Rational number is one of the most challenging areas of primary school mathematics. When taking it on, learners are asked to move beyond whole number thinking and make sense of multiplicative and ...

Mathematics is often thought of as a subject that a student either understands or doesn't, with little in between. In reality, mathematics encompasses a wide variety of skills and concepts. Although ...

When my students grow too dependent on their calculators, I ask them to find a number that, when multiplied by itself, gives them 2. Students quickly see that since 1² = 1 and 2² = 4, the answer has ...