People who teach math, like me, hate it when students ask us, “When am I going to use this?” We don’t hate it because it’s a bad question. We hate it because it’s a really good question, and one that ...

Twenty-four first-grade children were asked to write number sentences and select appropriate alternative number sentences for addition and subtraction word problems. Responses were qualitatively ...

Count forwards and backwards in eights using this counting stick. If we know the answer to a multiplication number sentence or multiplication fact we can work out the answer to an unknown number ...

Subtraction is taking away one number from another. When you subtract it gives you the difference between two numbers. Here are 7 blocks. If you take away three blocks, how many are left? There would ...