# Smartick - Math, one click away

## I want to learn about: Number & Operations In Base Ten

Content about numbers for elementary mathematics. Exercises, tutorials, problems, and teaching resources for elementary aged children. Here you will find posts about numbers to make learning mathematics easier and more fun.

Mar03

## The Square of a Number and Exponents

In today’s post, we are going to see what is the square of a number. 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: n […]

Feb17

## Combining Decimals and Fractions

Imagine that you have to solve the following addition problem that combines decimals and fractions: It’s not so easy to add a fraction to a decimal, right? It’s much easier to add fractions to fractions, or decimals to decimals. So, we can do this in two ways: Change the decimal to a fraction Change the […]