Math Monday: Diagramming Ratios & Proportions

Question:  Joe has a bag of red, blue, and yellow marbles.  For every three red marbles, he has five blue marbles and two yellow marbles.  If he has 18 red marbles, how many blue marbles does he have?  How many

Groups of Ten: Card Games to Reinforce Math Facts

Groups of Ten: Card Games to Reinforce Math Facts

Mastering pairs that add to ten is an important early math skill.  Students who commit these pairings to memory are better prepared for concepts such as place value, regrouping, and partial products, as well as more adept at moving from

How to Stop Hating Fractions

How to Stop Hating Fractions

O Lord, have mercy on us and save us from fractions! I have never seen a bigger stumbling block in teaching math than those poor God-forsaken fractions.  Kids absolutely recoil at them.  I have even had a parent say to