Learn mathematics with Smartick. Exercises, tutorials, problems and teaching resources for children learning elementary mathematics. Here you will find posts about mathematics to make learning easier and more fun.
Apr06
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Continue reading »Apr05
Are you familiar with exponents (powers)? Do you know for what and how they are used? Today, we are going to see an example that will help you to solve problems with exponents or powers. If you need to review what powers are before learning how to use them in a word problem, you can […]
Continue reading »Apr04
A few months have gone by since the children at Brookview House started to practice math with the Smartick method and their happy faces say it all. Our online learning program has become a part of the daily activities of Brookview children. They are now growing confident in math and look forward to their “Smartick […]
Continue reading »Apr03
Do you know how to divide decimals? In this post, you will learn how, and at the end, you will find exercises to practice division of decimals. But first you can review what decimal numbers are with this previous post from our blog: Learn What Decimal Numbers Are. How to divide a whole number by […]
Continue reading »Mar31
Did you know that the commutative property can help us solve an operation faster? Today we will look at the commutative property of addition and multiplication. The commutative property tells us that the result of an addition or multiplication is always the same, regardless of the order of the elements with which it operates. Let’s […]
Continue reading »Mar30
What are polynomials? Before we start adding them, we need to know what they are and what properties they have. It’s important to understand what factors and degrees are, and how to order the terms. If you’re not sure about these concepts, you can read these previous posts about the properties of monomials and properties […]
Continue reading »Mar29
In this post, we are going to learn an addition mental calculation strategy in order to be able to add two numbers, breaking them up into hundreds, tens, ones, etc. We can do this by breaking up just one number or breaking up both of them. Breaking up one number for addition It’s very simple, […]
Continue reading »Mar27
Do you remember a previous post where we looked at two methods for dividing fractions? Review by clicking here. In today’s post, we are going to solve exercises involving dividing fractions with the two methods. You can use the one that you like the most! Afterward, you can practice with the exercises we recommend at […]
Continue reading »Mar24
In today’s post, we are going to see some examples of mass conversion problems with different units of mass and we will look at how to solve them. Remember that previously, we have seen how to solve conversion problems with distance measures. Before beginning with the conversion problems with mass measures, you should review the […]
Continue reading »Mar23
Do you want to learn how to perform combined operations? On the Smartick blog, we have already talked about combined operations on other occasions, but now we will look at more examples and we will solve them together. Shall we start? What are combined operations? Combined operations are numerical expressions in which multiple operations (addition, […]
Continue reading »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 »Mar17
In today’s blog post, we are going to look at integers: what they are and how to add and subtract them. Let’s start by understanding what integers really are: Integers are numbers that aren’t a fraction or a decimal. These numbers include natural numbers (1, 2, 3…), negative numbers (-1, -2, -3…) and zero (0). […]
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