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Rather than drill with flashcards, divide up the facts into subsets that he/she knows and ones he/she doesn't. Tackle the ones she doesn't and make sure she understands the commutative property. Some of the higher numbers have rules/patterns that make them easier to remember i.e 7 x 8 = 56 can also be thought of as 56= 7X8, which is easy to remember. There is a rhyme for the 6 x 4, 6 x 6 and 6 x 8 both of which follow an easy to memorize pattern (the number sense is embedded). Nine has a trick even easier than subtracting 6 from 60.

Beware of anything that involves multiple steps to arrive at a one step answer. Yes, they should know that 9 x 6 is one less 6 than 6 x 10, but the PP made that into a two step process which uses quite a bit more brainpower than just knowing it. In this case using up brain power isn't good, because you want the child to be able to focus on the larger task ie word problems. Long division and multi-digit multiplication just get more difficult if they don't know them. [/quote]

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