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Good to know On 6/02/15, lizzie wrote: > i am super confused with hard thinsg

I'm glad you told us, we were wondering about that.

Jun 2, 2015

Online tutoring help

by Michael

May 5, 2015

Any recommendations on best sites for online 1 on 1 maths tutoring?

Are you the tutor? On 5/05/15, Michael wrote: > Any recommendations on best sites for online 1 on 1 maths > tutoring?

Or the tutee?

May 5, 2015

PEDMSA

by MathTeacher

Apr 23, 2015

Does order of operations work if you always divide before multiplying and subtract before adding?

I think it does

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Michelle You must Multiply OR divide from left to right - as they appear in the problem.

You must also Add OR subtract from left to right as they appear in the problem

Hope this helps!

On 4/23/15, MathTeacher wrote: > Does order of operations work if you always divide before > multiplying and subtract before adding? > >...See More

Apr 23, 2015

I'm a little surprised, On 4/23/15, MathTeacher wrote: > Does order of operations work if you always divide before > multiplying and subtract before adding? > > I think it does

but I think you may be right. I like it.

a*b/c done left to right works out to ab/c

a*b/c done division first works out to ab/c

a/b*c done left to ri...See More

Apr 23, 2015

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How to find the square of a number easily rather than using

by Vickram

Mar 14, 2015

How to find the square of a number easily rather than using calculator?

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Huh? On 3/14/15, Vickram wrote: > How to find the square of a number easily rather than using > calculator?

Multiply the number by itself. Multiplying 2 numbers IS easy.

Mar 16, 2015

Ilona prime factors :) for example: 144 2 72 2 36 2 18 2 9 3 3 3 1

144 = (2*2*3)^2 = 12^2

Apr 17, 2015

Maths problem 1

by Géral Dine

Apr 11, 2015

Could anybody help me with the following?

Three bells toll at intervals of 3, 5 and 7 minutes. All the bells toll at 3 PM. When will they toll tegether for the second time?

You need to You need to find a common multiple of 3, 5 and 7

3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 etc. 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56 63 etc. 5 10 15 20 etc.

I'm doing this quickly, so might have missed something - you can do the careful checking.

But I think the first common multiple is 105.

Therefore the bell would r...See More

Apr 11, 2015

10 minutes for chance at $50

by Erin

Apr 7, 2015

Teachers,

I need and would greatly appreciate your help! As a former secondary teacher, I always struggled to implement literacy instruction into my classroom. Now I’m a doctoral candidate at George Mason University and want to use my dissertation to capture how practicing teachers feel about literacy instruction.

If you could...See More

math problems

by Karine

Apr 6, 2015

What problems do you encounter in teaching math? ehat do you use for instruction? what has been the most effective? Any advise for future teachers?

Deborah McClean Karine -

I think adding practical problems helps the students receive the information. Kids like games and money so I do alot with money problems giving them life like play money to work with.

There is a MoneyCamp program that helps studnets learn about money in a fun way. You can check it out at http://www.winmds.com/workshops

Apr 7, 2015

math interventions

by Christina

Feb 3, 2015

Hello! Our school has failed to make AYP in Math and we are looking for Math interventions.I was wondering what your school uses. I was also wondering if anyone was familiar with Trevor Calkins Power of Ten.

Thanks!

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Chris On 2/04/15, Math Teach wrote: > > We use Pinpoint Math here. Kind of like "SRA" but for math. > > > 2/03/15, Christina wrote: >> Hello! >> Our school has failed to make AYP in Math and we are >> looking for Math interventions.I was wondering what your >> school uses. I was also wondering if anyone wa...See More

Feb 5, 2015