Aug02
In this post, we’re going to go a little further with proportional relationship. Let’s take a look at some different examples of ratio and proportion in everyday life. Before we begin, let’s review both of these concepts in the following link: Ratio and Proportion. As we’ve mentioned before, it’s all about two ways of relating quantities, […]
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Javier Arroyo, the co-founder of Smartick, was recently interviewed on Cape Talk’s breakfast show presented by Kieno Kammies. Cape Talk boats more than 500,000 daily listeners, and 800,000 followers across social networks (Facebook and Twitter) Interviewer Kieno Kamies asked Arroyo about the success of the online maths method for children has experienced worldwide (since it’s creation five years […]
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We are thrilled to share some snippets from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s recently published review of Smartick Method. With so many products available, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine crew understands how parents often need a little help with making curriculum choices. They often find themselves in the same boat! That’s why they take the time to test and […]
Continue reading »Jul31
The introduction of Smartick in South Africa was covered in Daily Sun, South Africa’s largest newspaper with more than 5 million daily readers. The journalist, Thabo Monaman, mentioned that children in South Africa have been improving their maths level for months with Smartick: an online extracurricular method supported by the European Union that ensures disciplined learning for children […]
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In this post we are going to learn a simple way of multiplying by 25 and 75. First, we’ll learn the method and then we’ll give mental math a shot. Multiplying by 25: The number 25 is 100 divided by 4. So, in order to multiply by 25 what we have to do is […]
Continue reading »Jul29
Today we’re going to meet Zoe, who describes her blog as the tale of a 31 year old geek stumbling through the weird and wonderful world of motherhood. To most of us, I’m sure, her blog seems to be a very accurate description of “the life of a mother”. And as mothers, maths is one […]
Continue reading »Jul28
In today’s post we will look at how to calculate the square of the sum of two numbers a and b, (a + b) ². Notable Identities: For example: We built a square with sides of a + b units length: If we calculate the area of this square (we know that the area […]
Continue reading »Jul27
“Since my girls usually complain about doing math, I’m excited that they’re finally excited about doing it. I have to agree with them that Smartick does make math fun. With lessons, games, and even an online “allowance,” Smartick teaches and reinforces math concepts in a way that kids want to learn.” This is how Bonnie from The […]
Continue reading »Jul26
In today’s post, we are going to explain exercises with subtracting fractions. We will also see some of the Smartick activities about subtracting fractions that children complete during their sessions. In an earlier blog post, we explained how to subtract fractions. You can take a look and review this post before reading more. In order […]
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In today’s post, we are going to look at how to subtract fractions; but in order subtract them, first you’ll have to know what the denominator and numerator mean in a fraction: The numerator is the number that is written in the top part of the fraction and the denominator is the number that is […]
Continue reading »Jul25
When we invited Sandra from The Worthier Part to try our online math program with her kids, she suggested we followed a different approach for this review. She wanted to test her kids in math, once before they started using Smartick, and then again after 6 weeks of consistent practice on our program. We were certainly […]
Continue reading »Jul24
In this post, we are going to learn how to round and use estimation in subtraction problems. Mastering this skill is helpful in verifying that an exact answer is of the correct order of magnitude and also in determining whether an answer is reasonable or not. Round and Estimating Subtraction Problems in Tens Round the […]
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