5 tricks to learn multiplication tables

Without a doubt, in the first grades of primary school we started with the multiplication tables, It is one of the most remembered memory processes of childhood. Like everything, there are tables that are easier than others, and children who have a more complicated learning process than others.

We are starting to work on finding some strategies to make learning the multiplication tables more effective..

Trick 1: NOT memorize

Definitely force a child to learn from "machetito" the tables in order or disorder, from top to bottom, etc… means learning something that is not understood. If the child has a so-called "good memory" but, memory often has no word…What to do if memory fails?

Contrary to what we can think, Tables can be reasoned and not so much memorized, That is why we recommend that you learn the boards that cost the least first., these are the: 1,2 Y 5. Try it and you will see that they are the ones that you remember more easily.

Trick 2: Before facing the terrible tables…What should be known?

Before thinking about multiplication, it must be taken into account that the child must master (if not perfectly) at least understand the sums. By means of the sum, the child can find shortcuts to arrive at the result of a multiplication.

One tip for mastering addition is to start with one-digit numbers., If you have already passed primary school and want to apply these tips to improve multiplication…Ahead, It's never too late!

Truco 3: If the sum is already mastered…Whats Next?

You can play to solve the multiplications and additions avoiding the keyword "more" "by" corresponding to the addition or multiplication respectively. For example:

You: as you say 3 without saying 3?

Student: 2 and 1!

You: as you say 7 without saying 7?

Student: 4 and 3!

You: And are you able to say 7 saying 5?

Student: 5 and 2!

The important thing about these dynamics is that the child can reason, understand and then learn the multiplication tables using different resources.

Trick 4: The transformation of multiplications

Definitely the simplest tables are the ones that memorize the fastest, but what about the table 7 for example, which is the one we least remember.

If you do not know the table of the 7 or that of 4 for example, we cannot resort to adding 7 times 4 ni 4 times 7 in case you want to multiply 7 x 4.

Then: we can take one of the two factors, and decompose it with some number of the best known tables, for example use 1, 2, O 5.

For example we are going to use the 2 as an ally: To solve 7x 4 What are they 28, decomposed with the table of 2 would: 7×2 and 7×2 What is it 14 Y 14, what added gives 28, exactly the same as 7×4.

Trick 5: You've already “caught the wave” Then it's time to move on to the next table

If you already master the tables of the 1, 2 Y 5 you can decompose more multiplications, the problem is that decomposing in excess so many times to reach a result is cumbersome.

The next challenge may be to learn the 3 that although it is a little more complicated, it is less so than the 7 O 9, this being the way to get to 8×7.

There is no way or magic formula to learn the tables, there are only tips

The task of learning to multiply is certainly not quick and for many it is not easy, That is why other points must be taken into account to make this facet more bearable, which will be used throughout life.:

• If you learn to multiply well, reasoning, will serve for other calculations such as division between several figures, that is so feared.
• The student is not obliged to write the whole process by which he arrived at the result.
• It is better to arrive at the result by reasoning than by memorizing.
• The student is completely free to choose the path that is easiest for him to reach his result..

Remember there is no one way… The numbers are infinite.

Reference: Prof. Bernal Beu