Jul15
With this post, we are going to understand the notion of a fraction as a part of a whole, as a division of natural numbers and its position on the number line. What is a fraction? A fraction represents the number of parts that we have of a whole that is divided into equal parts. Fractions […]
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Have you tried to do our combined operations problems? When we do a problem, there are times when there is no need to do any operation and other times when you have to do one or many. Today we are going to see these problems where various operations are necessary in order to arrive at a […]
Continue reading »Jul13
Today we are going to learn what direct proportions are and what they are used for. Before we go on, we need to know what a magnitude is. A magnitude is an amount that can be measured or counted. For example, the weight of a person, the number of construction workers working, the number of bananas, the […]
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Straight lines are key to recognizing shapes that we often see in the real world: geometric figures. In today’s post, we will classify geometric figures formed from straight lines and think about where we can find them. We’ll start with the simplest: Two Straight LinesCan you make a figure with two straight lines? Well, of […]
Continue reading »Jul08
Today, we’re going to walk through some examples of adding fractions. Before you read this post, you might want to check out a previous post where we explain how to add fractions step by step. Let’s begin with the simplest of examples: Adding Fractions with the Same Denominator For example: The only thing we need […]
Continue reading »Jul07
In today’s post, we will review Ones, Tens, and Hundreds and examples of how they are used. Ones One is the smallest natural number. We are going to represent the ones’ place with unit cubes: Tens Let’s look at a bigger number: That’s a lot of unit cubes, right? Imagine how many there would be […]
Continue reading »Jul06
In this post, we are going to learn how to do addition problems with and without regrouping. How to Add without Regrouping Place the addends one on top of the other so that the place values fall in the same columns. Add each column together separately, starting with the 1s place. The sums go below each column, […]
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In this post we will learn to subtract with and without borrowing. Subtract Without Borrowing: The steps we need to follow are: Place the number being subtracted under the number being subtracted from so that place values in the same column match. Subtract each column separately starting with the ones Write the result of the subtraction […]
Continue reading »Jul01
In this post we are going to see some addition and subtraction calculations with decimals. In order to add or subtract decimals, we need to stack the numbers that have a decimal point one on top of the other, making sure to line up the values in the same columns. By doing so, the tens, […]
Continue reading »Jun30
In today’s post, we are going to work on proportions. This time we will look at a way of solving direct and inverse proportions: the rule of 3. What is the rule of 3? The rule of 3 is an operation that helps us quickly solve both direct and inverse proportion word problems. In order […]
Continue reading »Jun29
In this post, we are going to learn what exponents are and how to calculate them. Exponents are used to simplify multiplication problems where the same number is multiplied. For example: 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 We are multiplying the number 5 four times. In order to write it in powers, we first write down […]
Continue reading »Jun24
This post will teach you how to multiply any number by a one-digit number. Multiplication Terms The numbers that are multiplied are called FACTORS and the answer is called the PRODUCT. The FACTORS are written on top of each other. Normally, the bigger number is written on the top, and it’s called the MULTIPLICAND and […]
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