Constant Difference: A Key Mental Math Subtraction Strategy For Quick Calculations
Mental Math is important. The ability to calculate in your head is what allows you to know when you get the wrong change back at
Effective Strategies for Teaching Addition Facts
If you find your head spinning when you think about all the addition strategies that you should be teaching, you are certainly not alone. Although
Using Friendly Numbers: An Addition Strategy
WHAT IS A FRIENDLY NUMBER? In this case, we refer to friendly numbers as a number that is easy to work with. For example,
Compensation: An Addition Strategy
Compensation is a mental math strategy for multi-digit addition that involves adjusting one of the addends to make the equation easier to solve. Some students
Breaking Apart An Addend: An Addition Strategy
Breaking apart an addend is a mental math strategy for addition. Some students may find this method more efficient than left-to-right addition. This strategy
Try Left to Right Addition: A Powerful Mental Math Strategy
Left-to-right addition (also known as front-end addition or the partial sums method) is one of the most powerful mental math strategies for teaching addition of
Extending The Doubles and Near Doubles Facts: An Addition Strategy
The doubles facts are generally an introductory set of facts that we want our students to become automatic with. We can relate the doubles to
Partial Quotients: an alternative for traditional long division
Long division is often considered one of the most challenging topics to teach. Luckily, there are strategies that we can teach to make multi-digit division
Effective Mental Math Addition Strategies to Master the Addition Facts
So you’re ready to implement mental math addition strategies this year, but aren’t sure where to start! All the different ways to teach addition facts