Nov28
When it comes to digital games, we all belong to one of these four groups – those who play as much as they can, those who avoid them completely in fear of getting hooked (yes, that’s me!), those who are completely lost when the conversation turns to Candy Crush, and finally, those who play sporadically. Whichever […]
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In this entry, we’re going to look at some problems involving the inverse rule of 3 so you can practice it at home. If you want to remind yourself of when you should apply the inverse rule of 3 and how to solve it, you can go to this previous blog entry: Inverse proportionality: The […]
Continue reading »Nov22
Smartick Method was recently reviewed by Justine, mom and blogger behind Sunny in June. Her kids were already excelling in math, but she thought Smartick could be useful to help keep their skills fresh: “I had my son use Smartick in the summer. He was enrolled in preschool and received a ton of excellent math instruction […]
Continue reading »Nov20
In today’s post, we’re going to look at percentages through the Singapore bar model. To define a part of a whole, we can use a fraction, but we can also use a percentage. The whole divides into 100 equal parts, therefore each part is 1/100 of the whole or 1%. Let’s look at an example of […]
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 […]
Continue reading »Nov15
Family Connections One of the major advantages of Smartick being available online is that we are accessible from anywhere in the world. We have faith in the future of South Africa that we decided to take on one of the problems prevalent in many countries: if you want to excel in the tech world, you need to […]
Continue reading »Nov13
Symbols are images that represent something. In general, symbols are determined by their context. In mathematics, symbols generally represent operations or relationships between numbers or values. In this week’s post we’re going to talk about mathematical symbols. There are a lot, so we’re just going to look at the most important. Addition + This is […]
Continue reading »Nov10
Who said that times tables have to be boring black and white squares? In today’s post, we wanted to share some times tables that you can download and print to stick on your wall, keep in a folder, or have them on hand whenever and wherever you want. Learning your times tables is easy and fun. To […]
Continue reading »Nov08
Sometimes life can get really hectic, especially with 3 kids at home! Elizabeth from Raising Rileys found in Smartick the perfect supplemental math program for her two eldest kids, and she was able to make things simpler when planning her homeschool year. “… a move, a fixer-upper, a new precious babe, a flood in the basement, […]
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Today we’re going to learn how to perform a division of fractions using the very definition of division as the inverse operation of multiplication. This way we don’t need to use the more known methods that we’ve already seen in the post about Dividing fractions. You might know how to use those methods, but without knowing […]
Continue reading »Nov03
In today’s post we’re going to explain transcoding numbers. Our current numbering system is based on 10 numbers that we can represent both symbolically, with Arabic numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and verbally, written or spoken (one, two, three, four, five…). We have to take into account that due to […]
Continue reading »Nov01
Want to get your kids excited about math? That’s what Hannah from Eat, Drink and Save Money was trying to do when she stumbled upon Smartick Method. She’s happy to share with her readers how her son not only enjoys math with Smartick, but also sees the platform as a fun activity he looks forward to […]
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