What is the Remainder?

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What is the Remainder? Division won’t always give you a neat and clean answer – sometimes, you’ll be left with a remainder. Author Jill Padfield Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways Think of the remainder as a leftover – It’s like making 8 servings but only having 7 people over – you’ll have 1 serving remaining, […]

What Is a Quotient

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What Is a Quotient Learn more about this important division term, and discover ways to find the quotient using simple subtraction methods. Author Jill Padfield Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways The quotient comes in a couple forms – If one number is perfectly divisible by another, the quotients are likely whole numbers. But, if one […]

How To Do Long Division

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How To Do Long Division Turn your big numbers into smaller ones with long division – just master these easy steps. Author Jill Padfield Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways Long division is a process for dividing large numbers – This method breaks dividing large numbers into a sequence of easy steps you can use to […]

What Are the Divisor and the Dividend?

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What Are the Divisor and the Dividend? Let’s split up these elements of division and break down exactly what they are.  Author Jill Padfield Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways They are the two main parts of any division problem – Simply put, the dividend is the number getting divided, and the divisor is what we […]

What is skip counting?

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What is skip counting? Learning to skip count can help students improve their counting fluency and recognize number patterns. Let’s learn more about these benefits and how to skip count by several different numbers. Author Katie Wickliff Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways • Skip counting can prepare students for multiplication and division. • Practicing skip […]

Learn Numbers 1-100 with a Hundred Chart

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Learn Numbers 1-100 with a Hundred Chart Author Katie Wickliff Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways • Use small household objects to help your child make ten groups of ten. • Count by 10s to 100 before counting by 1s. • Use a hundred chart to help students move from concrete math manipulatives to actual place […]

What is repeated addition?

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Home Math Resources Skills Addition Repeated Addition What is repeated addition? Looking to lay the groundwork for multiplication? Easy – use repeated addition! Author Jill Padfield Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways It’s the practice of adding up equal numbers together – It sounds simple, but it’s a building block for important mathematical concepts. Repeated addition […]

The Identity Property of Addition

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Home Math Resources Skills Addition Identity Property of Addition The Identity Property of Addition The property is pretty simple – but let’s explore why it matters! Author Jill Padfield Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways Adding zero to anything is simple, but foundational – Whether you’re dealing with complex negative numbers and fractions or simple whole […]

How to Find the Sum

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Home Math Resources Skills Addition Find the Sum Find the Sum Start with the basics! Build your math skills one at a time — or should we say, add them one at a time? Author Taylor Hartley Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways Finding the sum is foundational – Addition is the most basic concept in […]

What Is the Associative Property of Addition?

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Home Math Resources Skills Addition Associative Property of Addition What Is the Associative Property of Addition? No matter which order you put things in, you’ll always get the same answer – at least when it comes to addition! Author Jill Padfield Published: Oct 2024 Key takeaways No matter how you write an equation, the sum […]