In this section, you will find content about multiplication and division specifically for children in primary school. The best posts about multiplication and division!
Mar20
This post will teach you how to analyze, process and solve problems that can be solved by using multiplication. At Smartick, we believe that a student understands and knows math when they can solve problems correctly. This is why we are going to analyze five different multiplication problems. Multiplication Problem #1 At Ricardo’s farm, there […]
Continue reading »Mar16
Thanks for choosing Smartick to continue learning math are you ready to begin with square roots? Well, let’s go! In this week’s post, we will learn to calculate exact square roots and some visual examples where they apply. As you know, graphical visualization is always a great help in understanding and assimilating new concepts. I […]
Continue reading »Mar15
Have you ever heard of powers? Do you know what they are and what they’re for? In this week’s post, we are going to discover what a power is and why we use them. Powers are an abbreviated way of writing a number that’s formed by multiplying a number by itself various times. They are very useful […]
Continue reading »Mar10
In this post, we will learn the criteria for the divisibility of 5. How can we know without having to do the division? Here we will show you the easiest way. Criteria of dividing by 5: To determine if a number is divisible by 5, that number must end in 0 or 5. If it ends with […]
Continue reading »Mar08
Today, we are going to take a look at how to do single digit division. The first thing we need to remember is the vocabulary of the components of division: The dividend is the number that is going to be divided. The divisor is the number that the dividend is divided by. The quotient is […]
Continue reading »Mar06
In today’s post, we will look at some examples of the distributive property. But first, we have to remember what this property consists of. As you know, multiplication has different properties, among which we point out: Commutative Property Associative Property Neutral Element Distributive Property Well, the distributive property is that by which the multiplication of […]
Continue reading »Mar03
In today’s post, we are going to see what the square of a number is. For example, let’s calculate the square of 3: We’re going to look at the square of any number, which we’ll call “n.” The square of the number “n” is written n2 and it’s calculated by multiplying the number by itself: […]
Continue reading »Mar02
In this post, we’re going to learn an easier way to do division problems that have the number zero in their dividend and divisor. Let’s work with a real-life situation: “Martin wants to buy a motorcycle that costs $3,500. If he’s only going to pay $70 a month, how many months will it take him to […]
Continue reading »Feb22
Powers In this post, we are going to learn how to raise numbers to powers when the base is composed of zeros. Remember that powers serve to allow us to write a multiplication problem of the same number several times in a simpler way. For example, 4x4x4x4x4. We are multiplying the number 4 a total […]
Continue reading »Feb20
Why is it useful to know the divisibility of a number? It allows us to determine whether a number is divisible by another number without having to divide them. In this post, we are going to learn the divisibility guidelines for 9. Criteria for divisibility by 9: A number is divisible by 9 if the […]
Continue reading »Feb15
Do you remember your multiplication tables? Do you remember how to perform 1 digit divisions? Knowing how to do these things is important for being able to solve problems involving dividing 2 digit numbers. Are you prepared to continue? Before beginning, I am going to remind you of the different parts of a division problem […]
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 […]
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