{"id":34193,"date":"2017-10-26T09:59:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T16:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/?p=34193"},"modified":"2019-05-08T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T19:14:09","slug":"looking-for-free-math-worksheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/looking-for-free-math-worksheets\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for free math worksheets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Do you want your students to learn\u00a0<\/strong><strong>OR are you just keeping them busy?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It\u2019s OK if you need busywork.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Free-Worksheet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-34197 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Free-Worksheet.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Free-Worksheet.png 799w, https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Free-Worksheet-200x207.png 200w, https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Free-Worksheet-290x300.png 290w, https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Free-Worksheet-768x795.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s critical to keep some of your students occupied in order for you to have the peace and quiet you need to teach other students.\u00a0 Those free math worksheets of random facts are fine for busywork, provided students already know the facts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: right; width: 100%; height: auto; background-color: #fac400 !important; margin: 0 auto 20px; text-align: center; padding: 12px;\">\n<h1 style=\"text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: none;\">Get a 60 day trial for only $13<\/h1>\n<p><a class=\"no-underline-on-hover\" style=\"margin: 30px auto; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center; background-color: white; color: #06427f; padding: 15px 25px; border-radius: 8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/members\/signupmathfacts-universal-3mo-1001\">Sign Up Now!<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>BUT<\/h1>\n<p>(and this is a big but) if you want students to <strong>actually learn<\/strong> facts, you need math worksheets that are more systematic than the usual fact practice worksheets.\u00a0 A random mix of problems (on those free math worksheets) is fine for practicing what you already know, but it is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>USELESS<\/strong> <\/span>for learning new facts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/counting-on-fingers-frustration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-34198 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/counting-on-fingers-frustration.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/counting-on-fingers-frustration.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/counting-on-fingers-frustration-200x209.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/counting-on-fingers-frustration-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Students who don\u2019t know their facts are left painfully counting on their fingers to do their \u201cwork.\u201d This just wastes their time and makes them come to HATE math.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>I know, because I made my students do it for years<\/strong><\/span>. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0I discovered<\/strong><strong> that with systematic practice students can actually learn math facts!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In order to learn new facts students must concentrate on a few they don\u2019t know and practice those particular facts until they know them \u201cby memory\u201d without having to figure them out.\u00a0 After students have learned those they can then tackle a few more.\u00a0 That\u2019s the only way to learn a bunch of facts.\u00a0 That\u2019s what <em><strong>Rocket Math<\/strong><\/em> does. Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mIHHVnPFnU8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this video<\/a> to see it in action.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<em>Rocket Math<\/em> worksheets are not free, but they will actually teach.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FirstFourProblems.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FirstFourProblems.png\" alt=\"rocket math worksheets\" width=\"325\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FirstFourProblems.png 1008w, https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FirstFourProblems-200x122.png 200w, https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FirstFourProblems-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FirstFourProblems-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Each sheet (A-Z) adds two new facts and their reverses, making the process of learning them painless.\u00a0 By the time students have worked their way through the A-Z worksheets of an operation they know the facts \u201cby heart\u201d or as the Common Core calls it \u201cby memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0<strong>LEARNING<\/strong> is\u00a0your goal, you\u2019ll need something more effective than the free math worksheets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/satisfaction-guaranteed-stamp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-770 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/satisfaction-guaranteed-stamp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rocket Math<\/strong><\/em> has a <strong>MONEY-BACK<\/strong> guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>If you spend the <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>$13<\/strong><\/span> to get a trial subscription and you decide Rocket Math doesn\u2019t work or you don\u2019t want to use the program, we\u2019ll gladly refund your money.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Plus<\/h3>\n<p>Students have more fun and learn better when they are practicing orally, with a partner so they can get corrections and extra teaching on any facts they don\u2019t know well.\u00a0 That is part of how <em><strong>Rocket Math<\/strong><\/em> works.\u00a0 So it won\u2019t just be busywork.\u00a0 Your students will actually learn the facts and be proud of it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: right; width: 100%; height: auto; background-color: #fac400 !important; margin: 0 auto 20px; text-align: center; padding: 12px;\">\n<h3>If you can afford <span style=\"color: #339966;\">$13<\/span>,<\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><a style=\"color: #444444;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/members\/signupmathfacts-universal-3mo-1001\">Click here to get started with a 60-day trial subscription to Rocket Math<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want your students to learn\u00a0OR are you just keeping them busy? It\u2019s OK if you need busywork.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s critical to keep some of your students occupied in order for you to have the peace and quiet you need to teach other students.\u00a0 Those free math worksheets of random facts are fine for busywork, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":837,"featured_media":34201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0},"categories":[42],"tags":[43,36,47,61,87],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34193"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39171,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34193\/revisions\/39171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}