Number Sense Blog

Since our first learning centre opened in California in the spring of 2002, we have grown to more than 1,100 Mathnasium Learning Centres worldwide. We are humbled and incredibly grateful that, with each centre we open, we profoundly impact the liv...

Today is the unofficial holiday celebrating reading and literature — it’s National Book Lovers Day! Which in turn means it’s the official day to spend reading your favourite book, in your favourite reading spot. Or take advantage of this annual ho...

Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks series. Today we are multiplying numbers that are near one hundred. We can use mental math to quickly multiply numbers that are slightly smaller or larger than one hundred using three simple steps: Step 1:...

If you’re wondering how your child is doing in maths, you can start by asking them directly. This lets them know that their maths progress is important to you, and it may begin a conversation that they didn’t know how to start. But even if they’re...

Welcome to Mathnasium’s Maths Tricks series. Today we are finding the value of the whole, given the value of a fractional part in a Wholes and Parts problem. To find the value of the whole when the numerator of the given fraction is 1, we multi...