Exploring Number Bases

While Practicing Exponents, Place Value, Division, Multiplication and Critical Thinking We had a very short block of one week on Number Bases. Number bases, in my opinion, is not a crucial concept in math. However, it is a fun one and an opportunity to practice exponent, multiples, and division work, and to practice a bit…

An Inside Look into our Homeschool Math Journal

Some homeschoolers keep a common place book. Some homeschoolers keep a language arts book. We keep a Math Journal. Because I’m not teaching math from a curriculum, keeping a math journal helps us to keep track of where we have been and thus where we are going. When we are stuck on a challenge, we…

Finding Perfect Numbers

Yesterday’s was all about Perfect number. It’s not how pretty the number is, or how well you like its form. It’s not even about if the number is your favorite. Perfect numbers have a distinct definition. A perfect number is a number whose factors (not including the number itself) add to give the number itself….