May05
Have you ever been told or have you ever read, “It was a quarter of the class,” or “It took me a quarter of what I thought,” or “I have an attendance rate of 25%.” What do we mean by “quarter?” Today we will discuss a quarter: What it is and what we use it […]
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Playing with Multiplication Tables In today’s post we’re going to learn a game to help memorize multiplication tables in a fun, understandable, and visual way. We know that memorizing multiplication tables increases our calculation skills, but most importantly, especially during the first few years we start learning them, it helps us understand the process of […]
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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 […]
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Do you remember how to divide fractions? Today we will look at a new method for dividing fractions. On this blog, we have seen two methods for dividing fractions: cross multiplication and inversion of fractions and multiplication. Click here to review the methods of dividing fractions: Cross multiply and inversion. To complete any operation with […]
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Our teaching team here at Smartick works constantly so that our students have new and improved content that is based on the most recent teaching studies. These improvements happen every six to eight weeks and are the result of a long process. They start with studying the kind of content that needs improvement, to detect […]
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When we received this math puzzle, we shared it in the Whatsapp group we have for the whole Smartick team. When the answers started to come back, they were all different! Given that we have so many whizzes working here at Smartick (developers, mathematicians, physicists, engineers), it was surprising that it took so long to find the right […]
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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 […]
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Lynna, homeschool mama of seven kids and the author of Homeschooling without Training Wheels has recently given the Smartick method a try in her house and curriculum. The article begins addressing the common issue that homeschooling parents share—the inevitable trade-off between effort and flexibility with already set in stone curriculum programs. What if you could […]
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What is a set? What types of sets are there? How can you relate one to another? How do they help me? We’ll explain them here. What is a set? A set is a collection of items with some common characteristic which we use to define them by and treat it as an item. Here […]
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One of the best things that we, here at Smartick, love to hear is when children experience a newfound love and excitement towards math through our program! Tawnee, a mother of four and homeschooling mama, has shared her experience with Smartick on her blog, Adventures In Homeschooling. Tawnee shares on her review: “Our oldest has struggled […]
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How happy are children at school? A few days ago, the OECD, through PISA, released an International study of children’s happiness with their schools and routines in order to answer this very question. Among the headlines were the number of hours teenagers spend surfing the internet in Great Britain and the United States. In addition, […]
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Umm Ibrahim Samirah, aka Sherrie, is a Muslim American stay at home and homeschooling mom who has been homeschooling since 1998! With almost 20 years of experience in homeschooling and 11 children in her family, she has had the chance to review many curriculum options. We were excited when she showed interest in trying Smartick! […]
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