Maths is Fun

Maths Is Fun
Explore primary and intermediate math, solve puzzles, and play games.

Enter in the Numbers section. You can work with numbers, its basic operations, fractions, decimals, percentages...

Try the Algebra section. It's very interesting and complete.
* Basic Operations and its order.
* Exponents
* Simplifying
* Linear Equations
* Quadratic Equations
* Polynomials
and much more.

Also there are puzzles, games...

Operations with fractions

Here is a video about operations with fractions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pl_up6knbI

Enjoy it.

Rounding numbers

How to round numbers

Make the numbers that end in 1 through 4 into the next lower number that ends in 0. For example 74 rounded to the nearest ten would be 70.

Numbers that end in a digit of 5 or more should be rounded up to the next even ten. The number 88 rounded to the nearest ten would be 90

You can round off a number in different ways: Example:
to the nearest unit: 643,78 = 644,
to the nearest 10 (ten) --> 643,78 = 640
to the nearest 100 (hundred) --> 643,78 = 600
to the nearest 1/10 (tenth) --> 643,78 = 643,8

More interactive exercises:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/roundoff.html
http://www.aaamath.com/est27a-rounding.html

Transversal postulate: tranversal and parallel lines

If a transversal intersects two parallel lines then:
(a) All corresponding angles are equal. Angle1 = Angle5
(b) Each pair of alternate angles are equal (congruent). Angle1 = Angle3
(b) the interior angles on the same side of the transversal are supplementary. Supplementary angles are any two angles whose sum is 180 degrees. Angle1 + Angle2 = 180º


Exercise: r line is parallel to s line. The angle1 measures 60 degrees.
Find the measures of the other seven angles in the figure (right).

Clic on the picture below to see a graphic proof.

Solution:
Angle2 = 120 degrees since it is supplementary to angle 1.
Angle3 = 60 degrees since Angle1 and Angle3 are vertical angles.
Vertical angles are two nonadjacent angles (opposite angles) formed by two intersecting lines.
Angle4 = 120 degrees since it is supplementary to angle1.
Angle5 = angle1 = 60º, by the Transversal Postulate.
Angle6 = angle2 = 120º,
angle7 = angle3 = 60º, and
angle8 = angle4 = 120º, by the Transversal Postulate.

Vocabulary: (to) intersect = intersectar, cortar
postulate= postulado, enunciado intuitivo que no se demuestra.
(to) measure= medir
proof= demostración

You are a guess!

You are with your favourite friends.
Do you like impressing them?
Use this easy number trick.
1º- Tell someone of them to pick a two digit number.
2º- Then tell them to add the digits, and subtract this sum from the original number.
3º- Then tell them to add the digits of the result.

Now, you will guess this result.
Read the comment below (Comentarios) to know it

Divisibility rules

Do you remenber divisibility rules? Review it here
Is 2064 divisible by 6?
Is 5 a factor of 75?
Is 17 a prime or composed number?
Write all factors of number 24.

Exercises on divisibility (2º ESO)
More exercises on divisibility (1º ESO)
More exercises on divisibility

A video about primes, factorization, divisibility...

Order of operations

Do you remember order of operations?
1º: Parentheses,
2º: Exponents,
3º: Multiplication & Division,
4º: Addition & Subtraction

Calculate:

a) 13 - 5 · 2 + 6 =
b) (13 - 5) · (2 + 6) =
c) 3² x 4³ =
d) 9 x (5 + 3)² - 144 =
e) (3 + 2 ·(16 - 3·4) - 7) · 5 =

Magic stars

A magic star is composed of straight line segments.
Every straight line segment has three points with three numbers.
The sum of the three numbers in each segment is equal to a same number.
So, in a five-pointed magic star you can see numbers from 0 to 14 and the the sum of three numbers in each segment always is 21.
Exercises on five-pointed magic star

In a seven-pointed magic star you can see numbers from 0 to 20 and the the sum of three numbers in each segment always is 30.
Exercises on seven-pointed magic star

These exercises are very good for increase your mental calculations.

Problems withs natural numbers (1)

1- There can be 39 students in the Computer class. The class has 14 boys and 17 girls. How many more students can join the class?

2- A pair of shoes cost $10 and a pair of sandals cost $8. What is the total cost of 3 pair of shoes and 4 pair of sandals?

Simplifying fractions (I)

Solve exercises at the page
http://004c2ef.netsolhost.com/7Fraction.html
They are very easy.

At the end of the page you can see the answers.

Other page with exercises of fractions:
http://www.visualfractions.com/
It's very insteresting. You can add, substract, multiply, divide it, using a visual manner.