Dec22
In Ron Howard’s 1995 film Apollo 13, actor Ed Harris, when faced with the possible catastrophic loss of three astronauts in the doomed Apollo 13 lunar mission, utters the famous phrase, Failure is not an option. Taken in context, the statement makes sense. The film is based on the 1970 accident in space and […]
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In this post, we are going to see what the least common multiple is and how to calculate it. The least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the smallest number (not counting 0) which is a multiple of all of the numbers. In order to better understand this definition, we are going […]
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Mom and blogger Jess Lee is in her first year of homeschooling her seven-year old son. She recently signed him up for Smartick and shared the experience in a post on the “Mom Does Reviews” website. In particular, this homeschool mom likes that Smartick allows him to learn math independently, something we always recommend! It […]
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What is a number line? Can all numbers be found on it? How is it used? Here, we’ll explain it to you. To begin, we are going to review what the number line is. A straight line is an infinite arrangement of points in the same direction. Thus, the number line is a line in […]
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In this post, we are going to learn and practice the divisibility guidelines for 2, 5, and 10. Divisibility Guidelines for 2 In order to know if a number is divisible by 2, you have to check whether it is an even number. If it is even, it is divisible by 2. The even numbers […]
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In this post, we’re going to see another example of 3-digit division that’s a little more complicated. We’re going to go ahead and do a 3-digit division problem step by step. Step 1. Count how many digits the divisor has. Step 2. Use the same number of digits the dividend has for the divisor. In […]
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In this post, we are going to learn how to add decimal numbers. For example: 52.7 + 4.6 The most important thing about adding decimals is to put the decimal numbers in the correct position. For this, we have to align the decimals and be sure all digits of the same place value are […]
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In this post, we are going to learn some tricks or strategies for being capable of calculating a square number mentally. What is a square number? A square number or a number raised to the power of 2, is a number multiplied by the same number. In those cases the multiplication is simple, but if […]
Continue reading »Dec09
On the heels of the release of results from two of the largest international education evaluations, PISA (this week) and TIMSS (last week), one thing is painfully clear—the U.S. is behind when it comes to math prowess. While Asian countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Chinese Taipei, and Japan continue to dominate, the results from these […]
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In today’s post, we are going to look at a small introduction to sets and subsets: what types there are, how they are expressed….All with some examples that are very easy to understand. In order to do this, instead of numbers, we will use elements such as fruit, animals, children… The first thing we ought to […]
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What’s an angle? Right, obtuse, straight, acute angle… what are these and what do they have to do with angles? If they can be measured… how can we measure them? What are they used for? …These are some of the questions that we’re going to answer in this post. So…let’s do this! Angles: An area marked […]
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In this post, we will learn how to perform another operation with decimals: multiplication with decimal numbers. We are going to look at it case by case: Multiplication of decimal numbers with whole numbers: To multiply a decimal number with a whole number, we multiply the decimal number as if it were a whole number. In […]
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