Mathematics Article Archive

Find more practical tips on helping your child do math: word problems, multiplication, addition, subraction, more.

• Mastering MathYes, you can help your child learn math, even if it's not his favorite subject (or yours).
• Parents Need To Encourage Girls To Study Science, MathEveryone can learn math and science—and they need to.
• Create a Home Environment That Promotes Math SuccessYour child will do his best at math if you let him know that you think math is important, highly useful, and even fun.
• Help Your Child Learn About Money and ValuesTips for helping your child understand the value of money.
• Use an Allowance To Teach Children the Value of MoneyGuidelines help ensure that an allowance teaches good money management skills.
• Make Math Part of Everyday LifeIn the home, math is involved in everything from keeping a budget to making a recipe.
• Help Your Child Learn To Enjoy MathToday, skills in math are more important than ever.
• Calculators Can Help, Not HurtCalculators are easy to use and so inexpensive that nearly every home has at least one, and often several.
• Encourage Girls To Study Math, ScienceToday, math courses are often the key to higher paying jobs. Yet many girls don't take the math they'll need for these careers.
• Help With Math Even If You Don’t Understand ItYou want to help your child with homework. But to tell the truth, you’re not sure you understand it any better than she does.

Building Math Skills

• Handwritten Thank-You Notes Offer Many Ways To LearnParents can add humor—and math and history learning—to this task, which is one that most children initially resist.
• High School Math: How Parents Can Help Build SkillsSome simple strategies and encouragement will benefit students who are struggling in math.
• Simple Ideas To Help Overcome Math AnxietySome middle school children get so anxious about math, they dread going to class. Or they worry so excessively about a test, they make mistakes.
• Help Your Child Practice Interpreting GraphicsBy middle school, it is highly important that your child is comfortable with graphics.
• Shopping Trip Links Math Skills to Daily LifeOne of the best ways to encourage learning is to connect lessons to real life.
• Turn Boring Road Trips Into Fun Math LessonsAdults use math to plan trips all the time.
• Help Your Middle Schooler Practice PercentagesHave you ever overtipped a waiter to avoid figuring out a percent problem?
• Budgeting Builds Math SkillsA key middle school math concept is figuring out the mean (or average) of numbers.
• Games Can Help Your Child Master Math FactsMany kids make it to middle school and don’t know their basic math facts.
• Measuring Items Teaches Ratio, ProportionRatio and proportion tell us how large something is in comparison with something else.

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Help Your Child WIth Multiplication and Division

• Help Your Middle Schooler Practice PercentagesHave you ever overtipped a waiter to avoid figuring out a percent problem?
• Turn Boring Road Trips Into Fun Math LessonsAdults use math to plan trips all the time.
• Measuring Items Teaches Ratio, ProportionRatio and proportion tell us how large something is in comparison with something else.
• Counting Heartbeats an Opportunity To Practice EstimationFebruary is American Heart Month. Challenge your child to count her heartbeat and hone her estimation skills.
• Games Can Help Your Child Master Math FactsMany kids make it to middle school and don’t know their basic math facts.
• Build Math Skills With Million Dollar EstimatesMany kids don’t have a sense of big numbers or large amounts of money.
• Budgeting Builds Math SkillsA key middle school math concept is figuring out the mean (or average) of numbers.
• Practice Real-World Percentage ProblemsMany times, teens know how to find the correct answer to a percentage problem, but they make simple mistakes that cause them to get the problem wrong.
• Tips for Learning Math FactsEven the youngest child today knows how to use a calculator. But it's still important to be able to do math problems without one.
• Figuring Averages Helps Teach "Mental Math"We talk a lot about averages—batting averages, average gas mileage, grade point averages.

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Help Your Child With Addition and Subtraction

• Turn Boring Road Trips Into Fun Math LessonsAdults use math to plan trips all the time.
• Tips for Learning Math FactsEven the youngest child today knows how to use a calculator. But it's still important to be able to do math problems without one.
• Challenge Your Child to a Game of "Expensive Words"Here’s a fun way to motivate your child to practice addition (and spelling).
• Flash Cards for Math Fact FamiliesSometimes, math facts come in families. When children are learning that 7 + 5 = 12, it’s just as easy to learn that 5 + 7 also equals 12.
• Recognizing Patterns Reinforces Basic Math FactsTo move to higher math, your child will have to have some basic math facts memorized.
• "Trading for 10s" Game Makes Arithmetic FunThis game will make learning to add and subtract fun.

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Teaching Kids About Money

• Shopping Trip Links Math Skills to Daily LifeOne of the best ways to encourage learning is to connect lessons to real life.
• Practice Math at the Grocery StoreA trip to the grocery store is always a learning opportunity.
• Build Math Skills With Million Dollar EstimatesMany kids don’t have a sense of big numbers or large amounts of money.
• Budgeting Builds Math SkillsA key middle school math concept is figuring out the mean (or average) of numbers.
• Investment Game Teaches Important SkillsNearly every middle schooler is interested in making money.
• Encourage Your Teenager To Keep a Spending NotebookTeens need help in learning how to manage their money.
• Practice Real-World Percentage ProblemsMany times, teens know how to find the correct answer to a percentage problem, but they make simple mistakes that cause them to get the problem wrong.
• Help Your Child Learn About Money and ValuesTips for helping your child understand the value of money.
• Teach Your Child Responsibility, Build Math SkillsHow allowance can help with math skills.
• Use an Allowance To Teach Children the Value of MoneyGuidelines help ensure that an allowance teaches good money management skills.

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Help Your Child Do Word Problems

• Grade by Grade, What Kids Are LearningStandards vary from state to state, but here’s a general look at what kids will be taught at each grade level.
• Find the Type of Math That Will Catch Your Teen’s InterestEven teens who say “I hate math” can find something to like if their interest is sparked.
• Encourage Teens To Develop Math StrategiesMath is about more than calculations. It is about finding patterns and using strategies to solve problems.
• Finding Patterns Makes Math Problems EasierAll the math problems your teen’s teacher assigns do have solutions.
• Let SIR RIGHT Come to the Rescue for Word ProblemsSIR RIGHT can come to the rescue if your child is struggling with word problems.

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