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Where do I start with Math Mammoth?

September 14, 2019

Where do I start with Math Mammoth? is a question I often hear (or read 😃 ).

Most of the time, the best starting place is this page:

https://www.mathmammoth.com/complete/placement_tests.php

Looking over the tests will give you an idea of what is covered in each grade level of Math Mammoth. A natural next step is to administer a placement test or several (instructions for this process is explained on the page), but it's not always necessary to administer a test. Sometimes the teacher/parent can see just by looking at the tests, where the child would place.

Often, the test reveals gaps, and you can use the TOPICAL books of the BLUE series to fill them in:

https://www.mathmammoth.com/blue-series.php

Or, you can use other materials you might have, or Khan Academy, etc. Sometimes it works out to use one of these review books to help a child get more solidified before starting a particular level in MM:

https://www.mathmammoth.com/skills_review_workbooks/

https://www.mathmammoth.com/review_…

Math Mammoth video review

July 05, 2019

Here's a new Math Mammoth video review posted on Youtube. (It does cover some other elementary math programs also.)

Practice mental additions & subtractions at MathMammoth.com!

March 11, 2019

Now you can practice more types of mental math at the Math Mammoth online practice section. 😄

We've added various types of exercises for adding & subtracting two-digit numbers mentally, mostly matching what is taught in Math Mammoth curriculum, in grades 1-2.

For example, children can practice adding a two-digit number and a single-digit number WITH or WITHOUT regrouping... e.g. 45 + 3 is without regrouping, but 45 + 8 is with regrouping.

Or they can practice adding/subtracting multiples of ten (56 - 30 or 34 + 60).

See more examples in the image above!

Here's the link for the online practice page (and it's AD-FREE, plus not made with Flash): Two-digit addition & subtraction practice – mental math.

Online practice for fact families (addition & subtraction)

February 27, 2019

New in the Math Mammoth online practice section!

Fact families (addition & subtraction)

Fact families is one of the main approaches I've used for addition & subtraction facts in the Math Mammoth curriculum. For example, in the online practice program, you could choose to practice fact families with 6. This means you will get addition & subtraction problems like what you see in the picture below -- and also including missing number problems.

Check it out!

Folding and cutting (paper) for geometric shapes

February 13, 2019

Here's an enjoyable math video for students and parents/teachers alike. It's about folding and cutting... but it still IS very much about math -- because the lady models the basics of mathematical thinking in a wonderful way as she goes on cutting shapes... 😊

BIG news: online math practice at MathMammoth.com

February 09, 2019

This is a big announcement!

I have the pleasure to announce a NEW section on Math Mammoth website that focuses on ONLINE PRACTICE for various math concepts!

I am sure that many of you will get lots of use out of this new section.

The scripts there have been made by my son; let's just call him Codelover 😃.

He's still pretty young, but he loves coding and web development, and has been learning a lot about those topics right and left for a while now (mostly using courses from Udemy).

I do have a favor to ask though. He made this section in such a manner that it SHOULD work offline (it's something called "progressive web app"; I don't personally understand these concepts nearly as well as he does so I won't even try to explain it). It seems that sometimes it's necessary to RELOAD the page a few times to make it work offline.

He would appreciate it if you can test whether it indeed works offline also, or not, and then leave feedback on the site. Please list you…

Reviewing 1st grade addition & subtraction facts

November 07, 2018

A customer asked me about reviewing addition/subtraction facts from 1st grade. The child is currently in 2nd grade but those facts continue to be a weak point, despite flash cards, daily drills on paper, and online drills in the past.

Here's my answer...

Check out these videos, which show you how the addition facts are taught in MM grade 1.

Subtraction facts don't need memorized separately. If you know that 5 + 4 = 9, from that you also know that 9 - 4 = 5 and 9 - 5 = 4. So, subtraction facts become "missing number" addition problems.

For example, 7 - 3 = ?

Think: which addition fact is this one: 3 + ___ = 7?

You can most likely make worksheets for her based on those videos.

Additionally, we offer FREE ONLINE practice for addition facts here, and using the fact families approach here.

And if you'd like actual books, check out these:

www.mathmammoth.com/addition_1.php

www.mathmammoth.com/subtraction_1.php

Hope this helps!

Math Mammoth Blue series books - printed versions

October 07, 2018

A bit of news...

The printed versions for the Math Mammoth Blue series books are now available in FULL COLOR. 😃 They're available through Lulu.com, as before, and printed on-demand.

To find these, first locate the books you're interested in the list of Blue series books at MathMammoth.com.

Then, for each book, you will find a link to Lulu listed under the cover image of that book.

Check out also https://www.lulu.com/ home page for coupon codes; they run promotions often!

Find the factors puzzles for practicing the multiplication tables

August 29, 2018

Here are neat puzzles to review factors in multiplication, the multiplication tables -- and consequently, the basic division facts -- all in the same "package"!

Or, just use them as cool logic puzzles. ☺

They're called Find the Factors puzzles.

This page explains how to solve them.

On this page you'll find a vast amount of them, as Excel spreadsheets:

Like the author says, "The more multiplication facts you know, the easier these puzzles become. Working on these puzzles can help you learn the multiplication table better."

Math Mammoth Grade 5 Skills Review Workbook

August 18, 2018

Grade 5 Skills Review Workbook is finally ready and available (as a PDF)!

This book has been designed to complement the lessons in Math Mammoth Grade 5 complete curriculum, providing spiral review of the concepts in the Grade 5 curriculum.

The book is divided into chapters, which correspond to the chapters in Math Mammoth Grade 5 curriculum. It is meant to be used during the school year, alongside the main curriculum. Spiral reviewing means that after a particular concept or skill has been studied in the main curriculum, it is then reviewed repeatedly over time in several different worksheets of this book.

Math Mammoth August sale is live!

August 12, 2018

You can now get 25% off of all of Math Mammoth and Make It Real Learning products sold at Math Mammoth website!

Use coupon code J9W2-YHDY-R2S2.

The offer is valid till August 26, 2018.

Start browsing here:

https://www.mathmammoth.com/books.php

Simple addition & subtraction facts practice for 2nd grade - from my customer

July 30, 2018

One of my customers just sent this in. Her son made this neat interactive program to practice addition & subtraction facts as they're presented in Math Mammoth grade 2. This means the single-digit addition facts where the sum is more than 10, and the corresponding subtraction facts (e.g. 7 + 8, 6 + 9, 13 - 5, 16 - 7 etc).

Check it out!

Carnival time!

July 02, 2018

Math Teachers at Play blog carnival 118 is online at Math Mama Writes. Check it out!

What is Math Teachers at Play carnival? It's a "smorgasbord" of ideas related to teaching math. This time you will find topics such as

- forgetting what they have learned
- thoughts on the card game War
- counting with dice
- origami workshop
- Venn diagram puzzle
- and more!

Enjoy!

Free math apps - virtual manipulatives

June 18, 2018

Check out this nice collection of free math apps that work as virtual manipulatives/illustrative tools for most of your elementary math.

You'll find fractions, number lines (including for fractions & negative numbers), geoboard, money pieces, place value apps, number frames/number rack (for number sense/mental math), and pattern shapes. ☺

Summer math resources

June 06, 2018

It's summer (here at the Northern hemisphere), and I've put together for you a LIST of wonderful SUMMER MATH resources:

Summer math — 7 wonderful ideas and resource lists

Check it out! There are games, online games, math practice websites, puzzle/problem ideas, contests, and so on!

If you like the article, let your friends know about it too!

All the best,
Maria

Math Mammoth giveaway

June 05, 2018

Here's your chance to win Math Mammoth Light Blue Series curriculum!

There will be FIVE winners. One will get the grand prize, a bundle of all seven grades, and FOUR winners will get ONE grade level (winner's choice).

EVERYONE who enters will get ONE free ebook!

The giveaway runs till midnight of Thursday, June 7. All prizes are digital downloads.

Refer your friends (USING THE WIDGET) for extra entries!

Thoughts on testing

May 31, 2018

Sometimes people have asked me about using TESTS with Math Mammoth curriculum -- whether to use them or not.

Well, basically it's up to you. I have provided chapter tests as a tool for those who want to use them, but I don't feel they are compulsory or "required" as such. It all comes down to whether you can use the tests to increase student learning.

So often, tests are administered and grade given, and that's it; the test is forgotten. But there's some real "gold" -- some real value -- you can dig out from tests, and that "gold" is in the mistakes your student makes. The test can point out or manifest the student's weaknesses.

So what? you might wonder. Well, once you AND the STUDENT know about those weaknesses, you can work together to help the student MASTER the material. If there was a mistake in test item #5, then let's practice that topic some more!

One "trick" to help you with this goal is to let students either R…

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