Sep06
Very often we find, both in mathematical problems and in real life, fraction phrases like: a half, a third or a quarter. They are the most famous fractions! I’m sure you’ve seen them before. If you want to see what they are and how to calculate them, you can check out this link: Calculating halves, thirds […]
Continue reading »Aug29
Virginia is the mom and blogger behind That Bald Chick, where she shares stories about her family, homeschooling, crafts, recipes, and much more. In her most recent post she writes about Smartick; she tells us how she never enjoyed math as a student, and how our learning method has changed the game for her whole family.“I […]
Continue reading »Aug21
What’s a fraction? It’s not an easy question to answer. Despite it being such a familiar element, fractions have various meanings, which makes it tricky to define and in turn, teach, and understand. Fractions can be interpreted in no less than five ways; we’ll look at those ways in this post. The different meanings of […]
Continue reading »Aug16
Hello again! Do you know what factoring is? Do you know what it is used for? In this post we will answer these questions. How to Factor The factorization of a number is performed by writing the number as the multiplication of all its prime factors. Example: 12 = 2 x 2 x 3 You can […]
Continue reading »Jun05
At Smartick, we improve on our math content every six or eight weeks with every version update. There is always something new to learn, there is always something new to teach. The pedagogical team is always thinking of and working with new content to make it easier for our Elementary students to learn math. Today’s post […]
Continue reading »May10
The criteria for divisibility are guidelines that help us to quickly know if a number is divisible or not. In other words, it lets us know if a number divides evenly or not. The criteria for divisibility are very useful. They help us easily find the divisors of a given number. They are especially helpful […]
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In this post, we will learn how to multiply and divide decimal numbers by 10, 100, 1000 … It is as simple as moving the decimal point of the decimal number to the left or right. Multiplying decimal numbers by 10, 100, 1000 … To multiply a decimal number by 10, 100, 1000 … all […]
Continue reading »Feb13
Have you learned how to multiply with decimals yet? Today we are going to review three different cases of multiplication with decimals. Multiplication with decimals and whole numbers In this case, we are multiplying a decimal by another number without decimals, as in the example: Step 1: We place both numbers so that the […]
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 »Dec26
Are you ready to learn how the greatest common factor is calculated? We’ll explain it to you in this post along with examples and videos to help you better understand the GCF. It’s also called GCD (Greatest Common Divisor) and HCF (Highest Common Factor). Let’s go! What is the Greatest Common Factor (GCF)? In mathematics, the […]
Continue reading »Dec07
In this post, we will learn how to perform another operation with decimals: multiplication with decimal numbers. We are going to look at it case by case: Multiplication of decimal numbers with whole numbers: To multiply a decimal number with a whole number, we multiply the decimal number as if it were a whole number. In […]
Continue reading »Nov25
Singapore Math Bar Models are a very useful, visual method to teach simple word problems. Some weeks ago we learned how to use the Singapore Bar Models applied to fractions and today we are going to use it for multiplication and division problems. We have two quantities where one is a multiple of the other. Assuming […]
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