Jul16
Courtney is a mom of four kids, all under the age of 6. She’s a television journalist by day, celebrity news junkie by night. She’s dog-obsessed and loves to cook. Her parenting blog, The Mod Mommy is fueled by humor and snacks, and filled with food ideas, craft activities, and more! She recently talked about […]
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In this post, we are going to learn how to divide fractions. In order to do so, I’m going to teach you two simpler ways that will help you divide fractions. Method 1 to Divide Fractions: Cross Multiplication This method consists of multiplying the first fraction’s numerator by the second fraction’s denominator. Then we place that […]
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“I can assure you that Smartick is an online math tutor for your child” Christia Colquitt from Faith Filled Parenting recently shared her “trick” for extra math practice with her readers. She tells the story of how she set out on a mission to find an online math program that would keep her kids’ attention, provide them […]
Continue reading »Jul12
Today we are going to learn how to calculate factorials. Calculating factorials is quite simple; let’s see what it’s all about: What is the Factorial Function? We represent the factorial function with the exclamation point “!”, placing it after the number. This exclamation means that we need to multiply all of the whole numbers that […]
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Rachel is a former public school teacher turned homeschool mommy to four little ones. On her blog, You’ve got this math, she shares the fun activities she does with her young ones during the summer, as well as hands-on math ideas for upper elementary kids. Summer is a time to spend time at the gym, […]
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In this week’s post, we are going to look at measuring problems, more specifically, problems that deal with the measurements of objects. Not only can we measure the length of a distance with just meters, centimeters, inches, or miles, but we can also use any object as the unit of measure. For example, according to […]
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I would like you to meet Belinda Mountain today. She owns a women’s lifestyle blog and writes about being a mother and a business owner in South Africa. Belinda likes to refer to her children aged 4 and 7 as little molehills that she is trying to transform into mountains. She is trying Smartick with her […]
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In today’s post, we are going to review vertical subtraction. As always, we are going to review with examples that will help us to understand what vertical subtraction consists of and how to solve such problems. Before we begin, let’s review the material that we’ll use to subtract. We’ll use individual cubes to represent 1s. […]
Continue reading »Jul06
Today I would like to introduce you to Karen. She is a South African working mum who has begun to use Smartick with her 8-year-old daughter in the 3rd grade! Karen calls herself a Powerwoman, the kind of woman she wishes and tries to be every day: a go-getter in life, able to juggle work and home with […]
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In this post, we are going to learn a very simple strategy for multiplying by 2, 4, and 8. Strategy for Multiplying a Number by 2: Multiplying by two is really easy, right? We just have to add the number to itself and we’ll get the answer. For example: 2 x 48 = 48 + 48 […]
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Erin Vincent, a homeschooling mama of 2 and lifestyle blogger, has recently tried Smartick with her family. Check out Erin’s full review of Smartick on her blog, Nourishing My Scholar. “‘Mama, can I play my Smartick math?’ I’ve gotten this question EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. for the past several months. Did you hear that? She said ‘play’ and ‘math’ […]
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In order to solve time measurement problems, we first need to know what the units of time are and what they are equivalent to. If you already know them, keep on reading! If not, you can click here on this link for a review. As you can see in the table above, there are bigger […]
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