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Overview:  Children need to learn their tables.
In the photocopiable activities, you will find two powerful games that, if used together, should crack this for you.
The Counting Caterpillar covers learning the stations for each table. Tap, Say, Turn ensures that the children know their tables back to front, upside down and inside out. Both activities can be taught initially to the whole class and then you can have everyone working at their own level. Perfect differentiation! (Several other photocopiable games in this section are also worth a look.)
The following online activities provide additional practice for keeping skills sharp once they have been learned. The activity for each multiplication table should be suggested once a child is feeling confident with this particular table. It a child finds any of these online activities challenging, then direct them to further practice on the appropriate table with the interactive games above.
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Knowing your tables is REALLY important. But before you learn them, you have to understand where they come from.
Arrange 20 counters in a 2 by 10 rectangle. Say together: 2 rows of 10 is 20; 2 x 10 = 20.
Do the same with 3 rows of 10: 3 rows of 10 is 30; 3 x 10 = 30.
Write out the pattern that you get when you count rows of 10 like this: Start with no rows: 0 x 10 = 0; then 1 row: 1 x 10 = 10; then 2 rows etc.
Once you have explored the pattern, the next thing is to try to work out the facts jumbled up. Use counters again to work out the ones you cannot remember.
The next step is to try working backwards. For example, if you have 30 cubes altogether and put them in rows of 10, how many rows would you get? ? x 10 = 30. What is the missing number?
Repeat with other numbers of cubes.
Finally, once you understand how it all works, you need to memorise the tables facts. to do this, play the Tap Say Turn game. | | Quiz: Mixed example multiplying single digits by 10. Includes missing number problems like 10x?=60 etc. |
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 Knowing your tables is REALLY important. But before you learn them, you have to understand where they come from.
Arrange four counters in a square. Say together: 2 rows of 2 is 4; 2 x 2 = 4.
Do the same with 3 rows of 2: 3 rows of 2 is 6; 3 x 2 = 6.
Write out the pattern that you get when you count rows of 2 like this: Start with no rows: 0 x 2 = 0; then 1 row: 1 x 2 = 2; then 2 rows etc.
Once you have explored the pattern, the next thing is to try to work out the facts jumbled up. Use counters again to work out the ones you cannot remember.
The next step is to try working backwards. For example, if you have 6 cubes altogether and put them in rows of 2, how many rows would you get? ? x 2 = 6. What is the missing number?
Repeat with other numbers of cubes.
Finally, once you understand how it all works, you need to memorise the tables facts. to do this, play the Tap Say Turn game. | | Quiz: Simple questions including missing numbers. (eg ? x 2 = 12, 2 x ? = 18) |
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Once you have learned the 2x and 10x tables, the next one to work on is the 5x table.
Arrange 10 counters in a 2 by 5 rectangle. Say together: 2 rows of 5 is 10; 2 x 5 = 10.
Do the same with 3 rows of 5: 3 rows of 5 is 15; 3 x 5 = 15.
Write out the pattern that you get when you count rows of 5 like this: Start with no rows: 0 x 5 = 0; then 1 row: 1 x 5= 5; then 2 rows etc.
Notice that the numbers alternate with 0 and 5: 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 etc.
Once you have explored the pattern, try to work out the facts jumbled up. Use counters again to work out the ones you cannot remember.
Next try working backwards. For example, if you have 15 cubes altogether and put them in rows of 5, how many rows would you get? ? x 5 = 15. What is the missing number?
Repeat with other numbers of cubes.
Finally, once you understand how it all works, you need to memorise the tables facts. to do this, play the Tap Say Turn game. | | Quiz: Simple questions including missing numbers. (eg ? x 5 = 20, 5 x ? = 35) |
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Step 3 | | Notes for Teachers:
 Once you have learned the 2x, 10x and 5x tables, you can work on the 3s and 4s.
For the 4x table, arrange 8 counters in a 2 by 4 rectangle. Say together: 2 rows of 4 is 8; 2 x 4 = 8.
Do the same with 3 rows of 4: 3 rows of 4 is 12; 3 x 4 = 12.
Write out the pattern that you get when you count rows of 4 like this: Start with no rows: 0 x 4 = 0; then 1 row: 1 x 4 = 4; then 2 rows etc.
Notice the repeating pattern in the ending digits: 0, 4, 8, 2, 6, 0, 4, 8, 2, 6, 0. Then use the Counting Caterpillar game to learn to count forwards and backwards in 4s by heart.
Once you have explored the pattern, try to work out the facts jumbled up. Use counters again to work out the ones you cannot remember.
Next try working backwards. For example, if you have 20 cubes altogether and put them in rows of 4, how many rows would you get? ? x 4 = 20. What is the missing number?
Repeat with other numbers of cubes.
Finally, once you understand how it all works, you need to memorise the tables facts. to do this, play the Tap Say Turn game. | | Quiz: Simple questions including missing numbers. (eg ? x 4 = 12, 4 x ? = 28) |
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 Once you have learned the 2x, 10x and 5x tables, you can work on the 3s and 4s.
For the 3x table, arrange 6 counters in a 2 by 3 rectangle. Say together: 2 rows of 3 is 6; 2 x 3 = 6.
Do the same with 3 rows of 3: 3 rows of 3 is 9; 3 x 3 = 9.
Write out the pattern that you get when you count rows of 3 like this: Start with no rows: 0 x 3 = 0; then 1 row: 1 x 3= 3; then 2 rows etc. Then use the Counting Caterpillar game to learn to count forwards and backwards in 3s.
Once you have explored the pattern, try to work out the facts jumbled up. Use counters again to work out the ones you cannot remember.
Next try working backwards. For example, if you have 15 cubes altogether and put them in rows of 3, how many rows would you get? ? x 3 = 15. What is the missing number?
Repeat with other numbers of cubes.
Finally, once you understand how it all works, you need to memorise the tables facts. to do this, play the Tap Say Turn game. | | Quiz: Simple questions including missing numbers. (eg ? x 3 = 12, 3 x ? = 21) |
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