When this reporter, ahem, asked for a friendly reminder (wink-wink) about the math concept, Sykora explained the distributive property of multiplication. “For example, if you have 12 times 3, instead ...

The math standards issued by the Common Core State Standards Initiative have made life easier for innumerable teachers, and this compilation of common core multiplication strategies for 3rd and 4th ...

This summer, battle lines were drawn over a simple math problem: 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ? If you divide 8 by 2 first, you get 16, but if you multiply 2 by (2 + 2) first, you get 1. So, which answer is right?

Students are introduced to Professor Arbegla and her amazing machine. They suggest numbers (and later geometric shapes) to go into the machine, and then analyze what comes out. Students learn to look ...