My daughter is having trouble with multiplying....?

Question

she is in grade four and she barley nows her 6x table and her class is starting on the 12x table how can I help her because she is review them and then she can't remember them and starts crying

Answer 1

Make out a number line of the multiples. I used to have trouble with my 3's when I was in the 3rd grade, so my mom made a number line that went 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, etc. I studied it and it worked.

Answer 2

Two awesome concepts...

Flash Cards & Rewards :)

Have HER make the flash cards.

The reward could be something as simple as picking a movie to rent, or choose a meal idea etc.

Answer 3

Well, when I was learning multiplication, my teacher taught our class songs to remember and I practiced a lot at home. for sixes it was 6, 12, 18, 24 too, 30, 36, 42 and it was to twinkle twinkle little star. I don't really remember any of the other ones but that one was a big help. Also, if she nees help with 9s tell her to take whatever number it is (up to ten) and count on her left hand starting on her thumb and put down that finger and then count how many are on the left of it and thats the tens place and how many are on the right and thats the ones. So if it was 3, she would put down her middle finger on the left and count 2 on her left hand 7 to the right.

Answer 4

Times tables are a difficult concept. Memorization is what it typically takes so getting or making flash cards with the problem and answer on one side (4x6=24) and having her look at them and repeat them over and over help. So do write offs but what a pain! Does she like music? Do a search for multiplication songs, it'll turn up some cool cd's that she could listen to. Also, don't pressure her to learn them. Everyone progresses and learns differently. My secret to "learning" them was to learn to add really fast (9x4 is the same as 9+9=18, 18+18=36.) I can do that as fast as someone who "knows" their times tables LOL

Answer 5

Flash cards

Answer 6

there are many sites online that can help. Mathscore.com is good it costs money but it has worksheets and gives instant feedback from 1st grade- highschool. This site helped me pass algebra. It has topics w/ multiplication/division. Also add incentives for learning a new time table. ( my mom started me in first grade and when i meomorized them all she bought me a cool phone for my room)

Answer 7

There are tons of free on-line math games and worksheets.

Here's just one:

www.helpingwithmath.com

Answer 8

Doing good on math should be more the memorizing. it is more important to know WHY the problem equals the number, then jsut knowing the answer. You need to determine which is her problem, does she udnerstand the Why part or is her problem memorizing?

She should have, and be allowed scratch paper to work on at all times. Even when calculators are not allowed on tests scrap paper almost always is.

Multiplying is just adding so if you explain it that way it should be easy to grasp. (something simple 6 x 3 is just adding 6 three times. 6+6+6. or

6x9 =6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6.) It may take a while longer to figure out this way then having them memorized but it will serve her to figure out any problem that is tough for her in the future as well. If she understands that she can figure out ANY multipllication problem with scratch paper and counting.

As to memorizing the tables, that is something that just comes with time. The more she does them the better she will get. write out math problems for her to practice at home every day, use flash cards, or get her a multiplication workbook.

Answer 9

the 9X table is the easy one to learn!

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watch this.

tell her to number her paper like this:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Then tell her to number it backwards starting with one.,

SO it should look like this.

18

27

36

45

54

63

72

81

and there you have it,

the 9 times tables!

:D

Answer 10

I am a math teacher.

Ask her teacher if there is a "teacher store" around that sells multiplication games.  Believe me your daughter will think they are fun!

You will need to spend the money to get them... but as a middle school teacher... multiplication is the basis of EVERYTHING!!

Answer 11

My kids learnt ALL their tables in a period of 3 months from listen to a times table CD in the car every morning. We had a 15min drive to and from childcare/school etc and got through the whole CD most days. You could always play it at home in the morning as they get ready for school. Sounds kind of old fashioned but I thought of it when my kids would not stop singing TV and radio adveritsing jingles.

Without a hint of exaggeration, even my 4 year old knows most of her tables songs, although she has no idea what it means at her young age, which she will learn later.

Just play them "ad nauseum" (repeating incessantly) and I am certain she will remember them.

Answer 12

sing the tables to her. teach her that 1X6 is the same as 6X1 so she will know some of the tables. put a up a tables poster in the toilet so she can look at it while she is in there. let her use pegs or coins or something to figure it out. some kids learn better if they can touch something and set it out. get 6 lots of 2 pegs etc and get her to count them. then get 6 lots of 3 pegs etc. and so on. it wont happen over night but it will help in the long run. speak to her teacher and ask for some recommendations or some out of school activities that will help as in extra homework tables sheets. just support your daugther and remind her all the time that she is clever and she can do it. dont let her feel she is never going to get it all sorted. be patient and keep working on it together. good luck.