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The terms "over" and "more than" are both used to indicate a quantity that is larger than another. However, there is a subtle difference in usage that can be helpful to know.

To find the volume of a rectangular prism, we multiply the length of the prism by the width of the prism by the height of the prism.

A rectangular prism is a three-dimensional solid shape with six rectangular faces. How do you calculate the surface area of the six faces? We need a formula for that.

Did you know that yeast can respire with and without oxygen? Try this fun experiment with material you have at home.

Reading is an essential skill that is fundamental to a child's success in school and in life. These are the reasons your child should read every day.

PEMDAS is an acronym used to help remember the order of operations in math: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), and Addition and Subtraction (from left to right).

Grade 2 students work on the structure of proper sentences. We have a whole new section of worksheets for them to practice fragments, simple, compound and complex sentences, as well as declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory sentences.

Mental math helps students improve their number sense and their ability to understand the relationships between quantities. We have some tips for helping them perfect their mental math skills.

An interrogative sentence asks a direct question and is punctuated with a question mark. We have some worksheets for your kids to practice interrogative sentences.

In our grade 4 order of operations section students practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing up to 6 terms, with and without parentheses.