I dont know my times tables?

Question

im 12 years old and going to the 7th grade and i dont know my multiplication tables.the weird thing is none of my 8 friends know them either and we all were in the same class in school,do u have any ideas for memorizing them b4 skool next thursday.help!!!

Answer 1

http://www.multiplication.com/students.htm

The above website can help you to learn your time tables.

Answer 2

Write the numbers 1-12 across the top of a piece of plain paper. Then write 1-12 down the left hand side of the same piece of paper. Like this

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Use a ruler and draw lines between each number going up and down and do the same going from side to side. Now you have a grid of square. In each square, write the multiply of the two numbers as they meet. I'll do a few to show you.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36

I hope you get the picture. It is hard for me to illustrate on this computer. Anyway, you will see a pattern emerge which will help you to memorize.
1x1 =2 2x2 =4 3x2=6 4x2=8 The amount goes up 2 each time.

Hope this helps good luck.

Answer 3

I don't remember where I found this, but it works. I use it with students I tutor in the local Adult Ed school:

It starts simply enough with a closed fist with the thumbs facing upwards. With one hand you raise the thumb pointing it up while the rest of the fingers remain closed; this represents 6. When the thumb and the pointer finger are extended together with the three other fingers closed, this represents 7. The thumb, pointer, and middle finger extended with the remaining two fingers folded represents 8. When the thumb, pointer, middle, and ring fingers are all extended, leaving only the pinky folded, 9 is represented. The completely open hand represents 10.

You should do this on both hands stating each number as you point it out. This is repeated until 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 are understood and demonstrated on both hands. Once that is done you can begin to use the calculator!

Here's how it works: Suppose you ask to have your student multiply 8 times 7. On one hand he/she would extend the thumb, pointer, and middle fingers (the representation of 8). On the other hand you would extend the thumb and the pointer finger (this is 7). Now you begin by counting the extended fingers as 10 each. There are five of them so your count is 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. This 50 is the first part. Now comes the next step, which is to look at the folded finger on each hand. On one hand you have two and the other you have three. You multiply the folded fingers and you have "2 times 3" or 6. The 6 is added to the fifty you already have and you have the answer - 50 plus 6 or 56!

This method is always the same and works with all the multiplication facts from 6 times 6 through 10 times 10! You count the extended fingers as ten each, multiply the folded fingers on each hand by each other, and add the result to the extended count.

This method provides a way to reduce the anxiety of multiplying some of the "hardest" facts on the multiplication table.

Answer 4

The easiest way i have found for explaining and hopefully simplifying the times table is to think of each table as a repetitive adding operation. Example take the 5 times table, you start with 5, then add 5=10, then add another 5=15, then add another 5=20, and so on, Multiplying is simply repetitive addition. it used to be that about grade 4 or 5 students were given a times table and told to memorize it. This worked for some but brought great grief for others and probably convinced some students that they just couldn't do math. If you can add then you can reason your way through the times table. Start at 1x1 and work your way up. Hope this helps!

Answer 5

Do they still make PeeChee folders? Check Staples or Office Depot for this item. They come with a little multiplication table grid that is an excellent visual tool to memorize you multiplications up to 12 x 12. You can always make your own and commit it to memory. Try using music to help remember. Make a catchy little song of multiplying to a song you like ( 2 x 2 is 4, 4 x 4 is 8, 8 x 8 , etc, etc.)

Answer 6

Well i would say that the most accurate way to memorize your times tables is to go back about three years and start studying then...DUh. That is common sence right there. You had all Summer to study your times tables and your just now starting to study that seems like you should have done a little more over the summer then goof off. But dont worry too much about it because you just use a calculator in Jr. High anyway. So dont worry.

Answer 7

You should have known your tables when you were 6 years old! It's not all your fault sweetie. The system of education has let you down terribly. Unless they sack all your teachers and get rid of all the dead wood in the education department, you will not be the last one asking for help.

I suggest 'rote' learning. Get together with a friend who also needs help and spend time asking each other different times tables. Do this until you have learned all the tables.

Answer 8

what you can do is start to list down the multiples in column like TABLE of 2s. Then below it are its multiples like 2, 4, 6, 8, ... do the same for all until Table of 12s. keep on doing this everyday until the school starts or even during school days.

for your practice start doing multiplication problems with 1 by 1 factors. use flash cards to help you memorize the multiplication table. do this with your friends so all of you will have fun at the same time learn together.

good luck

Answer 9

My classmates used to memorize the table before, what i saw them doing is that, they read it over and over again.... like 1 x 1 is 1, 1 x 2 is 2,.. so on completing the one's set. After that, they read it over and over again aloud.... The final step... say it aloud, without looking to your table, ask for ur classmate, or ur mom to check if you are saying it right. You can memorize one set at a time or more... depends on you...

Next, have yourself a little exercise. ask your mom to ask you questions. Or make a blank table... try to fill it out... and check your time too... Record your progress to know how many questions can you answer correctly at a short time... This will also help you to see in which set you have to concentrate more...

Practice makes perfect!!!

I am not really good in explaining but, I hope you get my point... ;Þ

Answer 10

Don't memorize anything. Mathematics is about concepts & reasoning. Not memorizing. Use your calculator for multiplication,division,subtraction,addition and other functions. Understand that multiplication is just shorthand for addition. 10 * 10 is just like 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10. 5 * 3 is just 5 + 5 + 5.

Answer 11

Get some flash cards. Get all your friends together and each one learn a different number. Then, quiz each other and when each one is wrong you will have one person in the group who can help the rest. Even adults have trouble remembering their times table. That is why we invented the calculator. Ask any adult to do math without a calculator and they will tell you how hard it is. Have fun:)