Jan17
Fingers are one of the most helpful tools for children in learning mathematical concepts. This is partly due to their availability; it allows children to establish one to one correspondences, or it helps to lessen the memory load of a problem thanks to having physical representations of quantities. It can even help make instantly perceive […]
Continue reading »Jan16
In this post, we’re going to explain what adding with an unknown quantity is and why it’s taught during the first years of Elementary school. Some people think it’s strange that children are taught such an important variable, like an unknown quantity, in addition problems shortly after the children have just started to get used […]
Continue reading »Jan13
In this post, we are going to learn mental calculation strategies, which we can use when one of the two numbers is near a multiple of ten. We round the number up to that nearest multiple of ten, and then we add or subtract the digits that are left. We’re going to take a look […]
Continue reading »Jan12
Erinn Sluka’s son is in 3rd grade and does well in math, but like any student, he could always use some extra math practice. (At Smartick we’re all about the math practice!) Erinn recently signed her son up for Smartick and wrote a blog post about the experience for her site “Parenting Healthy.” In addition […]
Continue reading »Jan11
In this post, we are going to see how to subtract fractions, but for that, you first have to know what the denominator and numerator of a fraction are. The numerator is the number that is written on top of the fraction and the denominator is the number written on the bottom of the fraction. […]
Continue reading »Jan09
Divisibility? What is that? Divisibility is when we divide number A by number B and the remainder is zero. In this case we say that A is divisible by B. For example, is 1368 divisible by 6? To find out we divide 1368 by 6: When we divide it we see that the remainder […]
Continue reading »Jan06
Rounding decimals to the nearest whole number or the tenths, hundredths, thousandths is easy! In this post, we are going to learn to round decimal numbers. Rounding decimals helps us to manage the numbers more easily in order to operate them. Rounding decimals to the nearest whole number To round a number to the nearest whole […]
Continue reading »Jan05
In today’s post, we will explain the origin of the mathematical symbols of division and multiplication. The Symbol of Division: There have been many ways of designating division and we are going to explain the origin of some of the symbols most used and best known by all. The horizontal bar of fractions, introduced by […]
Continue reading »Jan04
In today’s post, we are going to talk about Venn diagrams. Venn Diagrams are used to graphically show the grouping of elements in sets, representing each set in a circle or an oval. We are going to look at and study examples of 2 sets: Set A and Set B.These two sets show 2 […]
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In this post, we are going to learn how to multiply by two-digit and three-digit numbers. Before we begin, let’s review what the multiplication terms are: Factors: Factors are numbers that are being multiplied. Product: The product is the result of the multiplication. Multiplicand: The multiplicand is the number (factor) that gets multiplied. Multiplier: The […]
Continue reading »Dec29
Smart kids are lucky. They look at a book and begin to read. They ‘get’ math. They glide through school without a care. While other kids spend hours studying for a test, the smart kids just show up and ace it. That works up to a point. For each kid that point is at a […]
Continue reading »Dec28
In this post, we are going to check out some examples of division exercises in order to learn the concept of division. Dividing is splitting something up into equal parts and in order to understand it, let’s look at this concept with the help of some exercises to understand all the steps of division, as […]
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