Anonymous
02/07/2025 11:43
Subject: Will filling in a blank 10x10 multiplication table a few times a week teach multiplication?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are people making it so complicated? Holy smokes. Flash cards. I hate math and have always been horrible at it but I never forgot my multiplication tables.
This is OP. My child’s been working on it all year. Yes we do flashcards. Math work now is starting to require and assume multiplication is down pat so I’m looking for other ways and other feedback. Thanks “100 problems PP” for the post! I’m going to start doing Minute challenges. 20 problems of 0-6 or maybe even just 0-5 in a minute. The 6s and 8s seem trickiest for my child for some reason. This morning’s practice said 4X6=36 three different times! So I guess that one was mismemorized.
A tip to help her with 6s - when you multiply 6 by an even number, the answer will end in the same number:
6x2=12
6x4=24
6x6=36
6x8=48
https://www.mathsisfun.com/multiplication-tips-tricks.html
Actually, looking at this set, the 1st digit of the answer is 1/2 of the multiplier, although that pattern gets more complicated for multi-digit multipliers.
Blowing my mind!
Anonymous
02/07/2025 11:40
Subject: Will filling in a blank 10x10 multiplication table a few times a week teach multiplication?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are people making it so complicated? Holy smokes. Flash cards. I hate math and have always been horrible at it but I never forgot my multiplication tables.
This is OP. My child’s been working on it all year. Yes we do flashcards. Math work now is starting to require and assume multiplication is down pat so I’m looking for other ways and other feedback. Thanks “100 problems PP” for the post! I’m going to start doing Minute challenges. 20 problems of 0-6 or maybe even just 0-5 in a minute. The 6s and 8s seem trickiest for my child for some reason. This morning’s practice said 4X6=36 three different times! So I guess that one was mismemorized.
A tip to help her with 6s - when you multiply 6 by an even number, the answer will end in the same number:
6x2=12
6x4=24
6x6=36
6x8=48
https://www.mathsisfun.com/multiplication-tips-tricks.html
Actually, looking at this set, the 1st digit of the answer is 1/2 of the multiplier, although that pattern gets more complicated for multi-digit multipliers.
This is great thanks! I didn’t know this one. Also didn’t know about the answer for 9s adding up to 9.
Anonymous
02/07/2025 11:00
Subject: Will filling in a blank 10x10 multiplication table a few times a week teach multiplication?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are people making it so complicated? Holy smokes. Flash cards. I hate math and have always been horrible at it but I never forgot my multiplication tables.
This is OP. My child’s been working on it all year. Yes we do flashcards. Math work now is starting to require and assume multiplication is down pat so I’m looking for other ways and other feedback. Thanks “100 problems PP” for the post! I’m going to start doing Minute challenges. 20 problems of 0-6 or maybe even just 0-5 in a minute. The 6s and 8s seem trickiest for my child for some reason. This morning’s practice said 4X6=36 three different times! So I guess that one was mismemorized.
A tip to help her with 6s - when you multiply 6 by an even number, the answer will end in the same number:
6x2=12
6x4=24
6x6=36
6x8=48
https://www.mathsisfun.com/multiplication-tips-tricks.html
Actually, looking at this set, the 1st digit of the answer is 1/2 of the multiplier, although that pattern gets more complicated for multi-digit multipliers.
Anonymous
02/07/2025 10:17
Subject: Will filling in a blank 10x10 multiplication table a few times a week teach multiplication?
Anonymous wrote:Why are people making it so complicated? Holy smokes. Flash cards. I hate math and have always been horrible at it but I never forgot my multiplication tables.
This is OP. My child’s been working on it all year. Yes we do flashcards. Math work now is starting to require and assume multiplication is down pat so I’m looking for other ways and other feedback. Thanks “100 problems PP” for the post! I’m going to start doing Minute challenges. 20 problems of 0-6 or maybe even just 0-5 in a minute. The 6s and 8s seem trickiest for my child for some reason. This morning’s practice said 4X6=36 three different times! So I guess that one was mismemorized.