trying my best Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Please excise my question... English is my second language and i was born and raised oversees and just now learning about American way of teaching. In my country we never had terms "math fact" ... i saw people were talkign about 1st grade math fact... What would that be? Again, I am sorry for sound so stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirstin Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Math Facts would be something like : 1+1= through 20+20= That might be considered basic addition facts. 1x1= through 15x15 = That might be considered basic multiplication facts. Same with basic subtraction and basic division. This way when the child begins to learn more complex operations and the concept of solving unknowns....they are not struggling to simply remember or solve 15 + 8 or 20 -13 or 15 x 7. They will KNOW these basic facts, thus developing in more advanced math operations and concepts will be less of a struggle. Hope that helps. Blessings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trying my best Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 So "math facts" are simply the ANSWER? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowfall Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Sort of. It means the answers to the most basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. So 2+2=4 would be a math fact, as would 10-7=3 or 2x4=8. But 356+413=769 would not be a math fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trying my best Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 OK so Math Facts are the answers to THE MOST COMMON math problems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I would describe math facts as knowing the answers without having to calculate them. It's not that their the most common problems, as much as the basis for all arithmetic that follows. For example, not knowing multiplication math facts (that is, the times table, from 0 to 10 or 12) would make long division much more difficult and tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerMom Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 So "math facts" are simply the ANSWER? Well, not exactly.... The answer is "20" but the math fact is "2 x 10 = 20", if you see the difference. Math facts are just the basic arithmetic relations that you would normally expect a person to have memorized. You will also hear talk about "fact families" which are just the group of related math facts. For example a fact family relating (2,3,5): 2 + 3 = 5 3 + 2 = 5 5 - 2 = 3 5 - 3 = 2 The concept is useful to help concrete learners (to whom each of those equations is a separate thought) extrapolate and generalize. To an innately intuitive thinking child, once they know one the other 3 will be obvious, and so it's good review but you can breeze over it more quickly and spend the time on something else. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormbuy Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I wondered the same thing for awhile, and I am from here in the US. (meaning English is my first (only really)language. I don't recall ever hearing that term until I started HS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trying my best Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 I wondered the same thing for awhile, and I am from here in the US. (meaning English is my first (only really)language. I don't recall ever hearing that term until I started HS. Give me FIVE, sister! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trying my best Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Well, not exactly.... The answer is "20" but the math fact is "2 x 10 = 20", if you see the difference. Math facts are just the basic arithmetic relations that you would normally expect a person to have memorized. You will also hear talk about "fact families" which are just the group of related math facts. For example a fact family relating (2,3,5): 2 + 3 = 5 3 + 2 = 5 5 - 2 = 3 5 - 3 = 2 The concept is useful to help concrete learners (to whom each of those equations is a separate thought) extrapolate and generalize. To an innately intuitive thinking child, once they know one the other 3 will be obvious, and so it's good review but you can breeze over it more quickly and spend the time on something else. :D Thank you guys! that now making sense to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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