Mastering the Fundamentals of Mathematics

This introductory episode starts with Professor Sellers’ overview of the general topics and themes you’ll encounter throughout the series. Then, plunge into an engaging review of the addition and subtraction of whole numbers, complete with several helpful tips designed to help you approach these types of problems with more confidence.

Continue your quick review of basic mathematical operations, this time with a focus on the multiplication of whole numbers. In addition to uncovering the relationship between addition and multiplication, you’ll get plenty of opportunities to strengthen your ability to multiply two 2-digit numbers, two 3-digit numbers, and more.

Turn now to the opposite of multiplication: division. Learn how to properly set up a long division problem, how to check your answers to make sure they’re correct, how to handle zeroes when they appear in a problem, and what to do when a long division problem ends with a remainder.

Mathematics is also filled with “parts” of whole numbers, or fractions. In the first of several episodes on fractions, define key terms and focus on powerful techniques for determining if fractions are equivalent, finding out which of two fractions is larger, and reducing fractions to their lowest terms.

Fractions with the same denominator. Fractions with different denominators. Mixed numbers. Here, learn ways to add and subtract them all (and sometimes even in the same problem) and get tips for reducing your answers to their lowest terms. Math with fractions, you’ll discover, doesn’t have to be intimidating. It can even be fun!

Continue having fun with fractions, this time by mastering how to multiply them and reduce your answer to its lowest term. Professor Sellers shows you how to approach and solve multiplication problems involving fractions (with both similar and different denominators), fractions and whole numbers, and fractions and mixed numbers.