Kaprekar's Constant
Friday June 30, 2006
Try this activity just for fun!
1. Take any four-digit number and rearrange the digits in decreasing order. All digits MUST be different. Something like 5421 - then order the ... Read More
More Brain Food
Wednesday June 28, 2006
Just because the summer holidays are here doesn't mean you should stop exercising your brain. How about some Sudoku or some stumpers to keep you thinking? Or, for those of ... Read More
3rd Grade Word Problem Worksheets
Sunday June 25, 2006
New this week, free printables for the 3rd grade. Children need to be able to apply the computational skills learned into real life problems. Print these worksheets off to make ... Read More
Learning and Understanding Math
Friday June 23, 2006
Learning math by understanding the concepts is much more effective than trying to memorize formulas and facts. Learning and truly understanding means 'seeing and believing' the math. The best way ... Read More
The Fear of all Sums
Wednesday June 21, 2006
What's the best way to teach math? Hands on? Rote Learning? Memory? Traditional text book approach? We all know that a solid foundation in math is critical, we also know ... Read More
Brain Food
Sunday June 18, 2006
Have some fun with these brain teasers and stumpers, after all what better way can you think of to feed your brain? Research indicates that just like you exercise your ... Read More
Have You Met Andrew Yet?
Thursday June 15, 2006
Andrew is our Guide at About for Physics and if you like math, you can't help but like physics. Drop on by for basic laws, interesting articles or just for ... Read More
Free Graphing Calculator Activities
Monday June 12, 2006
Activities Exchange is a Texas Instruments (TI) site for educators and lets them exchange ideas for using graphic technology in teaching. It includes free online graphing calculator activities for the ... Read More
Heterogeneous Grouping in Advanced Mathematics Classes
Friday June 9, 2006
Can you mix students of varying abilities into the same advanced math courses and improve student performance and graduation rates? Many teachers will tell you it can't be done. However, ... Read More
Math Leads to Exciting Careers!
Wednesday June 7, 2006
Olympic speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno motivates kids to 'do the math' to move into an exciting career. Ohno was one of those individuals who realized that to do math ... Read More
Learning From Previous Mistakes
Sunday June 4, 2006
Knowing whether you got the test questions right or wrong is only the first step. Knowing 'why' you didn't get them right is where the learning begins. What type of ... Read More
Amazing Calculators
Friday June 2, 2006
I'm often told that, 'hey with the terrific calculators and computer applications we have now, we really don't need to know math'. Well, the truth of the matter is, math ... Read More