PDF Worksheets on the Free Side
Ever since we put the beginnings of The Math Worksheet Site on the Internet, the worksheets were handed to you in the form of web pages. But they didn’t always print properly. This caused limitations for some people, particularly those accessing our site on a Mac. Web browsers interpret web pages; it’s not an exact science at all.
When we opened the subscribers area, we did so with worksheets in PDF format. This was intended to solve the formatting problems some computers had, and also give us much greater control over the page layout. We could do more interesting things with graphics, for example. PDF is supposed to be an exact science. (We’ve discovered that it’s not quite an exact science, but it’s pretty close.)
Today we brought PDF worksheets over to the free side of The Math Worksheet Site. You do need Acrobat Reader installed in order for your computer to properly display the PDF worksheets.
Our selection of topics on the free side remains the same. Some of the selection pages have more customization choices now.
For those who have older computers, slower Internet connections, or just don’t have Acrobat Reader on their computers, we have kept the web page worksheets available also, on another page.
We hope the PDF worksheets on the free side of The Math Worksheet Site are even more useful to you.
We think they look better. 
–Denise
March 21st, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I love the PDF worksheets. I noticed right away. They look MUCH better. THANKS!!!!
May 8th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Nice worksheets!! Great improvement over your former site!!!
May 11th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
The time sheets are helping my daughter learn how to tell time. She’s having a lot of fun with them. Thanks for making my job easier!
June 27th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Have just seen your new 24 hour time worksheets. I must say, I’ve never seen clocks with 24 hours on the face. For me, a 24 hour clock is the same as a 12 hour clock, except that you would say that it’s 20.15 when the clock shows 8.15 if it is in the evening.
June 27th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
I had a few requests for 24 hour clocks. When I researched the subject, I found many examples of clocks with 24 hours on the face. I fashioned the 24 hour clocks after actual 24 hour clocks with 24 hours on the face.
The problem with doing 24 hour time with a 12 hour clock is that you cannot tell from looking at the clock whether it is AM or PM.
So why, in the real world, would someone need a 24 hour clock, when it is easy enough to determine whether it is morning or afternoon? I don’t entirely know for sure, but I have a guess. Most sites on the internet that sell 24 hour clocks are maritime supply companies. I imagine that they are being sold as navigation aids to people who need to know what time it is in Greenwich England, no matter where they themselves are located throughout the world. Although technologies such as GPS make navigation using GMT unnecessary, 24 hour clocks still appear to be an important part of maritime tradition.
I can imagine other situations where knowing the time in another time zone would be desirable: newsrooms, businesses that have offices world-wide, anything related to travel, etc.
–Scott
March 29th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I don’t know where on the website to find the worksheets.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
The free PDF worksheets mentioned in this blog post can be found on our home page: http://TheMathWorksheetSite.com
From our home page, click on a black worksheet title (such as “Single Digit, Vertical” in the Addition Category), make your selections, and then click “Create It.” Our service will then hand to you a new worksheet in PDF format for you to print and hand to your student.
If I can be of any further assistance, please let me know.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:11 pm
This is a great site, my 9th year old son who found this..and he loves it..
THanks…this is really a help him and at least there something to do outside class hour and in holiday.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Simply great!!!!