Figuring out a word problem. Calculating area and perimeter. Finding the measure of an unknown angle. All these tasks, and more, draw on an essential foundation of math knowledge, said Brian Bushart, ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Q. What is more important, speed or accuracy when it comes to math? Should my third-grade child know his multiplication facts or should he just be fast on a few that he has memorized. He is struggling ...