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It’s a common scenario in many households: A child’s struggle with their math homework quickly becomes a frustration for their parents, too. A child wrestles with a problem. His mom, trying to help, ...

Some love numbers, while others find maths more challenging, but at the end of Year 6 they should all understand topics like geometry, percentages, ratios and algebra. It's important that children ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...

National Mathematics Day in India is celebrated on December 22nd each year to honor the birth anniversary of the renowned Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan. Born in 1887, Ramanujan made ...

As children return to school, many parents are looking for ways to help their children with their mathematics. Many parents feel their own confidence with maths and their own experiences with school ...

Long division and long multiplication have been replaced in schools by chunking and gridding. While the new methods are meant to make maths easier, parents have been left scratching their heads. This ...