Multiplication and Division are opposites See the Family of Facts: 4 x 3 = 12 12 ÷ 3 = 4 It’s all about Groups Multiplication means groups of e.g. 3 x 2 means 3 groups of 2 Division means share into groups e.g. 6 ÷ 3 means 6 shared into 3 groups Multiplying by 0 […]

His hordes are so efficient in their plunder that their size is greatly overestimated by their victims, who assume there are millions of Mongols patrolling their lands. (In fact, it is only a couple dozen guys, but they are pretty tough.) Brief History on August 18, 1227, A.D. First name was Temujin Borjigin. Took the […]

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, a coastal town in present-day Gujarat, India. His father, Karamchand Gandhi (1822–1885), who belonged to the Hindu Modh community, was the diwan (Prime Minister) of Porbander state, a small princely state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India. He had his schooling in nearby […]

The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 4,500 years old and is the only ancient wonder still standing. Until the early 1800s, the Great Pyramid at Giza was the tallest building in the world! The Great Pyramid was made by hand! It is nearly 800 feet long, 450 feet high. It was built with over […]

I am sure, you would have noticed the numbers on your table clock glowing in the dark, or those night glow fire exit stickers at many places. I am sure you noticed but never thought about it. Well, these are made of radium. Radium is a radioactive element which was discovered by Marie Curie. And […]

Earth is referred to as the Blue Planet. Why? Because from space, the oceans combined with our atmosphere make our planet look blue. It is the only planet whose name has not been derived from the Roman or Greek mythology? The name has originated from the 8th century Anglo Saxon word- Erda. This means ground […]

Percent means parts per hundred The word comes from the Latin phrase per centum, which means per hundred. Percent has a special symbol. Percentage In Daily Life Sale                             Offers                         Assurance 97% Marks […]

Electricity is very important in our lives. We would find it very hard to do without it. There are so many things in our homes that are powered by electricity that we have begun to depend on them. Imagine you woke up this morning and had no electricity. What difference would it make to your […]

Amazing Facts About The Chinese New Year The festival date changes every year because it follows the lunar calendar based on the movement of the moon. The Chinese New Year usually falls on a day between mid-January to mid-February. Chinese New Year is also called the Spring Festival because it starts from beginning of Spring. […]

Born on February 12, 1809 Parents were Nancy Hank Lincoln (mother), and Thomas Lincoln (father) Siblings were Sarah (eldest) and Thomas (youngest) Educated by tutoring and self-educated Married on November 4, 1842 Presidential Term: 1861-1865 Died on April 15, 1865 The Emancipation Proclamation A war between the South and Abraham Lincoln and started on April […]

The Solar System includes the Sun, the Earth (where you are now!) and all of the other planets, asteroids and comets that go around and around it. You may think that the Earth is a pretty big place, but the Earth isn’t even the biggest planet in the Solar System. The biggest planet is Jupiter […]

UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1999: Roman civilization, 1st century A.D. Marble head of Aristotle (alabaster bust is modern). Copy of a Greek bronze original by Lysippus, 4th century b.C. (Photo By DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini/Getty Images) Philosophy is a Greek word, which means, “love of wisdom”. Philosophy is the study of some of the most basic […]

Nelson Mandela. One of the greatest leaders of all times. His life was full of struggles but he never gave up. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, into a royal family of the Thembu tribe in Mvezo, a village in South Africa. His father was the chief of the tribe. Nelson’s birth name […]

The Earth’s climate has changed many times in the past. Subtropical forests have spread from the south into more temperate (or milder, cooler climates) areas. Millions of years later, ice sheets spread from the north covering much of the northern United States, Europe and Asia with great glaciers. Today, some scientists believe human beings are […]