Economics is the study of how people and countries choose to spend money and use scarce resources. At the individual level (microeconomics) we might choose between saving for an iPod, or spending on a movie, while governments decide (macroeconomics) how …[Continue]
Multiplication
Is drill and practice the only way to learn the multiplication tables? Today’s sites offer some interesting answers. Yes, practice is important, and you’ll find several fun ways to do so online. But having a bit of understanding is important …[Continue]
Metric System
Here in the states, we’re stuck between two measurement systems: the U.S. standard of inches, feet, yards, miles, ounces and pounds, and the decimal-based metric system. How big is the bottle of soda you’re bringing to the class party? It’s …[Continue]
Pre-Algebra
My seventh-grade daughter has a tee shirt that says “Pre-Algebra: the beginning of the end!” And if high-school math is the end objective, then pre-algebra certainly is the beginning. Here are my picks for sites that both explain pre-algebra, and …[Continue]
Prime Numbers
An integer (greater than one) is prime if the only whole numbers it can be divided by (without a remainder) are itself and one. All other integers are composite. In other words, a prime number has only two positive factors. …[Continue]
Learn to Count Money
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters: can you count them? Can you give change? Money-counting skills require practice, and these online money-counting games make it fun….[Continue]
Units of Measurement
What do inches, pints, centimeters, degrees, kilobytes and seconds all have in common? They are units of measurement. Learning when to use which unit, and how to convert from one to another is this week’s topic….[Continue]
Math Worksheets
Practice makes perfect, and that’s why math worksheets are an educational staple in the classroom and at home. Today’s collection of math worksheets for grades one through nine, focuses on the print-it-out-and-work-on-it-with-a-pencil variety, but some of these sites also offer …[Continue]
Fun with Math
The world seems to be divided into two kinds of people. Those who think math is fun, and those who don’t. Today’s sites are designed to entertain the first group, and convert the second….[Continue]
Math Flashcards
What’s seven times eight? How about eight times eight? Six times nine? I’d love to sit here all day but I think I have laundry to do. It’s common knowledge that computers are very good at repetitive tasks. They simply …[Continue]
