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Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. He'll use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide!

Try a new approach to working with variables and equations by playing this tic-tac-toe game with your math student.

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!

Here's a hands-on way to help your child understand how common fractions can be equivalent.

This hands-on activity gives your child an opportunity to apply various strategies to solve a problem and to check if his answer makes sense.

For a fun activity that takes the dull out of decimals, show you child how to gain a better understanding of decimals...as dollar amounts!

Exponents can be tricky to learn. Fortunately this game provides plenty of multiplication practice for your math student!

Teach your fifth grader an important math concept with this quick and simple activity that shows them how to divide whole numbers by fractions.

One way to "trick" your child into getting extra practice with one-step equations is to play a variation of the classic game, tic tac toe.

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

Explore the math concept of probability with your fifth grader on "lucky" St. Patrick's day this year!

Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.