Number Sense Blog
December 2015 / January 2016 Newsflash: Math Muscle Challenge
Dec 1, 2015
Grades 1 - 6: Charlie has 6 dimes and 3 nickels. Darlene has 2 quarters and 3 dimes. Who has more money and by how much?
Grades 6 and up: A water jug is half full. After 6 cups of water are added, the jug is 70% full. How much water can the ent...
October / November 2015 Newsflash: Tips & Techniques
Oct 13, 2015
Mental Math: The Distributive Property Meets Wholes and Parts
Whether you’re working on arithmetic or algebra, a strong understanding of the distributive property is a valuable tool to have in your mental math toolkit. Here’s our favorite way t...
October / November 2015 Newsflash: Math Muscle Challenge
Oct 13, 2015
Grades 1 – 6: Penelope baked a total of 144 cookies. She kept 40 for herself. She then took the remaining cookies and wrapped them in goody bags. If 4 cookies go in each goody bag, how many goody bags can Penelope make?
Grades 6 and up: The pro...
Trick or Treat with Mathnasium!
Oct 13, 2015
Now that it's October, we have blustery weather, fall leaves, and Halloween on our minds. We're celebrating all month with a fun activity -- Trick or Treat! Solve these five math problems using mental math “tricks”, tell us how you solved them, an...
Back to School Prep Checklist: Don't Forget Mathnasium!
Aug 17, 2015
Summer has flown by and Back to School season is here! This is a great time for new beginnings on the academic front, so let’s get organized and set priorities. Have a peek at our Back to School checklist to get started.
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