New this week are 10 worksheets in PDF on identifying the pairs on the grids, an early algebra concept. Once you're done, try plotting some of your own pairs on your own blank graphs.

See also: Pre-Algebra Worksheets

I'm often asked what the strategies are to improve math scores or SAT scores. Like anything else, improving performance in math requires a few simple strategie:

• Attend class! Skipping class will most definitely lead to 'swiss cheeze', gaps in learning!
• Position yourself in class where you won't be distracted. Don't be afraid of the front row. I've often wondered what the research would indicateement regarding overall achiev about those students who sit in the front row versus those in the back. My own experience tells me that my best learners were always in the front rows.
• Review, practice and when you don't understand a specific concept, get immediate help! Like anything else, math requires doing and practicing, rarely do you get better without review and practicing.
• Select your circle of friends wisely. Friends that are dedicated to their studies.

That pretty much sums it up, no rocket science here.

For additional help, see the worksheets and the tutoring section.

Check out the length of your ring and index fingers! In a study (Brit­ish Jour­nal of Psy­chol­o­gy), re­search­ers com­pared the fin­ger lengths of 75 seven-year-old chil­dren with stand­ard­ized test scores. They discovered a link be­tween math and lit­er­a­cy per­for­mance and the rel­a­tive lengths of their in­dex and ring fin­gers. However, Dr Brosnan states that they're not suggesting that finger length measurements could replace SAT tests!

So is your ring finger longer than your index finger or vice versa? Read more and pass your own judgement on this one!

Learners regardless of age don't learn merely by lecture or by watching. Instead, learners need to be engaged in a hands on fashion. That's just common sense. Young learners, to fully understand early math concepts will enjoy the hands on activities ad 'Math Cats' The activities found at Math Cats include: Village of Shapes, Number City, Polygon Empire, Toothpick Empire State Building, Tree of Hexagons and much, much more. Whether you're a homeschooler or a K-6 teacher, you will no doubt find helpful activities that provide hands on experience, motivate and teach some of the early math concepts.