Jun06
Check out this video review from Lucy Ravitch! Lucy is a math teacher, mother of 4, and the author of Kids Math Teacher, as well as several math-focused children’s books. With four children within the Smartick demographic range from 4-14, Lucy shares her experience as a parent and each of her children’s experiences with the program in her video […]
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 »Jun02
Division is an inverse operation to multiplication and it works to form groups or distribute them evenly. This post will show how to operate both exact and inexact division. When we are doing division, we can be given two situations: to form equal groups and be left with zero remainder (exact division), or to form groups […]
Continue reading »Jun01
In this post, Nashville mom of two awesome girls, Latonya, explains her experience using the Smartick Method to keep math skills fresh during the summer! About Latonya’s blog: Joy in the Ordinary isn’t only a homeschooling blog, but it is a place where you can get practical tips for making the most out the life that you have been […]
Continue reading »May31
In this post, we are going to learn to divide by one digit. For that, we must first know what to call each part of a division problem: 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 the result […]
Continue reading »May29
What are number sequences? How can we guess what number will come next? In this post, we’ll give you the guidelines that you need to solve number sequence problems. Number sequences are numbers that are organized to follow a certain rule. The hardest part is figuring out the rule, but once we have it, it’s […]
Continue reading »May26
In this post, we will learn to estimate a sum. Do you know what estimating a sum can help us with? When we have to do an operation mentally, often we do not need the exact result but an estimate of the outcome. Other times, after we have done an operation on paper and want to […]
Continue reading »May25
Blocks are extremely useful for learning mathematics, and operations in particular. Therefore, this week we’re going to learn the multiplication algorithm using blocks to help us. Do you already know how to multiply by one digit? If the answer is NO, you’ll learn the most simple way to multiply and understand the algorithm in this […]
Continue reading »May24
In this post, we will look at what monomials are, what their components are and what properties they have. What is a Monomial? A monomial is a combination of numbers and letters related by only multiplication and the exponents of the letters can only be natural numbers. For example: -5ax 3 Is a monomial because […]
Continue reading »May22
Hello! Welcome back to the Smartick blog. In this post, we will look at how to get the sums of fractions. You will see how easy it is for you. To get the sums of fractions, it is necessary that each fraction has the same denominator. Sums of fractions with the same denominator: In this […]
Continue reading »May19
In today’s post, we are going to look at some examples of capacity measurement conversion problems, and offer some advice about how to solve them. Remember, we have already seen how to solve problems converting length measurements and mass measurement conversion problems. Before starting problems, look back at the scale of the main units of […]
Continue reading »May18
In today’s post, we’re going to take a look at the relationship between clocks and angles. More specifically, we’ll see the kinds of angles that can be formed by the hands of a clock and how to calculate them. On a clock, we can see different kinds of angles based on its amplitude; void, acute, […]
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