Earth's Kids Math

 

 Even if you don't become a scientist or mathematician, you will need to know basic math in order to check over your grocery bill, plan your Christmas shopping, balance your check book, figure out a reasonable allowance for your kids, make decisions about car repairs, and do your yearly taxes. 

Math can also come in handy when you have to:
  •  Fill out forms and job applications,
  • Figure out how much medicine to take,
  • Decide how to enlarge a favorite recipe when you have extra guests coming over for dinner. 
  • Even figuring out what size and shape furniture to buy for your living room (and which door to bring it in through) requires a kind of math. 

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And none of this even begins to consider what kind of math you might some day need for your job or to operate new-fangled inventions that we haven't even heard of yet.

 

In short, the best way to prepare for your life ahead is to master basic math skills and to at least familiarize yourself with some of the more advanced mathematical concepts out there.  But don't worry -- you can take it a step at a time, and experiment with different ways of remembering facts and working out problems. 

 

Check out the books and links below, and please let us know
if you have a favorite book, website, or other math help that we haven't mentioned here.

 

For worksheets, click here!

 

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Table of Metric Equivalents
The fact that 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters is only the beginning.  Check in here to see how our usual "English" measurements stack up to their metric equivalents.

World Wide Metric Calculator
Turn inches into millimeters or yards and so on.

 

Interactive Scientific
Calculator

 

 

  Tools

 

 

 
Basic Math: Lesson 6 - Understanding Fraction - Part 1

 

 

 
Basic Math: Lesson 6 - Types Of Fractions - Part 2

 

 

 
Basic Math: Lesson 6, Part 3 - Equivalent Fractions

 

 

 
Basic Math: Lesson 6, Part 4 The LCD & Fraction Comparisons

 

 

 
Basic Math: Lesson 6, Part 5 Other Fractional Expressions

 

 

 
Basic Math: Lesson 6, Part 7 Arithmetic Of Fractions: Multiplication

 

 

 
Basic Math: Lesson 7 - Units Of Measurement

 

 

 

 

Online Games!

 

 

Cool Math -- Games & Puzzles

Thinking games and Jigsaw Puzzles.   Practice your arithmetic with their Number Monster  and the Timernator.   Be sure to surf the Cool Math site for more math learning fun.

 

Elementary Math Games

Links to even more helpful math games for elementary students.

 

Fun & Educational Games at MathBrain  

Fun (and rather impressive) games to play that encourage math skills.  Brought to you by FunBrain.com -- where you can also play Math Baseball, Math Car RacingFresh Baked Fractions and many other games.

 

Interactive Math Games

Game Aquarium's huge collection of fun and interactive games covers a broad range of math from subtraction, fractions, and place value...to algebra and geometry!

 

Kaboose Math Games

Tons of great arcade type games from Kaboose.com.   Don't miss:

Potion Master
Interpret equivalencies of Imperial weights and measures.

 Great Equations
Drag the correct numbers to complete given equations.
 

 

Math Playground 

Use math skills to play cool games!  Don't miss their interactive word problems and logic games!   Interactive flash cards too.

 

Multiplication Games

Practice your skills while playing these arcade style games!  More resources also, for teachers and homeschoolers.

 

Planet Blaster

A fun way to practice you drills for adding, subtracting, and multiplying.  Just use your rocket ship to blow up the planet with the correct answer.  From A+ Math

 

Play Kids Math Games

Use your math skills to win!  Math pinball, robot caluculator, space shuttle launch and more.

 

Primary Math Games

Includes an overview explaining which math curriculum areas each game works.  Some like Add 'Em Up  really work obvious math skills.  While others teach math skills while kids think they're just playing.

 

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Half

Learn fractions with this PBS Kids game!  Part of  PBS Kids Games Central.

 

 

 

 

Links

 

AgradeMath
Free math resources featuring calculators, flashcards, games, homework, math worksheets, and assorted math tools.

Algebra Help
Helpful algebra lessons plus free interactive worksheets that automatically correct your answers.  From AlgebraHelp.com

Even More Algebra Help -- from Purple Math
Features lessons, links to more great algebra sites, and tips on how to hand in a better looking homework paper.

Basic Geometry
An excellent, heavily text-based introduction to geometric concepts and formulas.

 
 

Calculus Tutorials  for the Calculus phobe

 

Even More Basic Geometry from Euclid's Elements
A great online textbook to introduce geometry facts.

Equation Solutions from QuickMath.com
type in an equation and Quick Math's (totally free) online software will crank out the answer.  As featured in 300 Incredible Things To Learn On The Internet.

 

Glossary of Math Terms & Concepts
Not sure what an "array" is?  How about the "common multiple"?  All these and many more terms are neatly defined, illustrated, and explained.  Glossary is divided into grade level appropriate segments, making it a handy resource for students and parents alike.  Presented by Harcourt School Publishers.

 

Graphs -- Learn how to make all kinds of graphs!

More cool graphs with Create A Graph

 

Integers

This site explains what integers and how to add, subtract, multiply and etc. with an awareness of number lines and positive and negative numbers.  Also explains integer coordinates, which are useful for plotting graphs in algebra and other areas of math and science.

For practice with integers, check out these worksheets.

Need more math worksheets?  Click here!

 

 

Long Division Resources
A selection of great links to help your figure out, and master, long division.  You'll find printable worksheets, explanations, and online interactive practice programs.

 

Math Dictionary for Kids
Another great place to unlock the truth about various math concepts and terms.  Nice interactive illustrations.

 

Math World

This Webby award winning site bills itself as the web's most extensive mathematics resource site, but it's use seems limited -- as an online encyclopedia aimed primarily at the  advanced math student.  However if you are a hardcore "math geek", you will enjoy surfing it's flashy layout and graphics. 

 

Math Links from Kid Info

Kid Info's collection of links to an assortment of very snazzy and useful math sites.

 

Even More Math Links -- from Frank Potter
An impressive collection of resources for math students from kindergarten to college.

 

Trigonometry, A Short Course by Dave
Wow, a nice overview of this ancient mathematical discipline.

 

Word Problem Strategies -- from MathStories.com
Having trouble doing word problems?  Try these useful strategies for figuring out and solving word problems.

For practice:  Try these word problems that combine math with science and social studies.

 

 
Free Math Worksheets!

 

A Grade Math Worksheets

Printable worksheets that includes Order of Operation.  Plus online interactive practice in basic math, as well as math flashcards, fun math related calculators, and more.

 

A+ Math Worksheets

Includes decimal division and multiplication as well as order of operations.  Answer keys.

 

Addition Worksheets

1000 worksheets!   From Project Happy Child.   Each set below contains 100 sheets.


 

 

Division Worksheets

50 Worksheets.  From  Project Happy Child

 

Math Sheets -- from TLSBooks

100+ worksheets for a variety of ages and skill levels.  Includes graphing, money, arithmetic, averages, measuring, and more.  Some holiday worksheets as well.

 

Math Sheets, Flash Cards, & Number Lines

 These worksheets encourage mathematical reasoning in addition to addition, subtraction, counting by 10s and more.  From the Center for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching.

 

Math Sheets

From the same folks who brought you Handwriting for Kids.  Offers printable sheets for multiplication, division, addition, & subtraction practice, plus online worksheets (fill in the answers online, then click the button to have your work instantly corrected).  

This site also features practice sheets and tutorials for learning to write the numbers neatly (penmanship).  An overview sheet is provided, plus pages for each individual number between zero and ten (including how to correctly write the word for that number), plus an animated tutorial.  There is even a set of printable (blank) lined sheets -- so your child has the correct type of practice paper for his/her level of penmanship practice.

Hint:  If your child has been complaining that they don't know their "threes" or their "fours"  (meaning they haven't memorized the part of the times tables that involves that number multiplied by all the other numbers, then this will be of great help as you drill them on their "math facts".

 

Multiplication Sheets & More

This is the spot for printable sheets to drill on your "eights" or whatever other part of the table needs practice.  Sheets available with and without answers.  Format allows you to cut them up into mini flash cards.  Be sure to also check out their games and other activities to help learn and teach the multiplication facts.

 

Multiplication Worksheets

50 Worksheets.  From  Project Happy Child

 

Primary School Math Worksheets

Addition, place value, long multiplication, and more.  Surf this site for worksheets and games to help kids learn to tell time, count money, etc.

 

Subtraction Worksheets

1000 worksheets!   From  Project Happy Child   Each set below contains 100 sheets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Especially for younger kids!

 

 

 

50+ Preschool Math Worksheets

Shapes, counting, tracing, and scissor skills!  From TLSBooks.   Surf this site for more worksheets in other curriculum areas and grades levels!

 

Numbers -- Schoolhouse Printables

A small selection of fun worksheets for ages 4-6.   Check out their other worksheets.

 

Numbers Coloring Pages -- for little ones

Coloring sheets for the numbers from one to ten.  Each features the numerical and word representation of the number, along with items to count (eight circles, three squares, etc.)

Count Us In 

 Free online math games that teach number concepts.

Count the Fish

Great animated game that invites little ones to count the fish and helps them self-correct.

Number Match

Match the number of items in one picture, to the picture with the same number of items.

Counting Bananas

This friendly little monkey eats the bananas and asks you to count how many she's had.

 

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