Find common denominators

How to find common denominators in fractions?

Are you finding it difficult to find common denominators in fractions? Writing fractions with common denominators are necessary when comparing, adding, and subtracting fractions. There are two ways to find common denominators. One is by using least common multiples and another one is by using multiplication.  How do you find common denominators using least common …

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Teach Multiplication Effectively

Are your students struggling to learn their multiplication facts? Perhaps you need to take a step back and put down the multiplication table. Children learn better when they are engaged. Below are some tips you can use to teach multiplication effectively.  Tip #1: Make multiplication meaningful Oftentimes you see students struggling to learn their multiplication …

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How to Teach Addition with Regrouping

Addition with Regrouping

Addition with regrouping using the standard algorithm is one of the common core skills required for primary or elementary students. Doing column addition gets tricky when students are asked to regroup or ‘carry’ a number to the next column. This gets really confusing for students especially when they lack place value understanding.  Here are two …

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Pangngalang Pambalana: Tahas at Basal

Nouns can be concrete (tahas) or abstract (basal). This depends on whether you can touch them, see them, feel them, hear them, or smell them. Other types of nouns can be learned, understood, believed, thought of, felt emotionally, or remembered.  In Filipino, we call these two other concepts of nouns as tahas (concrete)  or basal …

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Understanding Multiplication: Equal Groups

Learning multiplication is not as easy as just memorizing the facts. That may help later on, but without understanding the concept of multiplication, it’s really nothing. Start teaching multiplication using equal groups to have a concrete introduction to multiplication. One of the best things to do is to relate multiplication with things  that they already know. …

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