Homeschool Math Blog

I've made a worksheet generator for simplifying expressions , meant for pre-algebra and algebra 1. The expressions include ones where you need to combine like terms (such as 2t − 9 − 6t + 2), use the distributive property (such as 9 − 2(x + 7)), and to multiply and divide monomials, such as 2x 2 · (−5x 3 ) and −4x 2 · y 2 / 3x 5 . To customize the worksheets, you can control the number of problems, difficulty level, range of numbers used as coefficients and constants, the usage of decimals, the amount of workspace, a border around the problems, and additional instructions.

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I found this very interesting... a brain injury 'unlocked' a part of Jason Padgett's brain, and now the man sees geometric shapes and angles everywhere! http://www.livescience.com/45349-brain-injury-turns-man-into-math-genius.html See also a gallery of his drawings . The one below is a circle (or two) created by drawing many triangles. He says, "I drew circles out of 180 triangles, then 360, then 720." With a finer pencil, he could draw even more. "Through this process, I came to understand how pi is calculated by measuring the area of a circle."

There are many people who are anxiously awaiting Math Mammoth Grade 7. I hope to have part A available as a download in August. This will be a pre-algebra course. I thought some might enjoy seeing a little "peek" into the new curriculum so I prepared the lesson Addition and Subtraction Equations as a free PDF download for you:

I know all kids love games, so I have ANOTHER math game website for you to enjoy during the summer! Math Nook This one is concentrating on grades 1-6. Everything is listed by topic (counting, addition, measurement, place value, factors, decimals, division, fractions, estimation, and so on). Each game also lists the corresponding CCS standard, if any.