Number Sense Blog

About “Mathing” Tips: These tips give parents ideas for maths exercises that will develop their child's maths abilities. Just as you should read with your child, you should "maths" with them as well, using natural language that makes sense to a ch...

Welcome to Mathnasium’s Maths Tricks series. Today we are calculating the conditional probability of one event occurring, given that another has already occurred. Two events are considered dependent if the occurrence of one event affects the pr...

Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks series. Today we are finding the direct percentage amount of any number. To calculate the “direct percent” of a number, we use the following steps: Estimate the answer by rounding the number to the near...

Welcome to Mathnasium’s Maths Tricks series. Today we are determining whether a number is divisible by 7. A number is divisible by 7 if … 5 times the one’s digit PLUS the rest of the digits is divisible by 7. Follow the examples below t...

Want to spoil your mum this Mother’s Day with a gift that not only shows off how much she means to you but highlights your skills in maths?   Look no further than our Mathnasium mathy craft for mum!    Here are a few great ideas to make mo...