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This is where you'll find the latest happenings, news, & ideas in math teaching

Math teaching videos
My videos at YouTube show you how to teach concepts.
How to help students with multiplication tables?


Worksheets
Various worksheets on TONS of math topics you can generate for free!

Basic operations worksheet generator is updated! Make worksheets for whole numbers or integers - all four operations, including add & subtract or multiply & divide - horizontal or vertical - add a border and/or extra workspace, use a variable, and more.

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Advice, reviews, and resources to help you choose a math curriculum!

Online math games, tutorials, and activities
Games you can play online, interactive tutorials, fun math websites and more. Arranged by topic/level for ease of use.

Lessons
Learn how to TEACH concepts or about general concerns in math education.

Reviews
In-depth reviews of math products

Math help & tutoring
A list of free message boards, math help websites, and online tutoring services.

Fun and games
I have two games on my site, plus links to many.
Game: Choose Math Operation
Word guess game (easy hangman)
Word guess game (difficult)


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Math Lessons and Teaching Tips

All of these lessons and articles from this website and my blog are written by me... Maria Miller. I hope they help you in your math teaching.

One good way to find help for the math topic you're interested in is to use the SEARCH box below. I have written something about most elementary and middle school math topics.

Jump to lessons and articles about:

General
Elementary
Middle
High School
Place value
Addition & subtraction
Division
Multiplication
Fractions
Decimals
Geometry

General

Four habits of highly effective math teaching
How to motivate & prevent math anxiety
How to help a student who is behind in math
Keeping math skills sharp in the summer
Do's and don'ts of teaching problem solving
Which operation to use in word problems?
Solving word problems & setting up equations
Calculator related articles from my blog
Problem solving articles from my blog
Living math - articles from my blog

Elementary

Learn to recognize numbers — a game for preschoolers
Kindergarten math— an outline of study and recommendations for materials
Using a 100-bead abacus in elementary math - articles from my blog
Using manipulatives - articles from my blog
How to teach children to recognize coins
Math facts - articles from my blog
Solving math word problems in elementary grades
Using calculator in elementary grades?
Calculator related articles from my blog


Place Value Lessons

Add & Subtract Lessons


Multiplication Lessons

How to help students with multiplication tables
Teaching multiplication - various articles
Math facts - articles from my blog


Division Lessons

How to teach long division
Teaching division - articles from my blog


Fraction Lessons

Fraction videos 1
My videos for equivalent fractions, addition and subtraction of like & unlike fractions, and of mixed numbers.

Fraction videos 2
My videos for simplifyin fractions, multiplication and division of fractions and of mixed numbers, ratios, and converting fractions to decimals.

Why are fractions so difficult?

Teaching fractions - articles from my blog

Decimals Lessons

Multiplying decimals
Dividing decimals


Middle

Recommendations for pre-algebra books
Order of operations/PEMDAS
Estimation methods

Negative or zero exponents
Number to zero power is one - 2 proofs

How to teach proportions
Proportion related articles from my blog

Percent - the concept and how to change fractions to percents; also includes a video
Percentage of a number using mental math; also includes a video
Percentage of a number using decimals; also includes a video
"What percentage..." / "How many percent...?"; also includes a video
Percent basics—from my blog
Calculating percent—from my blog
Basics of percent of change—with videos

How to teach integers

Hands-on with pi
Sine in a right triangle
Square roots without a calculator?

Rational numbers & converting repeating decimals into fractions

Where do you need math, square roots, or algebra in real life?

Balance illustrates equation solving
Algebraic thinking related articles from my blog



Geometry Lessons


High School

Teaching algebra - articles from my blog
Why high school geometry is difficult
Help with high school geometry
What is proof?
Two-column proof vs. paragraph proof
Proving is a process - logarithm problem
Fascinating irrational numbers
Proof that square root of 2 is irrational
Rational numbers are countable
How does calculator find values of sine?
Fibonacci numbers and golden section
Why does the square root algorithm work?


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