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Lesson 6 - Better News
Teaching the Times Tables

Les
  • There are 64 multiplication facts without the 0's and 1's to learn. 
       
  • The Better News - Because of the commutative property of multiplication, you don't need to learn both 3 x 4 and 4 x 3.  The answer is the same.  You don't have to worry about 28 more of them.  (The ones highlighted in BLUE!)
      
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 0x0 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9
1 1x0 1x1 1x2 1x3 1x4 1x5 1x6 1x7 1x8 1x9
2 2x0 2x1 2x2 2x3 2x4 2x5 2x6 2x7 2x8 2x9
3 3x0 3x1 3x2 3x3 3x4 3x5 3x6 3x7 3x8 3x9
4 4x0 4x1 4x2 4x3 4x4 4x5 4x6 4x7 4x8 4x9
5 5x0 5x1 5x2 5x3 5x4 5x5 5x6 5x7 5x8 5x9
6 6x0 6x1 6x2 6x3 6x4 6x5 6x6 6x7 6x8 6x9
7 7x0 7x1 7x2 7x3 7x4 7x5 7x6 7x7 7x8 7x9
8 8x0 8x1 8x2 8x3 8x4 8x5 8x6 8x7 8x8 8x9
9 9x0 9x1 9x2 9x3 9x4 9x5 9x6 9x7 9x8 9x9

On to Lesson 7

son 1 - Repeated Addition



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