When subtracting mixed numbers, you can use a similar method to subtracting two fractions, but this time you have to subtract whole numbers as well. Remember, a mixed number is a combination of an ...

The present paper describes the success, the methods (mental, informal written, standard algorithm) and the strategies of informal written arithmetic to be observed when 300 elementary students worked ...

Students put all of their addition and subtraction skills together to solve equations. In this lesson, students put all of their addition and subtraction skills together to solve equations. Julia ...

Karen C. Fuson, Diana Wearne, James C. Hiebert, Hanlie G. Murray, Pieter G. Human, Alwyn I. Olivier, Thomas P. Carpenter and Elizabeth Fennema Researchers from 4 projects with a problem-solving ...

Here is a part-whole model. Sometimes the model is rotated. It looks different, but it still has two parts and a whole. We can use this model to help us solve problems. We can put 4 things in one of ...

“For some, common core is creating common confusion,” said education correspondent Rehema Ellis on a recent NBC News segment. The crux of the news piece was that parents are struggling to help their ...