is there a magical trick to learning times tables for a ten year old ?

Question

my daughter forgets everything very easy. I need help please.

Answer 1

I would try to find songs for remembering the facts. Also, many people do not consider practicing the "count bys" or skip counting to remember rather than the actual math problems. Try having her sing one of the songs for a few days. Then ask her the facts. If she forgets when you are practicing facts, remind her of the song. Here is one example, but you would really benefit by borrowing a video or CD with all of the count by facts. Here it goes.

The itsy bitsy spider learns to count by 8s - 8, 16, 24, 32, and 40, 48, and 56, 64 and 72, 8 x 10 is 80, that's the end.

I teach third grade and learned this technique from my special ed. collaborative math teacher who's special ed. kids learned multiplication facts through this strategy. This way they have another way to associate and connect the facts rather than just by the facts.
Good luck!

Answer 2

yup table 1 easy table to she can count it by her fingers let her open her hands in each finger she has 3 dashes going down she can count 4 tables table 5 is easy 6 should be easy because she will only learn 6x6 6x7 6x8 6x9 table save she will learn 7x7 7x8 7x9 table 8 is much easier 8x8 8x9 and table 9 she can count them by her fingers IL teach u the way

open the two hands and go from left to right the left small finger should be near the right Small u should continue from small from small try the close the third finger in ur left it will be 9x4 there will be 3 fingers on the left of the closed finger and 6 the other side 9x4=36 table 10 is easy

Answer 3

flash cards - make a game out of it

the 9 times table there is a trick to - hold both hands up in front of you with all fingers out (palms out)

start from the left 1 X 9 put down your left pinky = 9 - 9 fingers are up on each side of the down finger 0 9 9 x 1 = 9
put all the figners back up 2 x 9 - put your 2nd finger down (ring finger on the left hand and look at your finger you have 1 (space) 8 2 x 9 = 18
3x9 - left middle finger down 2 7 3 x 9 = 27
go across both hands this way - i still do it that way!!!

Answer 4

No tricks, just rote memorization. I found it easiest to learn the first two sets in one week, then add a set a week, going over the first ones every time as well. Do it at least once a day, every day. Then go over the whole 12 sets for another couple of weeks. She'll remember them the rest of her life.

Answer 5

When I did it, I found that repetition was the only thing that worked. My folks got me this recording of the multiplication tables set to catchy songs, and it came with a book to follow along. They made me do 1/2 hour a day for 3 months, and it stuck.

Answer 6

Making her write them out over and over again will put it in her mind tho that can be quite boring for a ten year old

You can get tapes and dvd's that help with tables etc

Make it into a more fun game, doing them on cards etc and getting the right answer maybe like a colour co-ordinated kind of thing

say them together over and over again

Try to get a ryhme to them, I can remember that helped me

Create a table mountain and she can look at it over and over again

Best of luck!

Answer 7

There's this "toy" that is like a box with a bunch of buttons on it. You number the columns and rows from 1 to 10 ( or however high you're going) and when they meet, you have the answer. ( But keep the answer hidden until the kid guesses it). Works better than flashcards and numbers stick in your head because you're brainwashed to think that it's a toy.

Answer 8

I find that repetition worked for my daughter. Have her write them every day after school. Then verbally quiz her after. Every one she misses. have her write it 10 times. start with the number she is having problems with, and go from there.

Answer 9

Memorization is the only way. It's going to be the same in other areas of math.

Answer 10

there is no magic trick... but you could gat something fun, like a ruler, with all the times tables on it...