Category: Math

Dad's Worksheets.com

9/27/2017

This is a provided post. :)

DadsWorksheets.com is a Great Resource for Math Fact Practice and More!

You may not think of math as a language, but it truly is the way we communicate about science, engineering and many other advanced disicplines. Like building fluency in any language, math is a critical skill that requires practice to become excellent and the best practice is often paper and pencil. All of the printable math worksheets include answer keys...

Multiplication

Division

Addition

Subtraction

...plus you will find a collection of visual online calculators perfect for classroom instruction to explain basic math concepts while work on projectors or SmartBoards...

Fractions

Prime Factorization

Long Division

Roman Numerals

The resources at DadsWorksheets also include a huge number of printables that support learning and teaching math topics...

Printable Charts

Times Table

Coordinate Planes

Place Value Charts

No matter if your a parent, teacher, or home schooler, if you need math materials you'll find some of the best free content on the internet over at DadsWorksheets.com. Please stop by!

Looking Back Teaches Me

6/23/2016

I sit here tonight with two round ups on my brain. One for evaluating/looking back over the school year and considering the good, the bad, the sad... and the other about gearing our schooling according to the child(ren) we teach. As I sit here I think, I could combine those two topics... at least I think so. :)

Greatest Pleasure of the Year:
Take for instance a win-win in our schooling. Over the past year we started studying Europe. This started out as a review for drawing our way our Europe.. it involved repetitive drawing and simply wasn't working for my boy. He for the life of him, couldn't see the point in day after day drawing the outline of a country and finding where it went on a map and ergo, being the lad he is, fought me on it. I needed to change it up. I liked the overall concept... drawing a country, learning some basic facts, and then finding that country on a map. Really LEARN where that country is. So I switched it up in a way that would appeal to my lad. We watched videos, learned geography and made a meal to which we would invite people we cared about. And my boy learned.
Not only did he learn.. we had fun AND he still learned country facts AND drew the country and found it on the map. Finland. Georgia. and more.

Unexpected Delight of the year:
Finding two math programs that work with how my boy learns!!! Yes, can you believe it? MATH has been another highlight of the year!!!!
1. A+ Interactive Math gave him some confidence in geometry and division.
2. LearnBop... he gets a tad upset with this program at times, but by the end of his session he's pleased as punch and learning has happened.

Why do they work? My lad is able to use technology.. aka.. the computer to do his math learning, without colourful figures or poorly executed drawings impeding his learning methods.

Struggles of the year:
Can't say I've done well with language arts this year. In fact... I would have to say I more or less gave up. It's hard to find something that will work with my boy in a way that works with how he does things. I'll be restarting Logic of English next year and doing it as a formal program.. in fact I may pull it out to work with our French Student in July and just have the lad join us in the lesson. I am suspecting I will simply have to talk with him and say "this has to be done laddie boy, so just buckle down and do it"... despite his protestations to the contrary.

My son's favourite over the past year?
Veritas Press ... have to admit, he didn't even have to think about this at all! :)

Least favourite?
Copywork. This took more thinking on his part to come up with. He liked practicing cursive, but he didn't like having to put it to work.

LINKING UP
I will be linking up at the Following Places
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Canadian Homeschoolers

Review: LearnBop for Families, by LearnBop

6/22/2016

I THINK... We have discovered our new Math Program, created by LearnBop, says mom quietly to herself, as she listens to her boy asking questions and figuring out what he knows and doesn't know in a new math program. As much as he struggles, he ACTIVELY learning... and I think FINALLY a program has been made that is testing my son's mettle and he's learning.. and I couldn't be more pleased.

The math program? LearnBop for Families. My family received a years single subscription..which means my son can use it under his name, and I can use it under my name.

Now I have to admit, my son has a love-hate relationship with LearnBop. He really does. He loves to do it, but he hates that it teaches him differently than he has learned in the past, but ... that VERY DIFFERENCE is what makes it work for him.

"MOM! Why does it teach me this way? Don't they know that I learned it this way?" (and then he proceeds to teach me how he learned it) and in the process proves to me and to LearnBop that he does indeed know his stuff. And then he smiles.. oh my boy he smiles... and it is GOOD. :)

What is LearnBop?
LearnBop for Families is an adaptive online math program offering an annual subscription for up to four students. It gives parents the ability to select the level for each student and monitor their individual progress. You can get a single student version or the family version.

It is a self-paced program that works for Grades 3-8 along with high school Algebra 1, Algebra II, and Geometry.

LearnBop offers warm-ups, in-lesson videos, and practice questions which are called “bops.” Each student has a roadmap that they follow.

This multi-student subscription is available for $199.95 annually or $19.95 monthly. There is also an option for a single student plan for $149.95 annually or $14.95 monthly.

So how does this challenging program push my boy?
Let me walk you through a lesson.
My son sets himself up on my laptop and his tablet. Sometimes MilkyWay (his pet mouse) joins him for a lesson.

My techie kid much prefers using the tablet to do his math figuring rather than "wasting paper". He doesn't understand why I work better using paper and pencil. I figure if he's happy, it's all good though my scrap paper pile definitely isn't shrinking that quickly....

LearnBop works on a system of roadmaps. My son is using grade five. He's completed 2 of 13 roadmaps. For this lesson he's working through Add/Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominators. When working through a unit, you are first given some warm up questions which introduce questions and concepts that will be covered in the unit. My son is NOT thrilled with his marks in the warm up section but has learned they are only there to get his brain working about the next math area.

Each unit follows the same format. Watch three videos, watch a fourth if you want to, and solve some Bops. Bops are questions about the topic at hand. They are very specific to topic.

The amount of Bops needed varies we have found. At first my lad was distressed by this, thinking the program was lying, until we realized that the end goal of LearnBop for Families was for the students to reach a 90% grade.

This means if you choose not to watch the videos (which counts as part of your grade) then you get to do more questions (more Bops) as a result, so it was a bit of a toss up and meant my son had decisions to make. Most often he chose to watch less videos and do more questions. You can get a higher grade if you watch the optional video as well.

The bops are presented in different ways. The ones I saw always came as word problems, but the solution was answered in different ways. Sometimes as a multiple choice, sometimes as a click and drag, and other times as a write it in.

One thing my lad struggled with in this lesson was the need to not only have the smallest fraction, but the larger fraction that the small fraction would come from. My lad didn't understand as every time he's worked on fractions before the smallest fraction was always correct and anything else was wrong. We eventually decided it was a training tool, another way for students to see that large or small it was the same number (which made sense to us). It's just another way to appreciate how a program makes you think the answer through.

Another training tool is how they handle missed questions. On the occasion that my son either misunderstood the question or filled in an answer in the incorrect order, he would be bumped to the option of restarting the question OR to work through the question one step at a time. This ensures that the student understands all the incremental parts to the question and working through the answer.

Seeing this screen always elicited a YAY!!! from my lad. "Yay, mom! I did it!" along with a smile and then he was off to do his daily reading. :) Tis a good thing to see a lad happy about math.

LearnBop has a few other aspects to it that I wanted to talk to you about.

Learning accomplishments and recent progress. As a mom, I found this helpful, my son was somewhat less than enthused. :) He's just glad to work through and learn different math items (and to show me that he knows them). And this online math tutor did an excellent job of showing him this.

This is something my son and I discovered today and that he really likes. :)   It tells him what is next on the agenda... decimal place. "MOM!!!   I know that!   That will be an easy lesson to do.   Do you think they will show me a different way to do it this time?   Or will they show me the way I already know?"

"I guess we will wait and see eh?"   That's the only response I could make.

When I signed up for this review I did so thinking that I would be working with LearnBop as well.   I wasn't sure how my lad would take to it and was prepared to pick up the slack and do a higher grade math myself, but my lad eagerly dug into this wonderful on-line math program 4 days a week with the exception of a week that he was at day camp and even then he fit in two days!

Needless to say, I haven't spent a lot of time using LearnBop for Families. I could have used my dashboard to work on lessons, but chose not to as it very much became my son's math program as we'll be using it through the rest of the summer.   (or until the 13 units are done). Then if he chooses to, we'll move up to grade six.

So we liked LearnBop for Families, if you want to see what others of the crew thought, click on the link below.

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LearnBop
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LearnBop @LearnBop

Math Games with Sunya Publishing, A Review

5/24/2016

"What would you rather do son...play Sunya or do your multiplication pages?" asks an inquiring mom. "Sunya, can we play Sunya mom?"

Sunya Publishing sent me and my son their math game called Sunya - The Magic and Wonder of Math and Science Multiplying & Dividing, ages 9+, which my son and I have been enjoying for the past couple of weeks. It's a game he takes along when he visits with Gramma who says "this is a fun game to play".

Sunya Publishing is a company with a desire to help children learn their math facts in a fun, family oriented way. Can you make math sentences using the cards in your hand? Can you help your mom or your sister or brother if they are struggling to make a sentence? Can you tell if someone has made a mistake? Get rid of the cards in your hands first but don't forget to say Sunya!

Sunya® (the "u" pronounced as the "oo" in the word "book") is a word from Sanskrit, the ancient and classical language of India. Our modern number system was invented in India 1,500 years ago. This word means “empty or void of any quantity.”

Family fun and cooperation, with a friendly spirit of competition, while you practice your math facts, this sums up Sunya.

Isn't it a lovely purple colour? The book that I received was filled with instructions about how to play Sunya. I found it best to just kinda dive in. Give each person four cards, make a starter sentence with either multiplication or division, and then see if you can make a new math sentence, taking away the lower cards as you go to add to your take from pile. Help each other out. Once you get used to playing, then reading through the rules to refine your playing methodology works really well. :)

The book I received was mostly done in black and white, but it had a couple of colour pages (just so we could see which we preferred). I have to admit, I thought that the black and white worked just fine, but it was a nice break to have to odd full-colour spread. I can totally see them using the full-colour spread to introduce a new chapter in the book OR as the start to a new method of playing. Just to make certain sections stand out a bit.

We received the Sunya book which teaches you all the rules and methods to play, a number line, a set of number cards, and some riddle/quiz cards for fun. I have to admit, when my lad first met the riddle cards he was unimpressed, thinking the cards were out to get him until he caught on! Then, like many 10-11 year olds that I know that like to pull a good trick, he worked his best to catch me out... every time he won a round "MY TURN MOM!" :)

One of the riddle/information cards talked about a diamond star. My lad wasn't sure if the information was correct so we did a bit of research on it and found out that yes it was! The lad was suitably impressed.

I wanted to show you the difference between the coloured pages and the black and white. I admit the coloured looks good, but the black and white keeps it simple and plain and is MUCH preferred by my lad.

I have to tell you how much Gramma and My son LOVE playing this game together. My son visits gramma every week and normally they play chess, go for a walk, finish schooling and just enjoy spending time together. Chess has currently been replaced with Sunya. Gramma WILL NOT let me take a picture of the two of them playing, so here's one from when the lad and I were playing.

Once we got started playing I found it a very intuitive game to play, you can make it easier or harder depending on which cards you put into play. You can make the zeros so you can only put them in the product but not as a multiplier, and other changes. These changes are mentioned in the book rules, but honestly.. just play the game. As my son likes to say "this is way more fun than doing problems to do my math facts"!

Sunya is game, published by Sunya Publishing, that we will continue to enjoy in this household. It's such a good way to practice math facts and to have fun with each other. One of the things I thought as we played this game was how very easy it would be turn this into a additon/subtraction game as well.. I would just need to mock up the cards for it. My lad thought that a marvellous idea, because then you could play it with anybody and that would be great!

It was VERY helpful to have the dots on the cards, this made it very easy to tell the 6 and 9's apart, and is just another way to engage the brain in learning.

Potentially daunting rules or not, it's a math game and I'm glad we just jumped in with both feet and got wet. We've had so much fun playing Sunya in our household, I think that you will too. Jump in, fine tune it as you go and just have fun. Check out what other reviewers had to say too.

Review: A+ Interactive Math

4/17/2016

Imagine with me if you would, a math program that targets the particular needs in a given students math journey. Enter in A+ Interactive Math with their new Math Mini-Courses, of which we reviewed Elementary Geometry and Elementary and Middle School Division. These math lessons worked well.

Having reviewed A+ Interactive Math a couple of times in the past, i was pretty sure what I could expect with these courses, and expected initial enthusiasm from my son which would quickly wane as he found things about the course that he didn't like.

To my surprise, I didn't run into this at all with the 19 lessons he took in Elementary Geometry. I even received comments of "Mom, this is easy", "Mom, is it time to do my math yet?" Or "Mom, all I have left to do is math right?".

You have to understand something.. math is NOT high on my son's list of priorities AT ALL, so to have positive comments from him or even eagerness to finish his math lessons is simply a delight.

How doesA+ Interactive Math work?

After inputting your students password they are greeted with this page. It took my boy only two reminders to use the Launch button. This would open the mini course in a new window.

The window opens landing on this page with interactive buttons directing the students to their next stop. My son always clicked on the video lessons.

Video lessons brings you to this page, where it is important to click on the file folder which opens up each lesson. It won't open up the next lesson until you close out the previous lesson. At the end of each lesson you need to mark off the box at the top of each lesson saying completed.

The lessons are interactive. Teaching you one basic concept and then having a quiz afterwards. My son was required to do 80% or higher on the lesson. If he did so I considered the material understood, no additional work required. This gave him the incentive to pay attention. Verbal testing later worked well (narrating lesson to me). :)

One of their neat features is the ability to view the lessons as PDF's. I had my lad do this for one lesson. He liked that he could read it himself but found the interactive lessons much quicker to go through and he remembered the information better for the quiz that follows each lesson. (as evidenced by the 75% in lesson three).

If you choose to let your child do the on-line worksheets, they are easy to generate and are listed by topic title as per the lesson page. These same quizzes and tests are also available as PDF's. I was glad to see that option. The answer guides are included. They have done such a great job in making sure that each student can learn in the way best suited for them.

When a lesson is completed this page will be shown, giving the results of the quiz. If you want to you can print off a certificate. My son never chose this option saying "Mom, it's wasting paper, I know I did it". Isn't it nice though to have that option?

These mini courses are great. They close learning gaps in math for students in an interactive way that grabs their attention. My son is much more confident in his geometry skills than he was previously. He did work briefly with the division program as I asked him to do so, but preferred to focus his attention on geometry. He found the division courses as step by step as the geometry one.

We are considering adding these mini courses as he finishes these two.

Advanced Geometry (4th-7th) - 35 lessons
Advanced Fractions (4th-8th) - 26 lessons
Decimal Numbers (3rd-7th) - 20 lessons
Percentages (5th-8th) - 13 lessons

My thoughts are this: if you want to cover the gaps, or just have a short lesson of key concepts, these mini courses are just the ticket. Short enough daily lessons covering the main concepts of any given math subject area with a quiz to reinforce learning.

It certainly worked well with my math-unfriendly lad and i couldn't be more pleased.

Product Details:
Vendor: A+ Interactive Math.
Received: Math MIni-Courses in Elementary Geometry and Elementary/Middle School Division.
Length: Access for one year.
Price: $9.99-$19.99
Grades: 1st-8th
Type: Digital Product

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Struggling with Math, Loving Science

3/5/2016

The theme for this weeks Virtual Curriculum Fair is: Discovering Patterns: Mathematics, Logic, and Science---includes anything to do with mathematics, mathematical thinking, numbers, arithmetic, symbolic logic, critical thinking, and math-y sciences (physics, chemistry, etc.).

I find math easy to do as an adult, loved it in school, but teaching it to my lad is not what I would call easy.

It's either too easy, or too hard, or they explain it wrong, or they.. whatever... Its just been a touch of a battle for far too long.   I've bought curriculum, reviewed curriculum pieced things together.. Done the gambit. He's learned a few things along the way, but it's a battle I don't wish to fight any longer.

About a month ago I won a curriculum fromEducents called Matholia.   Now the battle is gone.   See those yellow stars?   My requirement is that you simply get yellow stars on everything. Doesn't have to be perfect (three stars) but you need to at least attempt the material.   NOW sometimes they don't explain the math concept well so we then turn to Khan academy, but all the basics for grade five math are here.

The advantage of doing it this way is that he can choose to easier or harder topics. He can jump around if he wants, it does not matter to me. I am still there as a support system and to offer advice but that's all I am. He can argue with the computer all he wants but it's a computer.. it doesn't answer back or get frustrated. :) It's taken the pressure off both of us.

For practicing his different math operations we have these neat pages of minecraft characters that he colours in. He has the fun of making minecraft pictures while practicing his math...though apparently we MUST FIND a dark grey pencil crayon.

To make math different on Fridays we do one of two things.. work on his interactive math journal or play math games. Click images below to learn more.

Science on the other hand is a win-win in this household. Exploring, trying new things, playing with life and watching what happens.

From a lad learning about wind currents using a fan, string, paper and popsicle sticks to a more formal program of learning about machines in motion with God's Design curriculum. It all works here. It's fun, it's hands on and is just a great subject and SO easy to incorporate throughout our day.

So that's some of how we do math and science in our classroom, How do you do it in yours?

Read what others have to say as well. :)

Chareen @ Every Bed of Roses - Thoughts on Math and Science
Kristen @ Sunrise to Sunset - From Counting to Calculus
Laura @ Day by Day in Our World - How We Approach Math in This Homeschool Year
Annette @ A Net In Time - Struggling with Math, Loving Science
Annette @ A Net In Time - Lego Pulleys and Levers
Yvie @ Gypsy Road Hands - On Math with Special Needs Learners
Chelli @ The Planted Trees - Chemistry Using Living Books
Lisa @ GoldenGrasses - An Appalling Lack of Curiosity
Edie @ Carter Chaos - Our Favorite Ways to Study Numbers
Tracey @ A Learning Journey - Robot Area and Perimeter Art Project
Jennifer @ A Glimpse of Our Life - Math and Standardized Tests
Jen @ Chestnut Grove Academy - Discovering Patterns: Mathematics, Logic, and Science
Sarah @ DeliveringGrace - Learning Multiplication Tables
Kylie @ Our Worldwide Classroom - Multisensory Multiplication
Kym @ Homeschool Coffee Break - Science and Stuff
Kemi Quinn @ Homemaking Organized - Math in Our Homeschool for a Later Elementary Organized Reader
Joelle @ Homeschooling for His Glory - Math and Logic - Our Steady Path
Laura @ Four Little Penguins - Math and Science Love

Snow on the Ground, Tears in the Eyes

2/18/2016

I have to admit, this has NOT been a great homeschooling week. Been a combination of things setting us off.

1. Monday was Family Day here in Canada so we basically took the day off. We had a cart ride with some horses, visited with neighbours over cookies, watched a movie in the community and had pizza for supper. :)

2. Tuesday was odd...trying to remember why. OH.. NO ONE felt like doing school AT ALL. Tiredness or what. .Not sure what was at play but schooling with books was SO nt for us, so we worked on building mouse feeders instead. Project based learning is good too right?

3, Foodbank Day. So the lad does bookwork and helps out as needed. Normally we have a shipment come in but something got messed up so it didn't come in so the lad helped me with some organizing instead.

And that brings us to today.

Math... the lad was brought to tears today by math. It was odd. If I asked him the question he could do it in his head. Explain it all to me and everything, but doing it on paper simply wasn't working for him today. So we did four questions verbally and said "done". It was beyond frustrating for him .. I can see the answer mom but every time I try to write it down it's WRONG and it's NOT MY FAULT!!!! Seeing as he could do it verbally I had to agree that it wasn't his fault it was just a brain glitchy day.

Grapevine studies. We've started a new review for Grapevine. Working through the New Testament. I have to admit, the lad was simply having fun with drawing the characters today...i would show you up close what he was drawing but he begged me not to,but this image passed his inspection. I don't mind silliness as long as the message is getting through.

Geography. We changed this up a bit. The lad HATED drawing out the shape of the country. He could never get it perfect enough and it was driving him crazy, so now he has to find the country that we are studying and colour it in. This week we are learning about Azerbaijan. It's rather interesting how studies of other countries help us understand our own. How like many Azerbaijan's are Muslim by identity but not by belief. Much like Canada eh?

We did our reading together.   We covered Octopus/Squid; John Knox; Hudson (after whom Hudson bay is named for), Mrs. Quack; Two poems...one which just weirded me out (and the lad found interesting), and something else. :)

The lad did his narration, copywork (starting a new study on Astronomy), and... Logic of English.

I have to admit, we aren't following the lessons very well with Logic of English. We just aren't, if we do my lad stresses out too much, so we use their materials in our own way. Today we were working on knowing if phonographs have two letters or one. He had fun!   OH MY.   So nice to see my lad having fun with phonographs.   Our biggest battle is helping him figure out what things sound like... he gets that from me, its just the way it is. We often guess at how words sound and hubby is frequently correcting us both. :)

We also use the cards differently. I give him three cards per week to study, One of the cards always has a spelling list on the back and I'll randomly throughout the week ask him to spell words.   Keeps him practicing without adding the stress of "I HAVE TO BE PERFECT" to his day.

So that's our week/day. Tomorrow will be different again as we'll planning to be out of the house most of the day.

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What to do what to do.. educents has a sale

2/17/2016

Last week was a snowy week... We had over two feet of snow dumped on us over a period of three days... and this week there is more coming. So what do YOU do on those snowy days where doing school seems so VERY optional?

We had a day like that yesterday. Snow falling still, mom and boy with no desire to do school so we opted out.. we did a Project instead.. we worked on building a bigger feeder for the lad's mice... we'll need to rework it a bit more yet. :) But it gave us a time to problem solve, to work with new materials, and to communicate with each other differently over our schooling/work. It was a fun way for us to do math that seems practical rather than "AH MORE WRITING!!!

If you need a different option for doing math, Educents just might have the answer for you.

What is Math Mammoth?

Math Mammoth is a collection of digital lessons and worksheets focused on developing different math skills for children of all ages. You can find lessons that range from basic addition and subtraction to more advanced subjects like statistics and linear equations.

My kid finds the no-nonsense, straightforwardness of this book more to his liking." - Tammy L. via Educents

One of the coolest and most innovate aspects of Math Mammoth are all the ways you can interact with it. Since it is a digital package, you can complete pages on a computer or print out and work with the sheets - but that's not all. You can also use Math Mammoth on an iPad using annotation software. This is a great way to get your children learning on the go!

Three Ways to Interact:

On the computer
On a tablet
Hands-on: choose the pages you print

You can purchase subjects individually, which are sometimes spread out over three lessons. For example, Early Geometry is great for grades 1-3, Geometry 1 is for grades 4-5, and Geometry 2 is for 6-7.

Two ways to save

Math Mammoth Blue

$math mammoth$ If you are interested in a series of workbooks focusing on different subjects, Math Mammoth Blue is the way to go. Math Mammoth Blue features all the content you need for students grade 1-7 broken down into their own categories such as fractions, money and geometry. These are great for filling in areas on a case-by-case basis

Math Mammoth Light Blue

If you want more of a complete curriculum, look no further than Math Mammoth Light Blue. This product is designed to teach over a year and features all of the content in Blue, plus cumulative reviews and tests. It also features a bonus Soft-Pak math software.

Easy access for all ages

No matter the age or skill level, any child will be able to get a great learning experience out of Math Mammoth. The comprehensive nature of the program, the simplicity of use and the way it delivers information make Math Mammoth the perfect companion piece for young learners. Check it out and you child's troubles with math will be extinct before you know it!

Math Game: Greater than, less than

1/26/2016

Every week my son and I play a math game. We're adding some fun to our math and solidifying skills that sometimes my lad seems shaky on even though he knows them. So have fun and practice them I thought.

The game we played this week was a greater than/less than game.

I read about it being played a couple of different ways and I'll get to those later, but this is how we played.

Two pieces of scrap paper.. if playing a lot you could easily make up a wipe off board but for a quick game, scrap paper, a pencil and different dice are all that is needed.

We played with two dice each.

Set up the game as follows

___ ___ ___ > ___ ___ ___ > ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ < ___ ___ ___ < ___ ___ ___

Nine spaces to fill in each line.
Two die each, the total must be used up. You have a choice... add them and use the total OR use each number separately, do not use any number higher than 9.

Fill in the blanks.

You can add an optional challenge of who can make the highest number of the greater than and who can make the lowest number in the lesser thans.

You can help with the memory if desired by adding an error to show the biggest to smallest direction (we did this for the first round just to get our brains on the right path).   We played several rounds, some competitively and others not so much.

There are a variety of ways to play.
1. one die each
2. no number used twice in the same number set
3. see who gets the better number in each of the nine sections
4. whatever other twist you want to add in... :)   it's all good.

It was a great way to do quick mental math as it's a fast moving game so you don't want to waste your time either.      It's great for a variety of ages, you can make it harder or easier depending on the participants.. I plan to play it another day with two and three digits numbers where multiplication is the rule rather than addition. :)    Would be fun to add the twist of .. you can add OR subtract. :)   Wouldn't that be a fun twist?

My son had a variety of helpers who kept interrupting the game and as soon as it was over crowded around to offer congratulations and to try play the game for themselves. They had quite the conversation about it. :)

Learning greater than and less than. With KHAN academy. Worksheets.

Two Easy Math Games

1/12/2016

Playing math games is a great way to get children thinking differently about math and it's a great way to have fun too! :)

Two games
Black Spot and Sweet Sixteen.

Both of these are two player games, both with the goal of getting your opponent down to one.

Black Spot.

10 white markers
1 black marker.

Taking turns you remove 1, 2 or 3 white markers, the object is to force you opponent to take the black marker.

It's a great way to introduce patterning, logical thinking, being a good sport, and having fun. :)

This game was originally thought to be a pirate game. Picking up the black spot meant you had to walk the plank (and who wants to do that?)

Sweet Sixteen

One calculator
The ability to Subtract

Start with the number 16 on the calculator. Subtract 1, 2 or 3.
The Object of the game is to leave your opponent with 1 on the display.

Teaches subtraction skills, logic thinking, math skills, patterning and of course, having fun. :)

You can offer up these questions to help your students think
1. Does it matter if you go first or second?
2. Would it make a difference if you could only remove 1 or 2 pieces?
3. What if you changed the number of white spots? OR What if you made the game Sweet Seventeen? Would it change the way you played?
4. Can you think of another way to modify this game?

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My kid finds the no-nonsense, straightforwardness of this book more to his liking." - Tammy L. via Educents

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Math Game: Greater than, less than

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What is Math Mammoth?

My kid finds the no-nonsense, straightforwardness of this book more to his liking." - Tammy L. via Educents

Three Ways to Interact:

Two ways to save

Easy access for all ages

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