When Julie Selsberg’s elementary school son and daughter have math homework, Selsberg reads instructions on worksheets and learns the math before helping her kids. “We do follow how they do it first ...

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All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

There are three months to go before the Election and we are already chest-deep in ludicrous partisan drivel. Funny that the more alike the parties are, the more slime they chuck over each other. But ...

Everyone who has kids, or who remembers his/her childhood, will also remember the struggle to understand why math matters. "Who cares about multiplication tables and fractions, triangles and algebra?

Multiply by 6 using the grouping of objects, arrays, and facts you already know. Explore the Multiply by 6 facts using the grouping of objects and arrays. Compete against characters to see who finds ...

Lynda Colgan receives funding from The Ministry of Education for the Province of Ontario and The Mathematics Knowledge Network (KNAER). Queen's University, Ontario provides funding as a founding ...

Learn the 3 times table and its division facts with the resources below. You can take a quiz, practise mental arithmetic and learn a 3 times table song. Need to practise your 5 times table? Then look ...

I've been teaching second and third-graders mathematical problem solving for six years. In that time, I've learned that kids are more apt to enjoy math if they already have a strong foundation. Kids ...

Primary schools which fail to teach times tables by heart are condemning children to a lifetime struggling with numbers, inspectors have warned. A study published by Ofsted, the schools watchdog, says ...

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and so on are all multiples of 2. Multiples of 2 always end with an even number. These numbers are all in the 2 times table. Knowing your times tables is really helpful with mental ...

AMERICA HAS a maths problem. Its pupils have ranked poorly in international maths exams for decades. In 2018, American 15-year-olds ranked 25th in the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries. American ...