Ah, math. It’s why I became an English major. But now math is spinning back around and haunting me in the form of my fifth grader. Last night, I found myself dealing with how to multiply fractions as ...

Use multiplication to tell "how many." Multiply by 2 using the grouping of objects. Explore multiplication to help us tell "how many." Multiply by 2 using the grouping of objects and arrays. Connect ...

Two effective manipulatives that can be used to support fractions and base 10 learning are base 10 blocks and Cuisenaire rods. Base 10 blocks work for all basic operations of addition, subtraction, ...

Multiply Any Number by 11 in Seconds: Having the appropriate strategies may make math enjoyable and simple! One subject in which students frequently struggle is multiplication, particularly when ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

When I was a new teacher, I wanted my students to see math not just as numbers and equations but as a tool to understand the world around them. My goal wasn’t for them to simply memorize formulas to ...