Topics covered include alternate methods for finding LCM and GCF, imaginative word problems, and a primes-breakdown method of factoring quadratics. (MP)

Several problems are identified: place values, time, even numbers, fractional parts, and temperature. Specific teaching suggestions are discussed. (MP)

Eight classroom problems dealing with number concepts are presented and accompanied by suggestions for teacher use. (MP)

Suggests techniques for teaching students about Arabic contributions to arithmetic and to the English language. Students are involved in figuring out English derivations of 12 Arabic words and in deciphering Arabic symbols. (Author/DB)

Mission: Division, to be used either as a game or as a classroom activity, stresses the steps of the long division algorithm. (JT)

The article offers sample exercises which use dictation for the improvement of pronunciation, number recognition, grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension. Suggestions for giving the dictation and for correcting dictation scripts are also made. (DB)

Choosing mental, written, or calculator procedures is important for children to learn. Children should be encouraged to be flexible and consider alternatives when doing mental calculation. Developing mental skills, symbols and rules, and numbers in context are each considered. (MNS)

Describes five learning activities for practice of number facts which will aid problems with computation in arithmetic instruction. Stresses importance of elementary students' ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, rather than rely on calculators and computers, for higher levels of math. (DST)

The importance of using concrete materials to teach fractions is emphasized. Suggestions for preparing inexpensive sets of such materials are given, with nine activities for their use. (MNS)

Suggestions for using a computer disc containing unprotected programs are given. The Fibonacci sequence, prime factorization, sum puzzlers, and other examples are described. (MNS)

Children used lunch milk cartons to form a cubic meter, then covered it with construction paper and drew squares to show that it contained one million cubic centimeters. (MNS)

A variety of activities and information about computers and programing are included. (MNS)

Ideas for teaching the concepts of percentage, recognition of patterns in percentages, percentage as a special ratio, ways of finding percentages, and fractional percentages are presented. (MNS)

Activities for selecting, naming, matching, recording, and reproducing fractions are presented, using a variety of illustrations and materials. (MNS)

Several examples are given to show that the calculator can be a tool to enhance mathematical understanding. Expressing rational numbers (fractions) as decimals provides the content focus. (MNS)