Do you suffer low math scores? Do you freeze on tests? Are you a math phobic? Positive attitudes are critical in all areas of academic success and even more so ... Read More

That pretty much sums (no pun intended) up how I feel about About.Com, you never know what goodies you'll find! As I visited the Learning Disabilities (LD) site today, ... Read More

Indulge with me a little to link math activities to Halloween. Well, we can estimate the weight of a pumpkin, we can estimate the number of seeds in a pumpkin, ... Read More

9 Little Piglets need their own pens, can you draw 2 squares that will let each piglet have his own pen? Don't go to page 2 for the solution until ... Read More

When I went to school, calculators didn't exist. When I went to school, computers were an unknown. When I went to school.........yeah, yeah, you get the point. That was then ... Read More

I don't know about you but every time someone mentioned Pythagorean's Theorem to me, the first thing that came to my mind was a2+ b 2=c2. I'm not sure I ... Read More

Have you ever been with a group of friends in a restaurant, made the request for separate bills and find that you get a single bill? If so, have you ... Read More

October must be rounding numbers month. I've had a few email questions asking how to help students with their homework on rounding numbers. For instance, what do you do with the ... Read More

Not everyone can learn with book illustrations and explanations. However, some books are written so well, that even the math phobic will make sense of the math. One of my ... Read More

There tends to be a lot of concern over the use of calculators in school and for homework. Let me try to clarify: if you understand how to solve and ... Read More