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Mathnasium #MathTricks: Probability

Apr 26, 2023 | Richmond Hill Blog

  Welcome to Mathnasium’s Math Tricks series. Today we are calculating the conditional probability of one event occurring, given that another has already occurred. Two events are considered dependent if the occurrence of..

Mathnasium #MathTricks: Half of Even Numbers Part 1

Feb 17, 2022 | Richmond Hill Blog

The word half should bring to mind the image of two equal parts: “2 parts the same.”   To find half of any amount, cut the whole into “2 parts the same” and take either one. To fi..

Mathnasium #MathTricks: Half of Odd Numbers - Part 1

Feb 17, 2022 | Richmond Hill Blog

Recall that half means “2 parts the same,” “two equal parts.”   Half of 6 circles is 3 because we cut the whole into “2 parts the same” and take one part.   To find half..

What Parents Are Saying About Mathnasium!

Aug 11, 2021 | Richmond Hill Blog

How do we know we’re doing a good job at Mathnasium? Testimonials. Thousands and thousands of them. Moms and Dads from all over the world write testimonials about their experience at Mathnasium. After sifting through them for hours, we began ..

Finding the "Goldilocks Challenge Level" at Mathnasium

Jul 5, 2021 | Richmond Hill Blog

Some parents are drawn to Mathnasium because their child needs a challenge. That child might be a gifted student, one who understands concepts easily and needs a more advanced curriculum to stay engaged.  Other parents are drawn to Mathnasium ..

The COVID Slide Will Leave Children Up to a Year Behind in Math. Mathnasium@home Can Help.

May 28, 2021 | Richmond Hill Blog

  In the spring, we traditionally encourage parents to guard against the summer slide, in which children lose 2-3 months of the previous year’s math learning during the long summer break. But this is hardly a traditiona..

How To Prevent Summer Learning Loss in Math

May 28, 2021 | Richmond Hill Blog

  When is your child better at math—at the end of a grade level or at the beginning of the next grade?    If you answered, “end of a grade level,” you’re usually right. The typical child has more..

Conquering the Summer Slide: The Mathnasium Solution

May 1, 2021 | Richmond Hill Blog

With Summer just around the corner, it's only natural to want to breathe a sigh of relief and turn our attention away from Zoom classes and hybrid schedules and on to warm weather and well-deserved fun with our little ones. However, we shoul..