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Math teaching tips, ideas, articles, etc., plus news and updates from my Homeschool Math website www.HomeschoolMath.net.
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Math Teachers at Play carnival
Denise has done a good job putting together Math Teachers at Play carnival #20. Lots of stuff to read, head on over!...
Ratio word problem solved with block model and algebra
I guess it is time for some more problem solving, since someone sent this question in.Two numbers are in the ratio of 1:2. If 7 be added to both, their ratio changes to 3:5. What is the greater number?We can model the two original numbers with blocks...
Mixture problems - algebra 1
I am hoping you can help me. I can not remember how to solve mixture problems and how to set them up. Examples are as follows:A merchant made a mixture of 150lb. of tea worth $109.50 by mixing tea worth $1.25 a pound with tea worth $.65 a pound. H...
Fact families on a whiteboard
I just found this picture that I took of the fact families my 4-year old wrote on the whiteboard - totally on her own.There was a time she loved writing fact families like this every day. Being able to choose different color markers plus it being on ...
Review of Math Apprentice
Math Apprentice is a new free website, meant to show students how math is used in real world. In the game, you are like an apprentice at various companies, applying your math skills to challenges similar to those encountered in the real world and re...
Percentages with mental math
(This is an older post that I have revised plus added a video to it.)In this article I want to explore some ideas for using MENTAL math in calculating percents or percentages.I have made this video of percent & mental math strategies as well:And her...

Hey I liked your blog. I set up a group on Blogcatalog labeled "Mathematics". I think it would be great if you or anyone else that has a mathematics related blog to join. Not only would it allow those with similar blog interests to communicate, but it would allow users of BlogCatalog to find each other easier, and it would most likely be picked up in search engines easier.
For the mathematics group you can go here: http://www.blogcatalog.com/group/mathematics ,and to check out my blog on Algebra word problems you can go here:
http://algebra-word-problems.blogspot.com/
Later,
Brandan
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