Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks series. Today we are sharing a trick to find a quarter of any number.

The word quarter means “four parts the same,” or “four equal parts.” To find a quarter of a number, we first cut the number in half and then cut it in half again, which means we find the half-of-a-half.

Summer travels get us from point A to point B, but have you ever measured the distance traveled? Today’s math activity helps you do just that by finding the differences between distances. And whether you find yourself traveling in a car, on a plane, or simply on a walk to the park, we also have some fun math games to keep you entertained!

Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks series. Today we are comparing fractions using the concept of wholes and parts … in this case, finding the missing parts that make one whole.

To compare fractions, we can turn to a few tricks we’ve covered in our series: comparing common denominators or same numerators, or comparing the fractions to the benchmark of one half.