Number Sense Blog

  Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks series. Today we are calculating basic probability. Probability is the chance or likelihood that something will happen. To calculate the basic probability of something happening, we make a fraction of th...

  Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks series. Today we are squaring numbers ending in 0 or 5 by observing patterns and applying our number sense. To square a number, we multiply it by itself. Sometimes, this multiplication might be difficult...

  Students often need more individual attention than their school can provide. It’s a widely known fact that strong math skills are vital for success in high school, university, and beyond. Unfortunately, this hard truth causes an undue amou...

  For most children, the month of August will be spent living out the last weeks of summer vacation. The many hours of sunshine will leave your child feeling renewed and refreshed, so why not also take the time to sharpen their math skills? Sum...

  How your child is taught is as important as what they are taught. Finding the right math tutor for your child isn’t easy. You want high-level instruction from a qualified source who will help your child understand the concepts and feel con...