When young learners start to work with fractions, they often struggle to find the common denominators. There are a couple of methods that work every time and with a little ... Read More

Senior students are still lagging in math as shown on the national math tests. Should our senior students be able to do math at the basic level? One would certainly ... Read More

Here's a new stumper for young minds to stimulate those thinking skills. Try these math stumpers for additional fun. And.....don't forget to do a little Sudoku each day too!

I get a number of requests asking how to help children understand fractions. All too often, when fractions are taught, they're done so in a procedural method. For instance, ... Read More

I'm always amazed when I slip back into one of my favorite past-times and read about famous mathematicians. The fascinating facts about mathematicians always amazes me and I try ... Read More

What comes to mind when you hear 'do your math'? All too often, we think of computations and numbers but math is everywhere and is about much more than computational ... Read More

How do you find out what the perimeter of a heart is? How do you find out what the area of a heart is? How many times does your heart ... Read More

Josh, who thinks tests are just silly and superficial still managed to score a perfect score of 2400 on the SAT math. So, just what are Josh's strategies? 2 months ... Read More

Can you believe it? Yes, 90 million toilet flushes will occur during commercials on the Super Bowl football game on Sunday! So, how much water is that? If your ... Read More

You know the types, Amy's aunt is 45. She is 15 years older than twice Amy's age. How old is Amy? They crop up in SATs, they crop up in ... Read More