Math Tips

Here are some tips that may help:

How to Round a Number

To the nearest ten
If the ones digit is 5 or more, round to the next highest ten :68 rounds to 70.
If the ones digit is less than 5, round to the next lowest ten :33 rounds to 30.
To the nearest hundred
If the tens digit is 5 or more, round to the next highest hundred :384 rounds to 400.
If the tens digit is less than 5, round to the next lowest hundred :427 rounds to 400.
To the nearest thousand
If the hundreds digit is 5 or more, round to the next highest thousand :7,602 rounds to 8,000.
If the hundreds digit is less than 5, round to the next lowest thousand :7,268 rounds to 7,000.

How to Find an Average

To find the average of several numbers, add the numbers together and then divide the sum by the
number of numbers.
The average of 17, 30, 6, and 7 = 60 ÷ 4 = 15

How to Find a Percentage

To tell what percentage one number is of a second number, divide the first number by the second. Move
the decimal point of the resulting quotient two places to the right.
Example: What percentage is 20 of 300?
20 ÷ 300 = .067 = 6.7%

How to Change a Fraction to a Percentage

Divide the numerator by the denominator. Move the decimal point of the resulting quotient two places
to the right.
6 = 6 ÷ 15 = .4 = .40 = 40%
15

How to Change a Decimal to a Percentage

Move the decimal point two places to the right.
0.792 = 79.2%
GOOD LEARNING SKILLS:

• Be an Active Listener. You can think faster than your teacher can speak. Use this to your
advantage by evaluating what is being said and trying to anticipate what will be said next. Take
good written notes about what your teacher says. While you can think faster than your teacher
can speak, you cannot write faster than your teacher can speak. Taking notes requires you to
make decisions about what to write, and you have to be an active listener to do this.
• Meet the Challenge. Don't give up and stop listening when you find the information being
presented difficult to understand. Listen even more carefully at these times and work hard to
understand what is being said. Don't be reluctant to ask questions.
STUDYING SKILLS:

Study Reading is the reading style used by flexible readers when their purpose is to read difficult
material at a high level of comprehension. When using the Study Reading style, you should read at a
rate that is slower than your normal reading rate. Further, as you read you must challenge yourself to
understand the material. Study Reading will often require you to read material more than once to
achieve a high level of comprehension. Sometimes, reading the material aloud will also help you
improve your comprehension.
Skimming is the reading style used by flexible readers when their purpose is to quickly obtain a
general idea about the reading material. The Skimming style is most useful when you have to read a
large amount of material in a short amount of time. When using the Skimming style, you should
identify the main ideas in each paragraph and ignore the details in supportive sentences. Because you
are only looking for the main idea in each paragraph you read, a lower level of comprehension is to be
expected than when using the Study Reading style.
Scanning is the reading style used by flexible readers when their purpose is to quickly locate a specific
piece of information within reading material. The piece of information to be located may be contained
in a list of names, words, numbers, short statements, and sometimes even in a paragraph. Since you
know exactly what you are looking for, move your eyes quickly over the reading material until you
locate the specific piece of information you need to find.