Learn elementary geometry with Smartick. Exercises, theory, tutorials, and teaching resources for children learning elementary geometry. Here you will find posts about geometry to make learning easier and more fun.
Jan15
We’re used to working with geometric figures. We find them outlining our notebooks, textbooks, or the screen of our tablets and computers. But today we’re going to look beyond these everyday items and discover the mysteries that some geometric figures hide, and how humans have used or adapted them for their own needs. In this […]
Continue reading »Nov17
In today’s post we’re going to talk about Geometry and and 2D figures. To help us, we’re going to use an old Chinese game, Tangram. The Tangram is a puzzle made up of 7 pieces: a parallelogram (rhomboid), a square, and 5 triangles. The objective of this game is to create shapes using the 7 pieces. The […]
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Welcome to Smartick’s blog! In today’s post we are going to learn some geometry and talk about prisms: what they are, what are their principal elements, the types of prisms that exist and how we can calculate their areas and volumes. What Are Prisms? A prism is a polyhedron that has two equal, parallel sides […]
Continue reading »Aug04
In today’s post, we are going to take a look at the distributive property from a geometric point of view. You can consult these entries for more information on this property: Multiplication Properties Distributive Property from a Geometric point of view: We’re going to start by drawing a striped rectangle that’s divided into two smaller […]
Continue reading »Jun12
Do you know what a cylinder is? In addition to explaining what cylinders are, in this post we will look at how they develop, the parts that make up a cylinder, and how to calculate its area and volume. We will also show you some activities using cylinders that children complete during their Smartick sessions. […]
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In today’s post, we’re going to take a look at the relationship between clocks and angles. More specifically, we’ll see the kinds of angles that can be formed by the hands of a clock and how to calculate them. On a clock, we can see different kinds of angles based on its amplitude; void, acute, […]
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Curved lines and straight lines. This week’s post will teach you how to differentiate between open and closed curves. The first item on our agenda is: Do you know what a curve is? A curve is a succession of points that constantly change direction, in other words, it isn’t straight. The image below shows a […]
Continue reading »Apr26
In this post we will look at the properties of polynomials, what they are, what degree they have, and whether or not they complete and/or in standard form. Let’s start by looking at what polynomials are. A polynomial is an assembly of monomials. Polynomials are usually named with capital letters (usually starting with the letter […]
Continue reading »Mar01
In today’s post, we’ll start looking at a super important topic in math: Angles. What are they? What kinds exist? We’ll fill you in all about it here. Definition Parts In planar geometry, two rays with the same endpoint always create two angles. Two sides and a vertex, which is the endpoint of both sides, […]
Continue reading »Feb10
We are going to take a look at some straight lines in today’s post. The first thing that’s on the agenda is to define what exactly straight lines are in order to differentiate them from curved lines. Then, we’ll have a look at the concepts of rays, line segments, and open rays. What is a […]
Continue reading »Dec23
What are geometric plane shapes? What characteristics do they have? These are the questions that we will answer in this post. The principal geometric plane shapes are: The Circle The circle is a shape that can be made by tracing a curve that is always the same distance from a point that we call the […]
Continue reading »Dec08
What’s an angle? Right, obtuse, straight, acute angle… what are these and what do they have to do with angles? If they can be measured… how can we measure them? What are they used for? …These are some of the questions that we’re going to answer in this post. So…let’s do this! Angles: An area marked […]
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