The only way to see what is different about the new ways of doing mathematics is to study some new mathematics presented in a new way. This small text is designed for parents to enable them to study some of the new mathematics topics. The two chapters which are included are extracted from a seventh grade SMSG text. Interspersed throughout are remarks concerned with both the why and the how of the student material. Chapter 1 is on numeration. Chapter 2 is concerned with whole numbers. (Author/RH)