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| | Lesson 40: Multiplying Two Digits by One Digit Although an exam may allow you to use a calculator, it's very important to understand the procedure for multiplying, both how it works, and why it works. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 4.65 minutes
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| | Lesson 39: Building a Multiplication Table We saw the basics of a multiplication table back in Lesson 10. Review that lesson, and then you'll be ready to move on to extending the multiplication table. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 1.98 minutes
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| | Lesson 38: Introducing Right Angles The study of angles comes up again and again in math. This lesson introduces one of the most common: the right angle. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 1.55 minutes
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| | Lesson 37: More About Fractions Fractions come up again and again in math. In this lesson you'll learn a bit more about how they work. Begin by reviewing Lesson 20. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 3.75 minutes
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| | Lesson 36: Estimating by Rounding This lesson talks more about how to find answers by rounding. If a test question uses a phrase similar to "about how many," that's usually a clue that they expect you to do some rounding. Sometimes it's up to you to figure out how and what to round. Cop... | | 5/30/2008 4.80 minutes
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| | Lesson 35: Intro to Number Line Problems This lesson involves a variant of thermometer and bar graph problems. It's important to understand how to identify points on a number line which does not have every tick-mark labeled. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 3.55 minutes
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| | Lesson 34: Reading a Thermometer and Ruler Reading a thermometer or ruler is quite similar to reading a bar graph. This lesson shows you some examples, and discusses the basics. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 3.57 minutes
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| | Lesson 33: Introduction to the Cartesian (x, y) Coordinate System This lesson introduces you to a very common topic in math. Like most topics, it's quite easy once you understand it. This lesson explains the basics. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 3.15 minutes
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| | Lesson 32: Relationship Between Place Values This is an easy lesson which reinforces the concept of place values. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 2.60 minutes
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| | Lesson 31: Defining Congruence Many test questions are designed simply to see if you know the definition of the word congruent. In math, we use the term congruent to mean "exact same size and exact same shape". Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 1.30 minutes
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| | Lesson 30: Solving Basic Combination Problems Many problems involves determining the number of combinations that can be formed by choose items from two groups. These problems are easy once you know how to solve them. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 2.93 minutes
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| | Lesson 29: Introduction to Symmetry Symmetry is a favorite topic among test-makers, and it's an easy topic once you understand what the word means. It's also a word that comes up somewhat often in everyday life, especially in matters involving art, photography, and design. Copyright © Mat... | | 5/30/2008 3.68 minutes
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| | Lesson 28: Introduction to Rotation Rotation is an easy topic in geometry. It requires a little bit of visualization, and a basic understanding of how angles in a circle are measured. This lesson introduces you to the basic concept. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 3.27 minutes
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| | Lesson 27: Intro to Median, Mode, and Range This is an introduction to the very basic concepts of statistics. You will likely encounter test questions that see if you know what these words mean. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 3.35 minutes
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| | Lesson 26: Introduction to Area and Perimeter The concepts of area and perimeter come up again and again in math, and also in everyday life. They are very useful terms to know, and are easy to understand. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 4.48 minutes
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| | Lesson 25: Patterns Involving Multiplication Many test questions ask you to find the missing number in a pattern that involves multiplication, or in some cases, to continue the pattern. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 3.93 minutes
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| | Lesson 24: More Complicated Addition Very often there is a need to add more than two numbers. The procedure is the same, but it requires a bit more work. This lesson explains. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 2.88 minutes
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| | Lesson 23: Reading Simple Bar Graphs It's important to know how to interpret the data in bar graphs. In the lesson we'll look at some simple ones, and later you'll work with more complex ones. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 3.32 minutes
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| | Lesson 22: Names of Three-Dimensional Figures It's important to know the names of three-dimensional figures. Later on in math, you'll learn how to do different computations involving those figures, but for now, it's important to know what they are called. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 3.23 minutes
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| | Lesson 21: Place Value to 100,000 This is an easy lesson, since you already know place value to 100. This lesson is just an extension of the concept to 100,000. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/30/2008 2.27 minutes
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| | Lesson 20: Introduction to Fractions Many students are very uncomfortable working with fractions. This is probably because they never properly learned what a fraction really is. Fractions are not difficult once you understand them. This lesson will explain. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/23/2008 4.45 minutes
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| | Lesson 19: Greater and Less Than Many test questions in math ask you to determine which of two numbers is greater. We use the "<" and ">" symbols to represent this. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/23/2008 2.47 minutes
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| | Lesson 18: Assorted Word Problems These word problems require different operations such as addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division. In each one, it's up to you to figure out which operation to use. The answers are explained in the video. Make sure that you can solve each pr... | | 5/23/2008 5.23 minutes
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| | Lesson 17: Word Problems Involving Division In this lesson you'll learn how to identity word problems that require division, and you'll learn how to solve them. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/23/2008 2.70 minutes
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| | Lesson 16: Word Problems Involving Multiplication In this lesson you'll learn how to identity word problems that require multiplication, and you'll learn how to solve them. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/23/2008 3.43 minutes
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| | Lesson 15: Word Problems Involving Subtraction In this lesson you'll learn how to identity word problems that require subtraction, and you'll learn how to solve them. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/23/2008 3.07 minutes
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| | Lesson 14: Word Problems Involving Addition In this lesson you'll learn how to identity word problems that require addition, and you'll learn how to solve them. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/23/2008 2.53 minutes
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| | Lesson 13: Intro to Word Problem Terms Word problems are common on exams, yet most students hate word problems most of all. The trick is to learn how to quickly and accurately convert the word problem into a problem in standard notation which you know how to solve. Copyright © MathWithLarry.... | | 5/23/2008 2.62 minutes
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| | Lesson 12: Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Ten In math we are often asked to estimate sums, and this is also something that we do in real life. For example, in the supermarket, we might estimate how much our total bill will be. One way to estimate sums is by first rounding each number that we are ad... | | 5/23/2008 3.73 minutes
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| | Lesson 11: Basic Division Many students don't realize that division is nothing more than repeated subtraction. It's a shortcut so that we don't have to subtract the same number many times over. Division is also the opposite of multiplication. This lesson will teach you the basi... | | 5/23/2008 3.22 minutes
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| | Lesson 10: Basic Multiplication Many students don't realize that multiplication is nothing more than repeated addition. It's a shortcut so that we don't have to add the same number many times over. This lesson will teach you the basics. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/23/2008 3.43 minutes
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| | Lesson 9: Basic Subtraction Many older students have trouble understanding how basic subtraction works. Sometimes this is because they learned the procedure, but never really learned why the procedure worked. Other times it's because they became used to doing every computation on ... | | 5/23/2008 5.30 minutes
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| | Lesson 8: Names of Basic Shapes It's important to know the names of various two-dimensional shapes. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/23/2008 1.95 minutes
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| | Lesson 7: Commutative Property of Addition When adding two numbers together, it doesn't matter what order you add them in. This is because adding is just a way of combining. If I have 3 apples and my friend has 5, it doesn't matter if we do 3 + 5 or 5 + 3. Either way they add up to 8. This is ... | | 5/23/2008 1.40 minutes
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| | Lesson 6: Even and Odd Numbers It's important to be able to indentify even and odd numbers. Copyright © MathWithLarry.com | | 5/23/2008 1.78 minutes
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| | Lesson 5: Skip Counting It's very important to be able to do skip counting in various ways. For example, you should be able to start on 4, and then count by skipping two numbers. This would result in a pattern of 4, 7, 10, 13, etc. Stated another way, you are starting on 4, a... | | 5/23/2008 2.43 minutes
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| | Lesson 4: Basic Addition Part 2 Many students, including older ones, have trouble understanding how basic addition works. Sometimes this is because they learned the procedure, but never really learned why it worked. Other times it's because they became used to doing every computation ... | | 5/23/2008 2.43 minutes
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| | Lesson 4: Basic Addition Part 1 Many students, including older ones, have trouble understanding how basic addition works. Sometimes this is because they learned the procedure, but never really learned why it worked. Other times it's because they became used to doing every computation ... | | 5/23/2008 4.77 minutes
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| | Lesson 3: Place Value to 100 Place value is a confusing concept for many students, and many students don't fully understand what it means for a digit to be in a particular place. We use what is called a base-10 math system. What that means is that we use the digits 0 to 9 to repres... | | 5/23/2008 2.68 minutes
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| | Lesson 2: Numbers Written with Words Numbers are often represented with words instead of symbols, and sometimes a test question is designed to see if you can recognize numbers in words. Additionally, in formal writing it is usually proper to spell out numbers that are less than 100. When w... | | 5/23/2008 2.08 minutes
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| | Lesson 1: Introduction to Numbers Many students have difficulty with higher grade level math, simply because they never learned the basic concepts of how numbers work. In some cases, students are not fully clear on what a number actually is. We see numbers every day, but we often ... | | 5/23/2008 1.75 minutes
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