Number Sense Blog

  What to look for to ensure your child gets the math help they need. The decision to seek out a math tutor comes for a variety of reasons. Your child is behind in their math class and needs to catch up. Or they’re doing okay in class but yo...

Grade 1: 11 + 12 = ___ There are two ways to think about 11 + 12, both require mastery of doubles facts. Think about the double, then add 1 or take away 1. So, for 11 + 12 start with 11 + 11 and add 1. 11 + 11 is 22, so 11 + 12 is 23. Or start wi...

  Summer travels get us from point A to point B, but have you ever measured the distance travelled? Today’s math activity helps you do just that by finding the differences between distances. And whether you find yourself travelling in a car, on...

  Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks series. Today we are comparing fractions using the concept of wholes and parts … in this case, finding the missing parts that make one whole. To compare fractions, we can turn to a few tricks we’ve cover...

  Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks series. Today we are using number sense to divide statements where the divisors (the numbers we are dividing by) have more than two factors (numbers which divide evenly into the divisor). Rather than dividi...