Denise has done a good job putting together Math Teachers at Play carnival #20. Lots of stuff to read, head on over!

I guess it is time for some more problem solving, since someone sent this question in. Two numbers are in the ratio of 1:2. If 7 be added to both, their ratio changes to 3:5. What is the greater number? We can model the two original numbers with...

I am hoping you can help me. I can not remember how to solve mixture problems and how to set them up. Examples are as follows: A merchant made a mixture of 150lb. of tea worth $109.50 by mixing tea worth $1.25 a pound with tea worth $.65 a pound. ...

I just found this picture that I took of the fact families my 4-year old wrote on the whiteboard - totally on her own. There was a time she loved writing fact families like this every day. Being able to choose different color markers plus it being on...

Math Apprentice is a new free website, meant to show students how math is used in real world. In the game, you are like an apprentice at various companies, applying your math skills to challenges similar to those encountered in the real world and real...