Whether routine or specific situations, our default response as humans is to add rather than subtract. Adding more clothes to wardrobe, more tasks in to-do list, more gadgets for convenience, more ...

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 ...

Mental maths is when you do calculations in your head instead of writing them down. Sometimes, it's just as quick to do calculations in your head as it is to write down every step. You can add and ...

In the November 2014 issue of Teaching Children Mathematics, authors Jennifer Bay-Williams and Gina Kling shared a collection of fun games that can be used to develop students’ fluency with addition ...

Simplification Questions: Simplification is the highest-scoring area in the Quantitative Aptitude section of competitive exams. It judges a test-taker's ability to perform basic maths calculations.

Scarlett Howard received funding for this project from The Company of Biologists and the Australian Government. Adrian Dyer and Jair Garcia do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...

In early 15th century Europe, the letters P and M were generally used for addition and subtraction. Why is the plus sign used for addition and the minus sign for subtraction? In early 15th century ...