Please offer advice on how to explain the sharing used with times tables to help my daughter learn quickly.?

Question

My daughter is learning her times table but is getting confused when the teaching talks about sharing. (I presume they mean 30 shared by 3 is 10) and although she is bright she seems to have a complete blockage with this part of the multiplications and is consequently losing confidence. Would anybody be able to offer advice on how to help her either with on line links or other useful tips. I'm really worried that she will lag behind. Many thanks for any help. A WORRIED MOTHER!

Answer 1

Have a look at this site, they have simple fun ways of learning Times Table & other maths

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/contents07multiplicationdivision.htm

Answer 2

I would talk about what sharing means and other words for it incase that is what she is having trouble with to start. ie giving people equal parts of things/splitting/dividing...

Then get some sweets or marbles or something and start off basic.
5x2=10
So we have 10 sweets
And two people (you and her?)
How many can we have each if we share them equally/fairly?
5!
So you are following the multiplication sum backwards with you finger.
I was alwys taught that divide/sharing is the opposite of times so it might help her to look at it backwards.
Hope something on here helps but if she is a bright girl it will just click one day soon so don't worry too much over it.
Also you could ask the teacher how they explain it.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

they are lots of ways to teach times table you can use sweets
cards dominoes . make it a game .make it more intresting
make it fun
.if you yourself are unsure what the teacher is teaching yourdaughter go and see her andask her to explain what it is they are learning , you will then find it easier to assistant your daughter at home.
you can also pick up books from most good book shops maths for keystage 1 .2. 3 these books go through what children are learning in what year at school. these will help you keep head of your daughters learning . if you don't know what the teacher is trying to teach your daughter , it hard to help her and all what will happen is she will get more and more fustrated and then start to put a mental block on maths and then it will get even morediffiult
as she moves up the levels .

Answer 5

Hi, Don't worry use pictures.
Ask her to draw for example 2x3, she could then draw two rows of three dots. Ask her how many dots there are all together. (6)

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then ask her how many lots of three there is? and how many lots of two there is?
She will or should be able to see the relationship between the numbers.
If like me she likes to learn by doing things get her to put objects out like this and move them around.
The mathematical term for this is an array.

Hope it helps

Answer 6

Use illustrations at home to help her understand what the teacher is talking about.