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Sep30
What are decimal numbers? Decimal numbers are used to represent numbers that are smaller than 1 unit. Decimals are written to the right of the units place separated by a period. That is the say: Hundreds Tens Units; Tenths Hundredths Thousandths In the image that appears below, the first square represents the unit 1. If […]
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Today we will practice estimating fractions! We’re going to look at the types of problems below: Problem 1: Estimating Fractions. To get a better idea, we’re going to represent the fractions with bars. Let’s start with the first fraction. We can see that the fraction is much closer to 0 than it is to 1. If […]
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Children reach an important milestone in their education when they go from learning to read to reading to learn. Good reading comprehension opens the door to acquiring new knowledge. Better reading comprehension has a positive impact on a child’s academic performance in all subjects where reading is the main source of information – including mathematics. […]
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Do you know how to multiply a decimal number by 10? In this post, we will explain the easiest way to do so. To multiply a decimal number by 10, we just have to move the decimal point one position to the right. Yes, folks, it’s that easy. Example #1: 23.561 x 10 We have […]
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Did you know that the associative property can help us solve problems faster? Today, we are going to learn about the associative property of addition, and the associative property of multiplication. According to the associative property, we can regroup the numbers when we add, and we can regroup the numbers when we multiply. The Associative […]
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In this post, we are going to learn how we can calculate the lowest terms fractions by reducing them. Before we start, let’s see what lowest terms fractions are: lowest terms fractions are fractions that cannot be simplified further. How do we find the lowest terms of a fraction? There are two methods: Method 1: Divide […]
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In today’s post, we are going to do a review of all the units of measurement that we have seen so far in previous posts. Remember which were the main measurements? And the units we used to measure them? Let’s look at it below. Units of mass The main unit for measuring mass is the […]
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Dividing is equitable distribution, i.e. splitting between equal parts or groups. What is division? Dividend: The number that you have to divide. Divisor: The number that the dividend is being divided by Quotient: The result of the division. Remainder: What is left over after the division Dividing with No Remainders We want to distribute these 12 […]
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In the post for this week, we will take a look at factorization. What is it? Why do we use it? How is it done? These are some of the questions we will answer in this post. What is factorization? Factors of a number are numbers that divide evenly into another number. Factorization writes a […]
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In today’s post, we are going to review vertical adding. As always, we are going to review with examples that help us understand what it consists of and how it’s done. But before starting, let’s review the math cubes that we’re going to use in order to add. How do we represent a number with […]
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In today’s post we will learn some tricks to solve combined operations in a simpler way. Example 1 Look at these two operations: Have you finished it yet? Have you noticed that the two results are the same? Which of the two was easier to multiply? Converting an operation to an equivalent one can help […]
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Today we are going to look at division problems: How do we recognize them? What different models are there? What do we do to solve them? 1. Division Problems: Repetition This is the first type of division problem you are going to learn to do. For example: In my living room, there are 120 books in […]
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