Number Sense Blog

  Today is LEGO Day! You might know LEGO® bricks as the fun, colourful building blocks kids use to reconstruct the world, but did you know they also make great mathematical teaching tools? The near-infinite uses of LEGO bricks allow for near-in...

  In Canada, we use standard units such as centimetres and metres to measure many things, but have you ever used the furlong or fathom?   A furlong was historically used in land measurement and farming. The name means “furrow length.” The...

Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks! Here’s a trick to calculate percentages using the commutative property of multiplication. Let’s do this! 👍   To find 48% of 50 means to multiply 48 x  x 50. We can use the commutative property of multi...

  Our children’s long-term success depends on their ability to compete and collaborate with people around the world. There is one language they will all need to use, and it’s not English or French: It’s math. Unfortunately, Canadian students’ m...

A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 9.   To determine if the number 738 is divisible by 9, we find the sum of its digits. Seven plus three plus eight gives us a final sum of eighteen. Eighteen is divisible by ...