Jun20
Alexandra Garlaschi. Mother of Three Smartick Children. IT Professional. How did the need arise to improve your older son’s math? Perhaps it was influenced by your training as an IT technician? It wasn’t my idea. I had a neighbor whose 4-year-old son worked with a paper-based program. When I saw how easily he completed the […]
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In this post, we are going to look at some sequenced examples of exercises with equivalent fractions. Remember that what we mean by equivalent fractions are those fractions that although they are different, represent the same quantity. If you need to dig deeper into the concept take a look at this previous blog entry, examples […]
Continue reading »Jun16
In today’s post we are going to explain how to solve double digit division. Before beginning to learn how to solve double digit division, it is important that you become familiar with these terms, because we will use them later. Dividend: the number that is being divided. Divisor: the number by which the dividend is […]
Continue reading »Jun15
Today, we’re going to take a look at a shape that you definitely know already, but maybe you aren’t familiar with all of its main characteristics. I’m talking about the square. Geometric Shape: Square The square is a geometric shape that belongs to the quadrilateral family because it has 4 sides. The 4 sides are […]
Continue reading »Jun13
Parents often ask what are the main differences between Smartick and other more traditional, paper-based methods (such as Kumon). The differences are substantial, both in the methodology, learning effectiveness and results. 1. Types of exercises Smartick does not come with preloaded exercises, nor worksheets with a fixed, preset sequence of exercises that are the same […]
Continue reading »Jun10
Dividing a Decimal by a Whole Number Hello everyone! In this week’s post, we are going to talk about dividing a decimal by a whole number. You already know how to divide a whole number by a whole number by now, right? If not, check out our posts about dividing by a one-digit number here, […]
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The properties of multiplication are distributive, commutative, associative, removing a common factor and the neutral element. We are dedicating this post to examining the properties of multiplication, which are the following: Distributive property: The multiplication of a number by a sum is equal to the sum of the multiplications of this number by each one […]
Continue reading »Jun08
Hello and welcome back! Today we are going to learn how to subtract without regrouping. Are you ready? Subtract Without Regrouping We’re going to follow a few steps. If you follow them well, you’ll learn how to subtract without regrouping in no time: You need to place the subtrahend below the minuend so that the ones-place […]
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In 2015, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Smartick formed a partnership in order to accelerate our expansion into the North American market. The Global Internship Lab (G-Lab) selected our start-up to accelerate internationalization. Students and professors from one of the best MBA programs worldwide worked with us for four months to identify the challenges […]
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Numerical Place Values What are the numerical place values? Why does a number’s value change according to its position? We’ll explain everything you need to know here about understanding mathematical algorithms by working with numerical place values. In this post, we are going to learn what numerical place value is, why it’s important and how […]
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In this post, we are going to learn how to find a sum of fractions. Before you begin to add fractions, it is recommended that you know how to calculate the least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers. To calculate a sum of fractions, the important thing is that the fractions have the […]
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