Students get to share their favorite family recipes and practice their problem-solving strategies in this engaging math project.

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One afternoon, Lori Anderson and her 7-year-old, Lindsey, spotted a small maple tree in La Mirada, California. Anderson asked her daughter how many leaves she thought were on the tree. Lindsey’s guess ...

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The doubling square trick is a simple mathematical shortcut designed for class 6 to 10 students to make multiplication easier. By using the formula (n-1) × (n+1) = n² - 1, students can quickly ...

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