My ten year old daughter is struggling wiyh her times tables.any suggestions?

Question

My ten year old daughter is struggling wiyh her times tables.any suggestions?

Answer 1

get her to understand it first. count out groups of lollipop sticks. e.g. five bundles of 4 is 20 sticks.

Or repeated addition 4+4+4+4+4=20

Tables, specifically, are to be learned as to make the process of larger multiplication and division quicker. so the song idea above is good. so are little tricks like these.

all nine time tables add to nine 5x9=45 (4+5=9)

                                                     8x9=72 (7+2=9)

or multiply by ten and take off the number

5x10=50 - 5= 45

8x10=80 - 8= 72

There are patterns like these for many others, ask the teacher if he/she knows them.

Answer 2

Maths May Not Be Her Strong Point

I'd Just Try Teaching Them To Her Myself, As You Know Her Better Than Anyone Else So You Should Know What She Finds Easiest Way To learn,

Otherwise Buy A Tape That Sings Them And Make Her Repeat Them Once A Day Or Something :)

-Xo

Answer 3

Take your time and call it out to her. As she gets them correct, give her a prize, like a mini-snickers, or what ever candy she likes. Kids love to win prizes! It makes them feel smart. I wish someone did that for me! But anyway call them out and give her little gifts that's not costly but will make her feel special! :)

Answer 4

Buy one of them tapes that sings the times tables.

i used them to learn and i'm excellent at times tables. :)

Answer 5

hi ,

first dont make them do all the tables,

have a good start with 2 tables,5 tables and 10  table.so that it will be easily fun for them and they will catch up fast.this will help them to do more tables instead of gtting bored and having aversion towards tables.

try this.it will help out.i'm going to do this for my 41/2 yr old son.

Answer 6

you could try by relating them to things that your daughter likes, e.g. there are 4 boxes with toys in them, each box has 5 toys how many is there, but instead of just saying it, get 4 boxes out and put 5 toys in each, etc.

Answer 7

How are they teaching her at school?  My son is 7 and they seem to be teaching him a ridiculous system where they just say "3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18" etc.  How are you supposed to eventually make the connection between that and "5 x 5" or "3 x 5"?  

I'm teaching him the way I learned God knows how many years ago, which is just by repeating them over and over again until they sink in.  Being 7, we are only working on 2, 3, 5, 10 and 11 at the moment... but they are going in!  The tapes are a good idea.

Answer 8

Maybe you could buy some tapes or get some kind of times tables poster to hang in her room or buy a exercise book about times tables which maybe after she completes a page you could give a sticker. I remember when i was little my mum used to quiz me on the way to school and ask me a couple of questions.

Hope that helps

Answer 9

Multiplication rap is a good song to buy.  Practice a little each night with flash cards then let her sleep on it.  That gives the brain time to process what she learned.  After she gets a little better with flash cards, switch to timed tests.  An average 4th grader should be able to do 100 multiplication facts problems in less than 5 minutes.  

Also, use fact families, which will help her understand the relationship between multiplication and division.

Example 5x4=20, 4x5=20, 20/4=5, 20/5=4

Answer 10

when i was young and not too good at maths, my dad used to ask me multiplication questions whilst he was driving.

After a while they stuck in my head

Answer 11

I learned multiplication because my teacher drilled it into my head. First, we did hardcore flash-card work. Then when we started getting a little better, she handed out these sheets with all these multiplication problems and she would time us. The ones we got wrong, she made us write out 10 times. If we did not finish the sheet, she would make us write out the next 10 problems that we didn't do 10 times. I know it's really complicated and kinda harsh (well, I thought so at the time) but it was very effective for me.

Answer 12

There is no need for anyone to memorize that anymore - everyone uses a calculator.  The teacher is either old, stubborn, or being forced to make the kids memorize date they don't need to.

Answer 13

Like many others have suggested; don't panic too much. The best way to tackle this, in my opinion, is to use Visual examples for her. For example: 3 x 4 (pretty simple)

Take 3 apples (or balls, or anything really, as long as you have a lot of them) and ask her how many apples are there. She will say 'three'. You say 'Yes, There is ONE group of THREE apples'.

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Take another 3 apples and place them next to the other 3 apples. Ask her how many apples are there again. You must make it clear to her that there are TWO groups of THREE apples, which make SIX apples

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And that THREE groups of TWO apples are SIX apples also.

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The grouping method works well. I have found it quite useful to start off kids actually thinking what the question is asking. This may sound too simple for a 10 year old, but after a while she will commit it to memory.

Leading research state that, to convert a word or phrase (or multiplication)  from short term memory to long term memory, it must be repeated at least 24 times.

The hardest part to this approach is consistency.

I hope this helps,

and don't stress...all children go through difficult stages of learning, this will pass with ease I'm sure.

Answer 14

Tell her about the goesintas (goes into)

examples: 7 goesinta 49 ,7 times

Answer 15

try to hunt out some Sesame Street video tapes ... they make learning such things interesting, fun, and very easy.  and sing along with her.

good luck,

sue

Answer 16

Try and find a tune that she knows well, that will fit with the times tables.  It's got to be something really catchy and repetetive, like a nursery rhyme.  This works really well with my kids remembering things, for example my little girl learned the alphabet to the tune of 'twinkle twinkle little star'.

Answer 17

Use little blocks to describe whats happening with the numbers when you times them. Like 4 times 2 is 2 groups of blocks with 4 blocks in each. Then you put the blocks together and count them. They add up to 8; try teaching her that technique everyday after school.

Answer 18

i'm glad to see you're working on them with your daughter. my mother teaches 7th and 8th grade math and gets kids who still can't tell you what 7 x 8 is without thinking it through!

there are some good, fun sites out there for kids for math. here are a few:

http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-multiplication...

http://www.mathmastery.com/cyberchalleng...

start with the ones your daughter will be most successful with, 1, 2, 5, and 10s. they are the easiest for kids to learn. something that is fun and easy for you to do would be a timed test every week. some teachers call it math minute. you print up a worksheet (check this website: http://www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/inde...  ) you can give it to your daughter a couple times a week since it's summer time and she's not in school. give her a minute and see how far she gets. when she gets a whole page done with no or one mistake, give her a sticker for a chart. when she gets a certain amount of stickers, she can earn a prize.

does she understand the concept of multiplication? you can have her do things like set the table for dinner. say you have 5 people in your family and everyone needs a fork and knife and that's two types of silverware. how much silverware will there be all together? try to get her to grasp the concept if she doesn't already.

if she already gets it and it's just a mater of her being able to memorize them, try out those websites and do a mad math minute every couple of days.

if you want any more help....feel free to e-mail me :)

oh yeah, the school house rocks CDs are lots of fun too

Answer 19

don't make too much fuss, take them one at a time, 2's a good start then when doing 4's tell her it's just double the answer from the 2's. just keep adding. tricky ones are 7. try also writing it down and do look, cover, say check as you would with spelling. lots of games available too to help, trick is to make it fun and don't stress, it will come.

Answer 20

I know it sounds strange, but have her sing them, or recite them to the familiar nya,nya,na,nya nya chant. Make tapes for her to listen to of you or someone else reciting them.  Have her learn them in small steps so she won't be overwhelmed.