Author: misamaliraza94

  • Three Billy Goats Gruff

    Once there were three billy goats gruff lived on the grassy hillside near the river. There was a little billy-goat gruff, middle billy goat gruff, and big billy-goat gruff.   They loved to eat the sweet green grass all day and drink cool fresh water from the river. The three brothers lived happily on the hillside. …

  • Belling The Cat

    Once there was a big warehouse, where bags of rice were stored.   There were many rats lived there.  There was a stray cat that often comes to the warehouse for his food.  The cat would silently come there without any sound and chase after the rats and eat them. Every day that cat comes and…

  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit

    Mrs. Rabbit had four little bunnies, Mopsy, Flopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. They lived in a hole under the root of a big fir tree. One day Mrs. Rabbit said she was going to town to buy some bread and asked four bunnies not to go into Mr. McGregor’s garden. Mrs. Rabbit headed off to town. …

  • Rounding Numbers

    Rounding is a way to change a number to a shorter or simpler number that is very close to the original number. There are a lot of different ways to round numbers. We will discuss the most common way here. When to Round Up or Down When rounding a number you will “round up” or…

  • Inequalities

    In most math problems you are trying to find the exact answer. We use the equal sign “=” to say that two things are the same. However, sometimes we just want to show that something is bigger or smaller than something else. Or maybe we just want to say that two things are not equal.…

  • Basic Laws of Math

    Commutative Law of Addition The Commutative Law of Addition says that it doesn’t matter what order you add up numbers, you will always get the same answer. Sometimes this law is also called the Order Property. Examples: x + y + z = z + x + y = y + x + z Here…

  • Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

    Three simple steps are required to multiply two fractions: Step 1: Multiply the numerators from each fraction by each other (the numbers on top). The result is the numerator of the answer. Step 2: Multiply the denominators of each fraction by each other (the numbers on the bottom). The result is the denominator of the…

  • Adding and Subtracting Fractions

    Adding and subtracting fractions may seem tricky at first, but if you follow a few simple steps and work a lot of practice problems, you will have the hang of it in no time. Here are some steps to follow: Check to see if the fractions have the same denominator. If they don’t have the…

  • Simplifying and Reducing Fractions

    One of the things you have to do at the end of most fraction problems is to simplify or reduce the fraction. When you reduce a fraction, you don’t change the actual value of the fraction, you just write it down in its simplest form. How do you know if a fraction is fully reduced?…

  • Equivalent Fractions

    When fractions have different numbers in them, but have the same value, they are called equivalent fractions. Let’s take a look at a simple example of equivalent fractions: the fractions ½ and 2/4. These fractions have the same value, but use different numbers. You can see from the picture below that they both have the…