canada. Frankho Puzzles were created using Frank's trademarked Geometry Chess Symbols. Frankho puzzles are a special kind of math puzzles that are solved by using basic arithmetic operations and by following chess moves and logic. Frankho Puzzles help children improve their computing, logic, and chess abilities all in one workbook and at the same time. There are no chess strategies or tactics required when working on Frankho Puzzles other than the knowledge of basic chess moves. Frankho puzzles are educational, fun, and additive. More details can be found at the following web site address. http: //www.scribd.com/doc/60924260/Frankho-Math-and-Chess-Puzzles-for-Childre

If you have any comments or problems on this workbook, please email them to fho1928@gmail.com.Ho Math Chess(TM)= math + puzzles + chessFrank Ho, a Canadian math teacher, intrigued by math and chess relationships after teaching his son chess, started Ho Math Chess(TM) in 1995. His long-term devotion to research has led his son to become a FIDE chess master and Frank's publications of over 20 math workbooks. Today Ho Math Chess(TM) is the world's largest and the only franchised scholastic math, chess, and puzzles specialty learning centre worldwide. Ho Math Chess(TM) is a leading research organization in math, chess, and puzzles integrated teaching methodology. There are hundreds of articles already published showing chess benefits children and that math puzzles are an excellent way of improving brainpower. So, by integrating chess and mathematical chess puzzles, the learning effect is more significant. Parents send their children to Ho Math Chess(TM) because they like Ho Math Chess(TM) teaching philosophy - offering children problem-solving questions in various formats. The questions could be pure chess, chess puzzles, mathematical chess puzzles like logic, pattern, tree structure, Venn diagram, probability and many more math concepts. Ho Math Chess(TM) has developed a series of unique and high-quality math, chess, and puzzles integrated workbooks. Ho Math Chess(TM) produced the world's first workbook Learning Chess to Improve Math. This workbook is not only for learning chess but also for enriching math ability. This sets Ho Math Chess apart from other math learning centres, chess club, or chess classes. The teaching method at Ho Math Chess(TM) is to use math, chess, and puzzles integrated workbooks to teach children fun math. The purposes of Ho Math Chess(TM) teaching method and workbooks are to: -Improve math marks.-Develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills.-Improve logical thinking ability.-Boost brainpower. Testimonials, sample worksheets, reports, and franchise information can be found at www.homathchess.com.More information about Ho Math Chess(TM) can also be found from the following publications: 1. Why Buy a Ho Math Chess(TM) Learning Centre Franchise: A Unique Learning Centre?2.Ho Math Chess(TM) Sudoku Puzzles Sample Worksheets3.Introduction to Ho Math Chess(TM) and its Founder Frank HoThe above publications can be purchased from www.amazon.com.

If you have any comments or problems on this workbook, please email them to fho1928@gmail.com.Many people have asked us about our franchise business and would like to know more about it before making their decisions on opening a Ho Math Chess franchised learning centre. They are interested in finding out more about our workbooks' uniqueness and how effective they are in teaching. They do not know how our innovative and revolutionary math, chess and puzzles combined workbooks are different from traditional math workbooks. Many of them also wonder if our materials will meet their own countries' math curriculums. All of these are legitimate questions. There is no better way than that we let our potential franchisees have the privilege to eyewitness our workbooks and do due diligence by researching our teaching methodology and philosophy, our workbooks, and finding out why our centre is a fun math learning centre. This sincere divulgence of our sensitive business information helps potential franchisees make a wise decision as to why buying Ho Math Chess instead of others.

Frankho ChessDoku(TM) puzzles were invented by Mr. Frank Ho, a Canadian math teacher and the founder of Ho Math Chess Tutor Franchise Learning Centre. The puzzles included in this workbook were jointly created by Frank Ho and Amanda Ho.The gameplay is an excellent way to inspire children's interest in learning math, and chess has proven to be effective as a learning tool. Frankho ChessDoku(TM) is a collection of a special kind of math puzzles that are solved by using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or number factoring by following chess moves, logic, and backwards thinking strategy. Frankho ChessDoku(TM) is a one-of-a-kind puzzle that can help children improve their computing, logic, and chess abilities all in one workbook and at the same time.Since most children like puzzles and games, so for children working on Frankho ChessDoku(TM) is a good alternative for them to learn math computation skills, whether they are interested in playing chess or not. There is no chess knowledge required at all when working on Frankho ChessDoku(TM) because children could simply follow the directions as indicated by the darker lines. The numbers involved in the computations are all just one-digit numbers.Frankho ChessDoku(TM) puzzles were created by using the following Frank's invented and trademarked Geometric Chess Symbols, which are also used for Ho Math Chess Teaching Set. A child as young as four years old can play chess almost instantly by learning this chess set. (Canada copyright 1069744, trademark TMA 771400)

If you have any comments or problems on this workbook, please email them to fho1928@gmail.com.Frankho ChessDoku(TM) puzzles were invented by Mr. Frank Ho, a Canadian math teacher and the founder of Ho Math Chess Tutor Franchise Learning Centre. The puzzles included in this workbook were jointly created by Frank Ho and Amanda Ho.The gameplay is an excellent way to inspire children's interest in learning math, and chess has proven to be effective as a learning tool. Frankho ChessDoku(TM) is a collection of a special kind of math puzzles that are solved by using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or number factoring by following chess moves, logic, and backwards thinking strategy. Frankho ChessDoku(TM) is a one-of-a-kind puzzle that can help children improve their computing, logic, and chess abilities all in one workbook and at the same time.Since most children like puzzles and games, so for children working on Frankho ChessDoku(TM) is a good alternative for them to learn math computation skills, whether they are interested in playing chess or not. There is no chess knowledge required at all when working on Frankho ChessDoku(TM) because children could simply follow the directions as indicated by the darker lines. The numbers involved in the computations are all just one-digit numbers.Frankho ChessDoku(TM) puzzles were created by using the following Frank's invented and trademarked Geometric Chess Symbols, which are also used for Ho Math Chess Teaching Set. A child as young as four years old can play chess almost instantly by learning this chess set. (Canada copyright 1069744, trademark TMA 771400)

Frankho Teaching Method used at Ho Math Chess Learning CentreThe basic number facts are being taught at Ho Math Chess Learning Centre using a method called Frankho Teaching Method which uses a math, chess, and puzzles integrated worksheets to get children interested in math and also train children's critical thinking skills while they work on foundation math knowledge. Traditionally math worksheets creators seem to always think that basic numbers worksheets are just for one purpose that is to make students practice on computations. So to work on traditional vertical columns of additions, subtractions, multiplications, or divisions would be rote learning. If we continue to use the same way of producing the traditional basic number facts worksheets then this kind of view would be somewhat true because students are trained in just one track of mind. They seem to have troubles in figuring out calculation questions using backwards method.Our teaching method is to fundamentally change the way and structure that the basic number facts worksheets have been presented to primary students so to allow students not only lay their basic foundation but also to get them engaged in more exploratory dialogue with their teachers to discover the strategies used in conducting computations, for example strategies used in addition such as adding 1, 2, 3; adding 10, or doubling etc. These strategies offer systematic, organized, logic thinking to students so they would be encouraged to think more about the relationships between digits and numbers, instead of just relying on memorization to get automatic answers. Students using our basic number facts worksheets would get some benefits of critical thinking skills as if they were working on open-end word problems. This new way of teaching number facts by creating integrated math, chess and puzzles basic number facts worksheets is profoundly different from the traditional worksheets.Why is Ho Math Chess unique?This is one of a series of basic number facts computation workbooks using math-chess-puzzles integrated methodology from preschool to elementary school. These proprietary and differential products are produced by Frank Ho and Amanda Ho. Frank founded Ho Math Chess Learning Centre in 1995 in Vancouver, Canada. He invented and trademarked the Geometry Chess Symbols which are the core technology of producing the math and chess connected workbooks. Our math and chess integrated workbooks (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, problem solving, math contests, Frankho ChessDoku, and Frankho ChessMazes etc.) can be used by day schools or after-school learning centres as a complete set of teaching number facts to supplement school's math teaching. These workbooks have been used and evolved at Ho Math Chess headquarters since 1995. We believe the way our integrated workbooks presented have revolutionized the style of traditional math worksheets.

We appreciate receiving your feedback. Please email your comments or suggestions to the author Frank Ho at fho1928@gmail.com.How did I start to write this Learning Chess to Improve Math workbook? I started to teach my son chess when he was five years old. At that time, much information I had read indicated that there was a strong relationship between mathematics and chess. My son was interested in chess, so what would happen if he carried the same interest in chess on a subject which would require him to use his chess knowledge? What could chess offer in mathematics education? These kinds of questions sparked my interest in studying the relationship between chess and math. What I had found was that there had been many chess or math puzzles published, but I was not able to find a collection of mathematical chess problems that were specifically created for youngsters. In 1995, I was involved in teaching math and chess at the same time, and I started to seriously look into the possibility of creating some math and chess hybrid problems. This is how my son and I started to create the first generation of Math and Chess integrated workbook titled Mathematical Chess Puzzles for Juniors ISBN 0-9683967-0-4, and it was archived at the National Library of Canada. It is designed and written to learn all kinds of problem-solving skills through over 100 minds provoking and sometimes mind-boggling mathematical chess puzzles. The uniqueness of this book is that only the basic chess knowledge and the elementary math ability are needed to solve most of these puzzles. I have been working on refining the contents ever since, and after almost 20 years of working the first math and chess workbook, I have incorporated many math concepts. Today's version is the fourth generation. This workbook of integrating chess and math puzzles could be used as supplemental or enriched material to supplement the math curriculum. World's first and copyrighted Mathematical Chess Puzzles for Juniors workbook first edition of workbook Mathematical Chess Puzzles for Juniors created in 1995 was a world's first. I did a thorough literature and library catalogues searches and publicized my workbook on the internet (including rec.games.chess.misc) resulted in nothing similar to my workbook that had ever been published. There was no integrated chess and math workbook ever published for the elementary students at the time when I published my workbook in 1995. Besides, I have updated the workbook since I published the first one 20 years ago with many new and innovative ideas; still, my workbook is the only one on the market. It would be devastating for me if some copycat just copied my ideas and formats of worksheets and started to commercialize it. To protect my intellectual property, I am the world's first on the following ideas and concepts, and I am the original creator of unique formats of worksheets.

Frankho ChessDoku(TM) puzzles were invented by Mr. Frank Ho, a Canadian math teacher and the founder of Ho Math Chess Tutor Franchise Learning Centre. The puzzles included in this workbook were jointly created by Frank Ho and Amanda Ho.Game play is a good way to inspire children's interest in learning math and chess has proven to be effective as a learning tool. Frankho ChessDoku(TM) is a collection of a special kind of math puzzles that are solved by using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or number factoring by following chess moves, logic, and backwards thinking strategy. Frankho ChessDoku(TM) is one-of-a-kind puzzle that can help children improve their computing, logic, and chess abilities all in one workbook and at the same time.Since most children like puzzles and games, so for children working on Frankho ChessDoku(TM) is a good alternative for them to learn math computation skills whether they are interested in playing chess or not. There are no chess strategies or tactics required when working on Frankho ChessDoku(TM) other than the knowledge of basic chess moves. The basic starting numbers involve in the computations are all just one-digit numbers.

I wrote this workbook with a vision that is I wanted to create a workbook which, I think, will be good and useful for children. This workbook was created based on my personal, educational background and teaching experience and my own chess coaching experience with my son. All these experiences and observations tell me that a student who has a higher IQ and has a higher than average math score does not necessarily mean that this student will do well in math contests. Everybody can learn math, but the results could be very different. Other than having a smart brain and the ability to learn math faster than the other children, a child needs other "qualities' to do well consistently in math contests. These special qualities include perseverance, patience, and willingness to take the time to think. The ability to be able to conclude; make comparisons; expand and instil learned knowledge onto other problems; can follow and write procedures or steps neatly and logically; organize and list data; visualize spatial relations. The student could be trained vigorously, but without real interest and willingness to work on problems, then the enthusiasm of training on math contests will last long, so we know to use one straight math contest workbook alone is difficult to achieve the effect of "all-around" training. This is my vision of creating this integrated 3-in-1, unique workbook.Why is this workbook so huge? (What unique is about this workbook?)How to train a child to be more patient? How to train a student to observe and compare? One way of achieving these is to use puzzles, which is the main reason that puzzles are included in this book.Further, puzzles can increase a child's IQ. How to train a child to think "out of the box" and be creative? The integrated chess, Sudoku, and computational math puzzles can help. When considering all the above purposes, the result is that this workbook has become a vast workbook.

We have been very interested in creating a "perfect" workbook that could cover students' day schools' math curriculums in any country for elementary students and it must be fun for students to use. Ideally, it also should offer challenging problems for very intelligent students. This "ideal" workbook should cover a variety of topics such that it can be used for average students or gifted students. In the past, such a workbook must be created by using a few workbooks: one for school math, one for word problems, and one for puzzles etc.; the problem of using multiple workbooks is it is difficult for a teacher to teach by using three or four workbooks in once a week session of after-school learning centre. Through many years of research and teaching, Ho Math Chess has finally had a breakthrough. We have created a workbook Problem Solving and Math IQ Puzzles for different levels of students. To meet the requirement that this workbook can be used to teach day school math curriculums for different countries, our workbook contents levels are very high and at the same time, this type of workbook also adds fun into math learning by incorporating puzzles. We also included many of our own intellectual and copyrighted puzzles in the workbook. For students who are interested in preparing math contests, we have produced a math contest preparation workbook. For students who are interested in learning chess, we also have produced a chess learning workbook. We also have a Frankho ChessDoku specifically designed to train students in a combination of math computation, chess, and Sudoku. FrankhoMaze is a special type of maze which offers the feeling of 3-D maze play using chess moves. For those students who like to review math materials for test purposes, we have a "review workbook" produced just for that purpose. For the private schools` SSAT entrance exams, we produced SSAT preparation workbook.

We appreciate receiving your feedback. Please email your comments or suggestions to the author Frank Ho at fho1928@gmail.com.This workbook provides answers for Math Contest, Problem Solving Strategies, and Math IQ Puzzles Grades 3 and 4.

This workbook provides answers for the workbook Ho Math, Chess, and Puzzles for Grade 1 and Under.If there are any problems, suggestions, or comments please email Frank Ho at fho1928@gmail.com.

Many books have suggested chess related math projects for teachers to use, but this workbook is the world firstly created for students under grade 1 to combine chess directly into math computation worksheets. This workbook teaches basic computations in addition and subtraction, mostly, for one-digit operations. It also includes mathematical puzzles and mathematical chess puzzles. Some puzzles combine arithmetic, chess, and Sudoku all in one. This special puzzle is called Frankho ChessDoku. A world's first invention maze called Frankho ChessMaze is also included in this workbook. To understand a bit more about Ho Math Chess teaching philosophy and its worksheet, watch the following video: https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td3SKp7cukAPlease email Frank Ho at fho1928@gmail.com for any problems, suggestions, or concerns.I started to get involved in chess teaching at the time when my son was about 6 years old. He showed interest in a set of chess placed on the table in the living room. He was excited about finding out that by making a right move he was rewarded with taking his opponent's piece. Later we studied chess together and he became a Canadian junior chess champion and a FIDE chess master. My interest shifted from playing chess itself to studying the relation between chess and mathematics. Eventually, I created this Ho Math, Chess, and Puzzles for Grade 1 and Under workbook. There are many pure math puzzles or chess puzzles only workbooks on the market. How this Ho Math, Chess, and Puzzles for Grade 1 and Under workbook sets itself apart from others is that it contains one-of-a-kind mathematical chess puzzles in which math concepts and chess knowledge are integrated using my invention of SCL (Symbolic Chess Language) to link math and chess and this discovery is the world's first. SCL is based on the chess set which I created using a geometry concept of line segments and lines. This workbook is a revolutionary breakthrough in teaching math using game-based teaching method. Many problems require children to look for problems using spatial relations and patterns, also find their answers by computing in multi-step. As a result, this math and chess integrated workbook takes the boredom and repetitions away from computing practice. Ho Math Chess teaching method can improve children's math scores and problem-solving ability; develop children's logic and critical thinking skills. It is a natural health food for improving brainpower. Most of the teaching organizations use a very classic teaching method that is to teach basic numeracy or counting skills, they do not know how to systematically integrate a chess game into math worksheets. Ho Math Chess is the only one and the world's first to have integrated chess and puzzles into math calculation worksheets to make math learning fun. This workbook uses chess pieces, chess points and chessboard etc. to instill mathematical concepts related to the pattern, logic, geometry transformation, number theory and many, many other math concepts. This workbook is created with the ideas of learning math in multi-concept, multi-sensory, multi-direction and hands-on approach. It is an innovative product of supplementing elementary mathematics. The purposes of this workbook are to develop and train the skills of the following areas. - Building basic facts skills. Our invention of proprietary SCL (Symbolic Chess Language) provides many multi-step problems to train computation skills.- Transferring abstract idea to concrete numeric values SCL provides training to the understanding of how symbols are converted to meaningful numerical values. - Developing reasoning and logic skills - Processing image and data analysis -Training visualization and spatial reasoning - Developing hand-eye-brain coordination with hands-on experience

This book provides answers for the student workbook Math Contest Preparation, Problem Solving Strategies, and Math IQ Puzzles for Grades 4 and 5.

There is a Chinese saying 十年磨一劍 (Taking ten years to sharpen a sword.), it has been almost 20 years since I published the first math contest workbook in 2002 This workbook is one-of-a-kind and world's first, I believe. In the past 20 years, I created many workbooks and the reason simply is because I could not find suitable teaching materials to use at my own after-school learning centre. Why I created another workbook this time? It is simply because there is a need for it. Let me explain. I created the following workbooks in the past: 1.Basics 2.Math IQ puzzles 3.Math and Chess Integrated workbooks using my invention of Symbolic Chess Language (SCL) 4.Math IQ Fitness 5.Integrated math, chess, and puzzles for the creative minds 6.Math Contest The trouble is, with every class, we have diversified students with different levels of math ability. Some of them could participate in the discussion. some of them were always quiet. They basically do not get full benefits from the discussion style of teaching. So, I discovered the method of student collaboration and the teacher coaching method only makes sense when students are at the same level of the playfield, otherwise, the star will always be a star and others tend to fade away with no ideas to discuss at all. How to handle this condition of teaching? I need a good arsenal of workbooks. For those who can do math contest quality problems, I give them Math Contest books; for those who need to boost their brain thinking skills, I give them Math IQ Fitness; for those who do not like play competitive chess, I give them chess and math puzzles; for those who are falling behind, I give them Basics workbooks. The result is many students end up with 4 to 6 workbooks on their desks. The assignment marking also is a nightmare. With 2-hours math teaching, I need a variety of teaching materials, much like the entertainment variety show. It would be boring if the singer continuously sings for 2-hours. The same reason for keeping up the interest in teaching math to elementary students, they need varieties of teaching contents, so I decided to combine some of my workbooks into one that is why this combined workbook is so huge, larger than most of the math workbooks you would find on the market.This workbook is designed to teach in a very small class size preferably 4 or 5 students so that students could get lots of opportunities to discuss with the teacher. One-on-one teaching would be ideal because the student gets 100% attention constantly.This workbook can be used in enrichment class because it includes many contest quality problems and thus could also be used for preparing math contests. It includes many mathematical puzzles, so it could be used as a fun math teaching workbook. It includes many mixed computations and advanced word problems, so it could be used for chess clubs while teaching chess lessons. The use of this workbook is multi-faceted.The series of "Ultimate" workbooks were written after many years of teaching experience, thus some articles in the workbooks referring to the teaching experience happened many years ago.