Basic Math Explained
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Number Sense


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Counting Numbers
Numerals
Counting Backwards
Skip Counting
Counting Games


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Basic Math Skills
Using a Number Line
Consecutive Numbers
Ordinal Numbers
Ordering Numbers
Comparing Numbers


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Digits and Place Value
Math Questions on Place and Place Value

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Rounding Off Numbers
Rounding Off to the Nearest Ten
Rounding Off to the Nearest Hundred
Rounding Off Numbers Cards for practice


Basics of Addition


Learn Addition by:

Using Real Objects
Number Bonds
Mental Math
Drawing Models
Writing an Addition Statement
Using a Number Line
Using Place Value


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Basics of Subtraction


Learn Subtraction by:

Using Real Objects
Number Bonds
Drawing Models
Understanding a Subtraction Statement
Using a Number Line
Subtraction vs Addition
Questions on More or Less
Learn to Subtract Bigger Numbers



Basics of Multiplication


Learn the Concept of Multiplication:

Multiplying is the same as Repeated Addition
Adding Groups of Numbers
Drawing Models to understand Multiplication
Multiplication of multi-digit numbers (long multiplication)
Times Tables Resources


Division Explained


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Divide into Equal Groups
Divide into Groups of a Number
Division and Subtraction
Division Game

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Vocabulary of Division
Division with Remainder
Long Division


Product, Multiple, Factor


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Fractions Explained


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Fraction as Less Than a Whole
Naming Fractions
Fractions with the Same Denominator
Fraction as Sharing or Dividing of a Group

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Examples of fractions of a group of items

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Mixed Fractions (also called Mixed Numbers)
Proper and Improper Fractions
Equivalent Fractions

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Adding Fractions with the Same Denominator
Adding Fractions with Different Denominators

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Reducing a fraction to its simplest form.

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Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators
Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators


Fun Math


This is a set of questions with no words! Only pictures and numbers. Train your child in a type of thinking called algebraic thinking.


Math Terms


Find the meaning of common Math Terms used in Basic Math.


More Resources


1-100 Number Chart

One, Tens, Hundreds

Addition Template

Subtraction Template

More than and Less Than Template

Problem Sums - Addition and Subtraction

Questions on Place and Place Value

Number Sense Cards

Rounding Off Numbers Cards

Dots Cards for Multiplication

Long Multiplication

Division Cards

Times Table Chart

Fun Math

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