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Why does my child get that answer?
Short pages on the math mistakes kids make most. Each one shows the mistake, the right way, a free printable, and three short sessions to try at home.
- Why does my child forget the carried numbers in multiplication?
Your child wrote only the ones digit of each product and dropped the carried numbers, so 256 × 3 came out 658 instead of 768. How to check, a free 12-problem printable, and three short sessions to try.
- Why does my child add the carried number too early in multiplication?
Your child added the carry to the digit before multiplying, so 256 × 3 came out 988 instead of 768. How to check, a free 12-problem printable, and three short sessions to try.
- Why does my child forget the zero in two-digit multiplication?
Your child forgot the zero in the tens row, so 34 × 12 came out 102 instead of 408. How to check, a free 12-problem printable, and three short sessions to try.
- Why is subtracting across zeros so hard for my child?
Your child had to borrow across the zero in 402 and got it wrong, so 402 − 178 came out 324 or 234 instead of 224. How to check, a free 12-problem printable, and three short sessions to try.
- Why does my child forget to carry the one?
Your child added each column but never carried the ten, so 46 + 27 came out 63 or 613 instead of 73. How to check, a free 12-problem printable, and three short sessions to try.
- Why does my child borrow but forget to cross out the tens?
Your child traded a ten for the ones but never crossed out the tens digit, so 52 − 38 came out 24 instead of 14. How to check, a free 12-problem printable, and three short sessions to try.
- Why does my child take the small number from the big one in subtraction?
Your child did 8 − 2 in the ones place instead of trading a ten for ten ones, so 52 − 38 came out 26 instead of 14. How to check, a free 12-problem printable, and three short sessions to try.
- Why does my child leave the zero out of long division answers?
Your child left out the 0 in the answer, so 6324 ÷ 31 came out 24 instead of 204. How to check, a free 12-problem printable, and three short sessions to try.
- Why does my child write math answers backwards?
Your child had the right answer, 14, but wrote the digits backwards, so 8 + 6 came out 41. How to check, a free 12-problem printable, and three short sessions to try.
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