Frequently Asked Questions     My child can't learn the times tables.  What should I do? (Parent) My students know most of the multiplication facts, but not all of them.  What should I do? (Teacher) Why won't some of the games work on my computer? My child can't learn the times tables.  What should I do? This is our most common question.  Some children take longer than others to learn the times tables.  Don't give up.   Try sitting with them while they go through the section of this site that teaches the times tables.  (Click on Students - then I want to learn the times tables.)   These lessons have helped hundreds of students learn the times tables. Print out a copy of the flash cards.  Practice them with your child. You might think seriously of purchasing our book, Memorize in Minutes: The Times Tables.  It was designed for students who have trouble learning the times tables the conventional way.  This book has helped countless children learn the times tables. My students know most of the multiplication facts, but not all of them.  What should I do? Our second most common question.  Many students learn the easy multiplication facts, but never master the others.  The NEED to know them all.  We suggest a few things: Give the students a pretest to see how they do as a group. Target the facts most of the students are missing.  Use the TEACH section of this site to find helpful teaching strategies for each of the facts. Quiz the students a few times a week.  We recommend OVER TEACHING the times tables.   You will never hear a teacher complain the student knows the times tables too good. Why won't some of the games work on my computer? We have an entire help section on setting your computer up to use the games.  (Thousands of users have NO problems, but there are those who have a browser that needs a bit of tweaking. Trouble loading the Flash Plug-In I see a picture, but it isn't working right. Why Shockwave A majority of the user who visit our web site use Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or 5 and Netscape Navigator using Windows based machines.  (We have designed our site to work accordingly.)  If you are still using an old browser, you might want to think of upgrading.  The new version of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator can be downloaded for FREE. The following are stats for the month of June 2000 Windows 98 - 243,943 visitors Windows 95 - 136,506 visitors Windows NT - 34,348 visitors Mac Power PC - 44,332 visitors Mac 68K - 1192 visitors Windows 3.1 - 474 visitors Linux - 266 visitors SunOS - 204 visitors Summary Windows - 415,271 visitors 90% Mac - 45,524 visitors 9.8% Other - 470 Visitors 0.2%