OBS New Maths Time Textbook for Class 8

New Maths Time is a graded series of 10 books, Primers to Class 8, for students of Mathematics from pre-primary to middle school levels. The books are in line with the National Curriculum Framework and follow the guidelines laid down by the NCERT.

With Students’ App (3–8)

The main strength of the series lies in its unique focus on concepts, skills, activities and assessment separately.
Each chapter comprises five sections: Get Started, Concepts, Skills, Activities and Assessment.

Key Features of the Primers

• Gently graded
• Divided into sections:  Learn;  Explore;  Extend;  Revise and Enjoy
• Maths Lab Activities
• Mix of activities-tracing, ticking, matching, sorting, grouping, comparing, and colouring
• Picture stories
• Fun activities
• Plenty of exercises without straining the child
• Language—simple and controlled
• Visually appealing, bright and colourful

Key features of New Maths Time 1–8

Unique 5-section chapter structure to enable focused teaching – Get Started and Check What You Know (revision and introduction to the lesson); Concepts Section (focus on concepts); Skills Section (focus on calculation and higher order skills); Activities Section (Maths lab activities and projects); Assessment Section (Tests in the form of worksheets).

• Introduction of  topics through interesting real-life applications in graphic format
• Guided learning in the Concepts Section through simple explanations and solved examples
• Simple in-chapter exercises to consolidate concepts in the Concepts Section; more challenging exercises to develop calculation skills in the Skills Section
• Mixed Bag exercises cover all the sub-concepts taught in the chapter
• Mental Maths, MCQs , Higher Order Thinking Skills , Cross-curricular questions in every chapter
• Everyday Maths section with life skills and values
• Heritage section which includes Vedic Mathematics
• Maths Lab Activities and Group Projects

NEW features of New Maths Time 1–5

• Maths in Real Life at the beginning of each chapter shows the relevance of the topic to daily life and helps provide motivation for learning.
• Higher Order Thinking Skills has MCQs in Books 3–5 that are at par with questions found in international tests such as TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)
• Differentiated Worksheets in each chapter is a simple diagnostic tool that helps the teacher diagnose the level of competence achieved by each student.

Each worksheet is divided (and colour-coded) into three parts — easy, medium and difficult.
For each subtopic in the chapter, the three parts have exercises at these three difficulty levels. The teacher diagnoses the student depending on the part(s) of the worksheet the student is able to handle/not handle.

NEW features of New Maths Time 6–8

• Maths in Real Life at the beginning of each chapter shows the relevance of the topic to daily life and helps provide motivation for learning.
• Differentiated Worksheets in each chapter is a simple diagnostic tool that helps the teacher diagnose the level of competence achieved by each student.