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[quote=Anonymous]I would discourage you from this path for two reasons:

First, a complete mastery of elementary mathematics is critical for success with higher math.  Your daughter should have both a thorough understanding of the concepts and also be adept at using them automatically so she can focus on the advanced skills which will build on them.  Her foundation should be tock solid.  This generally requires significant practice, although the amount of practice required can vary significantly between individual children.

Secondly, moving ahead can create additional problems.  If she gets frustrated or resents the extra work, she may get burnt out.  Moreover, if she ends up ahead, she runs the risk of boredom (but NEVER use any form of that word when communicating with the school).  Depending on your school system and state regulations, she may, at some point, “run out” of classes at her school, and/or (as is the case in Maryland) be required to take 4 years of math, regardless of how advanced she may be.

For these reasons, I generally recommend enrichment over acceleration for advanced students, allowing them the opportunity to explore a broader (and more interesting) range of topics than is generally covered in a standard math curriculum.

With all this in mind, I think you might find the book Quick Arithmetic helpful.  While it is longer than you prefer, it is designed for adults to self-study, and so it is set up to identify what areas need work and to allow the user to progress at their own pace, skipping over material that they already know.  Since your daughter is only in the fourth grade, she may not even be ready for some of the more advanced topics.  It is also a textbook, not a workbook, so your daughter would need to do her work on separate paper, as there isn’t space set aside w the book itself.  While intended for an adult user, the book is surprisingly readable for a math text and I felt the explanations were especially clear and direct.  I should point out that this book only deals with ARITHMETIC.  Other mathematical topics like geometry and statistics are not addressed, at all.  You may be able to access this book through your public library.  I would be wary of an ebook, based on the kindle sample - when I look at the sample on the Amazon website, where it shows me a page at a time, it’s fine (although navigating may be a bit more cumbersome), but when I look at the sample on my phones kindle app, the formatting is harder to follow.

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