Nov24
The Getting Smart staff review of math enrichment programs is now available on their site in their “Smart Review” section. Their staff of teacher/bloggers praise Smartick’s math education program for it’s short, effective, daily sessions. The 10-15-minute daily sessions and personalized approach to math concepts are aligned with current research that these techniques improve student’s […]
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In this post, we are going to learn how to divide fractions. In order to do this, we are going to take a look at two different methods: Method 1 for dividing fractions: Cross-multiplication This method consists of multiplying the numerator of the first fraction by the denominator of the second fraction and then writing […]
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The Bay State Banner’s November issue features details about how they are working on a three-month pilot math program with Brookview House, a program for homeless women and their children, in Dorchester, MA. The goal of the program is to provide guidance and, once the pilot is complete, Smartick commits to providing any of the […]
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In this post, we are going to learn the order of operations that you have to follow to do combined operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Combined operations cannot be done in a random manner. You have to follow an order: Step 1: Do the operations that are inside of the parentheses. For example: 3 […]
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In today’s post, we are going to learn about addition with regrouping. Addition with regrouping consists of addition problems where the answer to the calculation is 10 or a larger number. For example, 6 + 7 = 13 is a regrouping addition problem. The steps to solve regrouping addition problems are the following: If the […]
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