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Multiplication table (numbers from 1 to 20)

×	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40
3	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60
4	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80
5	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100
6	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72	78	84	90	96	102	108	114	120
7	7	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70	77	84	91	98	105	112	119	126	133	140
8	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96	104	112	120	128	136	144	152	160
9	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81	90	99	108	117	126	135	144	153	162	171	180
10	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200
11	11	22	33	44	55	66	77	88	99	110	121	132	143	154	165	176	187	198	209	220
12	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144	156	168	180	192	204	216	228	240
13	13	26	39	52	65	78	91	104	117	130	143	156	169	182	195	208	221	234	247	260
14	14	28	42	56	70	84	98	112	126	140	154	168	182	196	210	224	238	252	266	280
15	15	30	45	60	75	90	105	120	135	150	165	180	195	210	225	240	255	270	285	300
16	16	32	48	64	80	96	112	128	144	160	176	192	208	224	240	256	272	288	304	320
17	17	34	51	68	85	102	119	136	153	170	187	204	221	238	255	272	289	306	323	340
18	18	36	54	72	90	108	126	144	162	180	198	216	234	252	270	288	306	324	342	360
19	19	38	57	76	95	114	133	152	171	190	209	228	247	266	285	304	323	342	361	380
20	20	40	60	80	100	120	140	160	180	200	220	240	260	280	300	320	340	360	380	400

How to multiply numbers in a column (mathematics video)

To practice and learn quickly, you can also try multiplying numbers by column.

Schoolchildren find the table boring and useless. Children often get angry and upset when trying to figure out a set of numbers that is incomprehensible to them. Parents can make learning easier and fun by preparing ahead of time.

The main rule in learning the multiplication tables is to interest the child. Like adults, they perceive information differently. Some children like to learn poems and songs. Others can sit quietly with their parents at the table and look at the Pythagorean table.

How to teach a child the multiplication table (picture)

Help your child remember the multiplication table easily:

• Cards;
• Counting figures, sticks;
• Special programs for tablets and phones;
• Educational videos and cartoons;
• Poems and songs;
• Images;
• Child's fingers.

Game methods are captivating and give quick results. It is better to start classes in a good mood, when the child is ready to study.

Learning the multiplication tables: life hacks and videos

It is important to understand how a child can more comfortably perceive information so that the process does not turn into “cramming.” Everything is very simple:

Auditory children They learn new things better through conversation. They enjoy learning numbers by repeating examples out loud. A good option to remember the multiplication tables is to learn poems, songs or watch educational videos.

Learning the multiplication table (video)

Visual child learns more easily if vision and imagery are involved. They absorb information with the help of bright drawings, coloring games, which have large colored fonts and numbers.

Multiplication table coloring game (picture)

Also, with a visual child, you can watch educational cartoons in which your favorite characters act as a teacher.

Multiplication table by 9 with Fixies (video)

Kinesthetic children learn through the sensations and feelings they have when coming into contact with new objects and information. In this case, you can try the card method.

Learning the multiplication table using cards (video)

It's important to consider how your child learns best so that learning times tables will be fun and easy.

How to learn the multiplication tables in 5 minutes a day

Kukina Ekaterina Georgievna

mathematics teacher

You've probably heard the opinion more than once that the level of mathematics education is falling.

When my children were in second grade, I clearly understood why the level of mathematics education at school was falling. It is in the second grade, when laying the very foundation of mathematical education, that such a gigantic irreparable hole appears, which cannot be supported by any crutches in the form of calculators.

Namely, the main problem is in the multiplication table. Look at the checkered notebooks that your schoolchildren have.

I went shopping for a long, long time looking for notebooks. And all the same, for everyone - this is the picture.

Multiplication table (picture)

There are even worse notebooks (for high school students), in which there are no multiplication tables, but there are a bunch of meaningless formulas.

Well, why is this notebook bad? An unsuspecting parent sees that there is a multiplication table on the notebook. It seems like you’ve had multiplication tables on your notebooks all your life? What's wrong?

But the problem is that the notebook does NOT contain the multiplication table.

The multiplication table, my dear readers, is this:

Sometimes this same table is even called the beautiful word “Pythagorean table”. You don't have to take the top and left columns, just the main rectangle.

Firstly, this is a table. Secondly, she is interesting!

No child in his right mind would look at examples written out in columns.

Not a single child, no matter how brilliant he may be, will be able to find interesting features and patterns in the written examples.

Well, in general, when the teacher says: “learn the multiplication table,” and the child doesn’t even see the table in front of him, he immediately understands that mathematics is a science where ordinary things are named somehow differently and you need a lot, a lot cram, but it’s impossible to understand anything. And in general, we must do it “as it is said,” and not “as it makes sense.”

Why is the Pythagorean table better?

Firstly, there is no garbage and information noise in the form of the left side of the examples.

Secondly, you can think about it. It’s not even written anywhere that this multiplication is just a table.

Thirdly, if it is always at hand and the child constantly bumps into it, he willy-nilly begins to remember these numbers. In particular, he will never answer the question “seven and eight” with 55 - after all, the number 55 is not and never was in the table!

Only children with abnormal memory are able to remember columns of examples. In the "table" you need to remember much less.

In addition, the child automatically looks for patterns. And he finds them himself. Even such patterns are found by children who do not yet know how to multiply.

For example: numbers that are symmetrical relative to the diagonal are equal. You see, the human brain is simply determined to look for symmetry, and if it finds and notices it, it is very happy. And what does it mean? This means that rearranging the places of the factors does not change the product (or that multiplication is commutative, to put it more simply).

Pythagorean table: multiplication (picture)

You see, the child notices this himself! And what a person came up with himself, he will remember forever, unlike what he memorized or was told.

Remember your math exam at university? You forgot all the theorems of the course, except for the one you got, and you had to prove it to the evil teacher! Well, that is if you didn’t cheat, of course. (I'm exaggerating, but it's almost always close to the truth).

And then the child sees that he can not learn the whole table, but only half. If we already know the line of multiplication by 3, then we do not need to remember “eight by three,” but just remember “three by eight.” Already half the work.

And besides, it is very important that your brain does not accept dry information in the form of some incomprehensible columns of examples, but thinks and analyzes. Those. is training.

In addition to the commutativity of multiplication, one can notice, for example, another remarkable fact. If you point at any number and draw a rectangle from the beginning of the table to that number, then the number of cells in the rectangle is your number.

Pythagorean table: multiplication (picture)

And here multiplication already takes on a deeper meaning than just an abbreviated notation of several identical terms. It also makes sense for geometry - the area of ​​a rectangle is equal to the product of its sides)

You have no idea how much easier it is to divide with such a table!

In short, if your child is in second grade, print out this correct multiplication table for him. Hang a large one on the wall so he can look at it when he does his homework or sits at the computer.

And print and laminate a small one for him (or write on cardstock). Let him carry it to school with him, and just keep it conveniently at hand. (it wouldn’t hurt to highlight the squares diagonally on such a table to make it easier to see)

My kids have this one. And it really helped them in second grade and still helps them a lot in math lessons.

Pythagorean table: multiplication (picture)

Honestly, your average math score will immediately increase, and your child will stop whining that math is stupid. And in addition, it will be easier for your child in the future too. He will understand that he needs to use his brains and not cram. And not only will he understand, he will also learn to do it.

And I repeat: there is nothing wrong with the examples in columns. And the amount of information they contain is the same as in the “table”. But there is nothing good in such examples either. This is informational garbage, from which you will not immediately find what you need.

Praise more often

Come up with ways to encourage your child. These can be pleasant little things that make him happy.

Find an approach if the child is not in the mood

Forcing people to study, shouting, or completely depriving them of entertainment - such methods discourage any desire to study. It makes sense to calmly explain the importance of activities and motivate the child.

Learn the multiplication table gradually

When a child first sees how many numbers he needs to remember, a protest arises. It is better to study at a comfortable pace with rest breaks.

Remember that every child is an individual

As soon as children are compared with friends or classmates, they lose the desire to do anything. It must be remembered that each child has his own pace of learning and the caring attitude of parents is of great importance.

Saying that mistakes are normal

At the first failures, children lose interest and do not want to continue classes. It is important to explain that without mistakes there are no good results. Everything will definitely work out.

Now you know everything about how to teach your child the multiplication tables in different ways to make the stuttering process a joy.

It is impossible to do without knowledge of the multiplication table, so it is included in the school curriculum already in the elementary grades. For a student, memorization is very difficult. Children get scared when the teacher points to the spread of the notebook, where examples that need to be learned are raised in columns.

Therefore, it is worth showing how to make memorization quick with the help of games, multiplication secrets and useful algorithms.

The multiplication table (a game to quickly learn the memorization algorithm is described below) was invented a very long time ago. There is an opinion that the Pythagorean table was developed by an ancient philosopher and mathematician. But no confirmation of this was found. But it is known that they counted using it already in ancient Japan, where during excavations they discovered wooden tablets with parts of a table (8th century).

Scientists suggest that the table came to Japan through China. In those days, the countries interacted closely. Japanese residents came to the Celestial Empire to study science. The assumption that the table was created in China is confirmed by a find at least 3 thousand years old in the form of a separate fragment of the table.

Some experts suggest that the table penetrated from China to India through trade caravans, and from there it spread to all other countries.

Another version says: tablets with numbers were found 5 thousand years ago in Mesopotamia. Perhaps that's where it was invented. In addition, it could have been invented in several countries at the same time, because already at that time the need for calculating large numbers was clear.

In which class do they teach multiplication tables?

In Russian schools they begin to study the table in 2nd grade. And by the beginning of 4th grade, teachers try to finish memorizing. However, the most commonly used standard method is memorization. It is ineffective, so some students peek at the answers on the back of the notebook until graduation.

How to teach a child multiplication

First of all, the child needs to be interested. Moreover, it is worth starting to study together, and not just playing the role of an inspector.

A few tips to help you memorize the Pythagorean table faster and better:

• It is worth preparing a printed multiplication table in advance and explaining how the action occurs (the answer to multiplication is at the intersection), explaining the basic terms: factors, product.
• Explain to the child how the table works (for example, explain that 3 x 2 is the same as 3 + 3).
• You should learn the material gradually, in small parts. You need to start with the simplest examples.
• You should explain to the child that changing the places of numbers in multiplication does not change the result (2 x 4 is the same as 4 x 2);
• Look for patterns in the table (for example, if any number is multiplied by 1, you get the same number).
• Do more reps. Gradually, the material covered may be forgotten, so it is worth systematically refreshing your memory.
• Use memorization techniques.
• Not every child is able to quickly memorize material, so parents should be calm and attentive. Even if a student fails to learn something, he should not be forced to sit through his lessons longer.

Where to begin

First you need to let your child understand the meaning of multiplication. This is done using the simplest examples: 3 x 4 - means that the number 3 must be taken 4 times. Once the meaning is clear, it will become much easier. On notebooks, the table is usually written in columns at the back. It is better to abandon it in favor of the Pythagorean one, where the result is at the intersection of multiplying numbers. The visual method works better.

Therefore, it is worth printing out the table and hanging it above the table or anywhere where the child will look at it. Let it be bright and large enough. They start learning with the smallest numbers: 2, then 3.

You should first think through all the ways of memorizing. A combination of methods will help you remember faster: using cards, games, poems, knowledge of patterns.

Useful materials to study

When memorizing the multiplication tables, it will not be a bad idea to use educational materials.

• Shklyarova T. “How I taught my girl the multiplication tables.” This book is small, smaller in volume than a notebook. The author begins it by crossing out half of the multiplication table - the law of displacement applies. The first part of the book talks about what multiplication and division are, even and odd numbers, the features of finding the product and quotient of 1, 10 and 0, how to find an unknown factor and more. The second part explains how to multiply and divide by all numbers, explains various nuances and simple ways to memorize.
• Samsonova L. “Tabular multiplication for all current textbooks”. This manual is built in a strict learning order: first, multiplying by 2, then by 3, by 4, and so on up to 9. The book contains many tests, problems, interesting examples, and coloring pages. After studying multiplication by certain numbers, independent work begins to check.

• Long Linnet "Magnificent Multiplication".

The latest tutorial is based on games, of which there are 28:

• multiplication on fingers;
• memorization using socks;
• pencils;
• corners of the room;
• playing cards;
• counting rhymes;
• inventing fairy tales;
• tic-tac-toe;
• digital lotto and much more.

The book is divided into 3 parts - according to difficulty level. Boys and girls will be surprised that to memorize complex examples you just need to decorate a teddy bear or learn a counting rhyme.

Cards

This is a simple but effective method. You should prepare cards with examples of multiplication without writing down the answers. They are mixed (you can use a lotto bag). The child draws one card at a time and tries to give an answer. If it is correct, then the card is removed to the side; if it is incorrect, it is returned to the bag.

Cards will help you quickly learn the multiplication tables

You can diversify the game like this: give answers within a certain period of time. You should allocate 1 minute. (or more), then count how many cards were guessed. The child will want to improve his result, which will become an incentive to memorize.

Another option is to play until you run out of examples. For each incorrect answer, assign the child a task: collect toys, dance, do squats, recite a poem. If all the cards are guessed correctly, you can award a prize in the form of sweets.

All children love to play, so as soon as they learn that they can get points, win chocolate or beat someone (even themselves), it becomes much more interesting for them.

Therefore, you can offer your child to learn the material with the following phrase: “The multiplication table is a game. To learn faster, we will play “cards, sea battle, shop” (depending on what is taken). The goal is to score so many points, complete it in this amount of time, reach level 3, and much more.”

Poetic examples

With the help of short rhyming lines, you can remember the most difficult moments well.

You can compose simple rhymes that will speed up the child’s learning process. They don't have to be logical:

It is worth noting that some examples from the Pythagorean table are themselves rhyming phrases. These include:

• Six six is ​​thirty six;
• Seven five – thirty five and others.

Such variations do not cause much difficulty in remembering.

Counting on fingers

Children often resort to turning over a notebook with the multiplication table or even using a calculator when they forget complex examples. There is an easy way to count using your fingers.

This method makes it easy to multiply numbers by 9. Counting algorithm:

Example: you need to multiply 3 by 9. The hand is put forward, the third finger is bent. To the left of it are 2 fingers - indicating the number 20. To the right there are 7 fingers, which means 7 units. In the end there were 27.

Multiplying 9 by 9. The ninth finger is bent. On the left there are 8 (which means 80), on the right - 1. The result is 81.

The following method will help you multiply numbers greater than 5. It's more complicated. Let's say you need to calculate how much 6 by 7 is. To do this, one finger on the left hand is extended (6 is more than 5 by 1), the others are bent. On the right, 2 fingers remain (7 is more than 5 by 2), the rest are hidden.

The visible fingers add up: 1 + 2 = 3 tens (that is, 30). The bent ones are multiplied: 4 x 3 = 12. All that remains is to add the resulting numbers: 30 + 12 = 42. The answer has been found.

A child should learn the multiplication tables with pleasure, so you should interest him.

You can do this in the form of a magic game: give the child a table and ask him to name any example from the desired column. He will ask, after which the parent will say that he can count with his own hand, and quickly show the whole sequence. It is important that the student himself wants to learn multiplication. This way the process will move much faster.

Using toys

The multiplication table (a game to quickly learn the algorithm can be offered to the child instead of boring memorization) is better learned with the help of additional “tools.” To do this, you will need your child's favorite toys.

The essence of the method is simple: take cars, construction parts, furniture from a dollhouse. Examples are built on this basis. Let’s say you need to multiply 5 by 3. Then 5 construction set pieces are laid out in front of the baby.

It is reported that you need to take 5 bricks 3 times to build a house. He takes these 5 parts, adds 5 more, and again the same number. Then he calculates that 15 bricks were brought to the construction site. With the help of such visual practice, the material is remembered faster.

If the method with toys is used, then you should not additionally burden the student with counting on fingers. It is better to choose one option so as not to confuse the child.

Mobile or online games

Modern assistants are computer games. The memorization process is fun and unnoticeable.

Examples of online games:

• "Multiplication tables: animal puzzles". The child needs to collect the picture. This can be done only by solving the examples - they are below. At the top of the screen there is a picture in the form of a table with numbers. After solving the example, the puzzle piece is dragged onto the square with the resulting number. As a result, an image of the animal should open. In the game you can select a mode with multiplication by any number.
• "Multiplication tables: adventures in the jungle." The player is transported to a world of dangerous forests where an ancient tribe lives. One of his representatives, the guy Jim, should get a mask. But before that, you need to cope with various challenges - fishing, drumming and target shooting. The child must help the little savage overcome obstacles. This can only be done by solving examples.
• "Multiplication tables: skateboard racing." A fun ride and memorization of examples will make learning unnoticeable. A skateboarder is rushing along the road, constantly having to overcome obstacles. To help him, you should quickly solve examples. In the game you can select a mode not only for multiplication, but also for other arithmetic operations.
• "Snake". A small worm crawls on a green meadow. There are numbers scattered everywhere - answers to examples that need to be guessed. The snake is only allowed to eat balls with the correct answer. The more eaten, the longer it is. The game has the ability to select a mode - the numbers by which the multiplication will be performed.

Many games are aimed not at learning, but at remembering, that is, it is assumed that the child has already memorized the material, and during the game he simply tests himself. Therefore, you can allow using this method after studying - as a cool-down.

Sea battle

The multiplication table (a game to learn faster, it can be used in the form of a sea battle) is easier to remember in a game form. According to the rules, a couple of players participate. Each player draws two fields on a checkered sheet of paper: one for their own ships, and the second for the opponent’s fleet. To memorize the table, instead of letters, numbers are written on one side - the field resembles a Pythagorean table.

Having drawn the ships, the battle begins. The game should be played like this: it is called a multiplication action, for example, 2 x 7. The child sees that the answer is 14 at the intersection, and looks to see if there are ships there. This is how all moves are made.

Another option is to call the answer, say, 32. And the child sees that this number is obtained by multiplying 4 by 8. The clarity of this method will simplify memorization.

How to learn multiplication tables by playing sea battle:

Examples from life

Learning will be easier and more enjoyable if you build the process on things that are close to the child. You can give examples from everyday life. Instead of the standard question: how much is 2 x 3, you can ask “how many cars are in the garage if 3 cars came in 2 times?” Any objects are used for explanations: matches, coins, cubes and felt-tip pens.

You can play in the store. Offer the child to buy 4 candies for 3 rubles. Let him count how much money he will need.

Multiplying by 1 and 10

Solving examples with these numbers is very simple. When any number is multiplied by 1, this number remains: 1 x 4 = 4 (that is, one was taken 4 times or four was taken 1 time). Same with all other cases: 1 x 6 = 6; 1 x 8 = 8 and so on. When increasing a number by 10 times, simply add 0 at the end: 5 x 10 = 50; 10 x 28 = 280 and so on with any number.

Multiply by 2

The product of numbers by 2 shows the doubling of the digit, that is, it is taken 2 times: 2 x 12 = 12 + 12; 5 x 2 = 5 + 5 and so on each. Therefore, all examples with doubling can be considered easy, because children already know addition.

Multiply by 3

The explanation of the table for the number 3 should begin with a simple one: 1 x 2 - this means that the number 1 is taken 2 times, that is, 1 + 1. If you take one more 1, you get 1 + 1 + 1. This example is replaced by multiplication: 1 x 3 or 3 x 1 (the result will not change if the factors are changed).

Then it turns out that all other examples of multiplication by 3 are built on the same principle: the number is doubled and added. For example, 6 x 3 - this means that 6 was multiplied by 2 and another 6 was added. It looks like this: 6 x 2 + 6 = 18, that is, 6 x 3 = 18.

Thus, it is worth doing multiplication with all numbers. You can also note that even results of multiplication by 3 in the table alternate with odd ones.

Multiply by 4

It is assumed that a number is taken 4 times, for example, 3 x 4 can be written like this: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12, that is, the three is taken 4 times. If you rearrange them, you get 4 x 3 = 4 + 4 + 4 - the four was taken 3 times. To explain, use the example of animal legs. The child is asked the question: how many legs does a cat have? He answers that 4 (it is better to use a picture of an animal for clarity).

If one cat has so many legs, then the example would be: 4 (legs) x 1 (cat) = 4. Next, you ask how many legs two cats have. The child will say that 8. The example is composed again: 2 (cats) x 4 (legs) = 8. In this way, you can write all examples of multiplication by 4.

Multiply by 5

Memorizing the multiplication table by 5 is quite easy, but if you need to multiply large numbers, difficulties arise. To multiply a number by 5, you need to divide it in half (by 2), then simply add 0 to the answer. If the result of dividing by 2 is a non-integer number, then simply add 5 at the end (ignoring the comma).

Example: 3258 x 5 = (3258 / 2) and a zero = 16290 is assigned.

Multiplying by 6,7,8

There is a simple way to count on your fingers. Until the child has memorized the entire multiplication table for large numbers, it will be useful for him to learn this simple version of multiplication. So, turn your hands with your palms facing you. Each finger on the hands is assigned numbers from 6 to 10 (you need to start with the little finger).

For example:

• calculate the product of 6 by 7. You should connect the finger under the sixth number on the left hand and the seventh on the right.

Now you need to count: the number of fingers under the connected ones and those that are connected. In this case, one finger is below and two are connected, resulting in 3 fingers. This will be 3 tens. The remaining fingers on top are multiplied: there are four on the left hand and three on the right - 3 x 4 = 12. Since the number is greater than 9, the tens and the resulting number are added: 30 + 12 = 42. This will be the answer.

One more example:

• 8 x 7. The eighth finger of the left hand is connected to the seventh finger of the right. Together with the connected ones, you get five fingers, that is, the number 50. If you multiply the remaining ones, you get 6 (units). The result is 56.

Multiply by 9

Multiplying by nine using fingers was discussed above. In fact, only one example is worth remembering here: 9 x 9 = 81. All the rest refer to other numbers, because changing places does not change the product. So, 9 x 8 = 8 x 9, and 9 x 5 = 5 x 9 and so on.

So that the child is not frightened by the huge number of examples on the spread of the math notebook, he should immediately be told that he can cross out more than half of the tablet, because it is not necessary to learn all this.

When multiplying by 1 and 10, you do not need to remember the answers. Multiplying by 2 is simply doubling a number; children are taught to add earlier. Changing the factors does not change the product, so not everything will have to be memorized.

Secret	What does it mean	Example
Product of 1 and 10	Multiplying by 1 leaves the number as is; for 10 – a zero is assigned	1 x 5 = 5 (the number has not changed); 2 x 10 = 20 (zero added to two)
Multiply by 2	A number is added to itself	30 x 2 = 60 (since 30 + 30 = 60)
Swap multipliers	If, when multiplying, we put the first number in place of the second, and the second in place of the first, then the answer will not change	6 x 3 = 3 x 6 = 18

So, out of 80 examples located on the back of the notebook, you will need to learn only 36 (the rest are crossed out).

Among the presented methods for working with the Pythagorean table and memorization tricks, one can highlight those that will help you learn the material quickly and effectively and will not turn mathematics into a boring and uninteresting subject, but will make it like a game.

With a little effort, your child won’t have to look anywhere for even the most complex examples.

Article format: Svetlana Ovsyanikova

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How children's memory works: choosing a learning method

For many decades, the school system treated all students the same, and the main means of remembering difficult things from the early grades was rote learning.

Very often, parents, themselves trained in such a system, continue to force their children to engage in boring, exhausting and useless cramming.They, of course, come from the best intentions, and children eventually remember that five means twenty-five, etc.

But the main driver is the baby’s natural curiosity. The task of parents, educators and teachers is to provide an opportunity to understand the principles by which this or that phenomenon works.

The multiplication table is no exception.A peculiarity of children's memory is that the things that are best remembered are those that no one requires you to remember.

Ask your child to tell his favorite fairy tale or rhyme, explain the rules of his favorite game, or list the names of his favorite cartoon characters!

Information about this will all bounce off his teeth. And in the same way, he can talk about the rules of multiplying numbers, if he makes the learning process interesting and exciting.

Your task is to turn studying into a game.

What we're talking about:

1. Calm, assiduous children who preferred playing with cubes or shopping before school may well become interested in numbers directly.As a teaching aid, you can take a set of those same cubes, count sticks, people, birds, etc. while walking.
2. Rational kids those prone to mathematical thinking quickly grasp logical chains and are keenly interested in various principles and rules - their learning of the multiplication table proceeds quickly.
3. If your child from an early age was distinguished by restlessness and a desire for creativity, games for to quickly learn the multiplication table,will fit perfectly. Formulations in verses will help you remember key points, and to illustrate the main points you can use bright and interesting images, pictures, drawings, etc.

Don't forget about the main rules of training:

1. Regularity. It’s better to do a little, but every day, than to try to embrace the immensity once a week.
2. Positive reinforcement. Praise your child for his successes, rather than scolding him for not being able to remember something. Positive emotions are a much stronger motivator than fear of punishment.

5+ games to quickly memorize multiplication tables

To quickly learn the multiplication table , a child aged 8-10 years - which is exactly how much he is 2- 4th grade , when multiplication appears in the program, it’s worth choosing game to taste. This way the process will go much more efficiently than in the case of simple cramming.

Here is a list of the most common and interesting options for game-based learning:

Cards

You can print them yourself, or you can purchase them at almost any children's store - so this a game famous and popular.The set includes all multiplier combinations from multiplication tables with answers on the reverse side.

To quickly learn them, playis proposed as follows:

1. The player draws an example
2. If the answer is correct, the card is sent to the “out”
3. If incorrect, it is returned to the deck.

Repeat these steps until there are no cards left in the main deck.Due to the fact that complex examples are returned to the pile and encountered again and again, they are remembered better and more firmly.

To learn the entire multiplication table as quickly as possible , try to arrange timed game . Children studying in grades 2-3 will certainly be delighted with such a quiz.

Advice: it turns out especially interesting if not only the child, but also other family members play. And don’t be too surprised if you make a mistake in a couple of simple combinations - knowledge, like muscles, needs to be trained regularly!

Poetic examples

Teach your child the simplest rhyming examples from the multiplication table: five is five, six is ​​six, etc.Or you can immediately adopt a poetic analysis of the entire table - for example, Andrei Usachev’s book “ Multiplication table in verse."

Vivid illustrations and interesting short poems will turn cramming into fun. game. To quickly learn the table in 2nd or 3rd grade, This method is perfect.

Counting on fingers

One visual trick that will certainly help curious children get involved in learning is the trick of multiplying by nine.

Let's look at it using example five nine:

1. Looking at our own palms
2. We count the fifth finger from the left (as an indicator of the multiplier 5)
3. We count the number of fingers to the left of the “multiplier” - these are tens (in this example there will be four)
4. We count the number of fingers to the right of the fifth - these are units (in this example there are five)

The result will be the number 45 - the answer to the example from the multiplication table.This approach works for any multiplication by nine - try it yourself.

Using toys or visual examples

To learn quickly principles of multiplication by 2 and 3 according to the multiplication table , can be used as an aid in game almost anything: toys, outdoor objects, people, animals, etc.

Choose an example that is more familiar and familiar to your child.Line up two and three toys and count them. Then explain to your child the principle of shortening the counting process using multiplication.

Tip: Stimulate independent thinking by asking leading questions. What you come up with without prompting is remembered much better.

Mobile or online games for learning multiplication tables

There are countless different games, aimed at to quickly learn the multiplication tables by playing online. Choose an exciting and colorful game with your child and let him have fun - and then check his progress.

If you are concerned about your child's unsupervised use of the Internet, select game that can be downloaded for free , and use it, to quickly learn the multiplication table.

There are many ways to get a child's attention

Sea battle

This game method is great for consolidating existing knowledge.Write down the “sea battle” fields with numbers on both sides and establish that to attack a sector you need to name the result of multiplying the corresponding numbers.

This simple and exciting game perfectly trains memory and multiplication speed. Of course, to quickly learn the multiplication table in 2nd grade, the game not always needed.

Some children, especially if they are lucky with their school teachers and their general attitude towards learning, will learn with interest the principles of mathematical examples even without games.

In this case, use a systematic step-by-step approach to training:

1. Explain the principle of multiplication by one and ten
2. Master doubling
3. Analyze the principle of the invariance of the result from rearranging factors
4. Learn squares of numbers
5. Consistently move on to studying multiplication by 3, 4, 5, etc.

Even in this approach, you can add a game element by marking already memorized areas with different colors.The final goal of the game will be to clear the field.

Advice: whatever teaching method you choose, be patient with your child and do not scold him if he has difficulties. This may discourage him from studying at all.

Memorizing the multiplication tables is one of the first steps in teaching a child mathematics, one of the most important foundations.

We are confident that you will choose the optimal approach and successfully learn all the intricacies of multiplying numbers.You can find more visual material on the game study of the table in this video:

One of the main problems for parents of primary schoolchildren is to learn the multiplication table. After all, they are assigned to teach it after the first grade. This table itself is boring and difficult for a child to remember. But if you put in a little effort, you can easily cope with this easily and playfully.

First of all, before you start teaching, try to clearly explain to your child what it is and why it needs to be learned. Because when a child encounters this table for the first time, he sees it as an incomprehensible set of numbers.

Take a piece of paper and show your child with an example how multiplication helps shorten the example. What if you use only addition, then you have to write a long example. And if this example is replaced with multiplication, then it turns out much easier and more convenient. Show a few different examples to make it easier for him to understand what it is.

Understanding the need for a table will help your child begin to understand it in a different way. He will no longer consider it just a set of symbols that are so difficult to learn.

Knowing this table will greatly help your child in the future, both during education and in adulthood. Therefore, it is very important to learn it well.

How to clearly explain multiplication to a child

Many children find it much easier to learn the multiplication tables if they have visual examples that they can sort through and add on their own. Because it’s not enough to just know the essence of the table, you need to see and feel it. In order to connect visual examples to the study of the table, you can use pencils, counting sticks, or whatever is convenient for you.

Take two sticks and place them in front of the child. Explain to him that if we want to double the number of sticks, we need to add sticks to them. After this, add more sticks and tell your baby to write down the actions he performs in a notebook.

At the same time, during the learning process, let your child work with chopsticks independently and you will see that after a while he will easily be able to remember the entire table.

Simulator to learn multiplication tables

If you want to master new knowledge with your child, then suitable posters are very helpful. Therefore, you can use such a poster to help your child. If you hang such a poster in a visible place at home, it will be much easier for your child to remember it.

In addition, you can make such a poster yourself and even involve your child in this process to make learning even easier.

Game how to learn the multiplication table

At the moment, a huge number of online games have appeared on the Internet that will help your child quickly and easily master the multiplication tables.

One of these services: http://multoigri.ru/igri-tablica-umnozheniya

By going to it you will see several options for games that a child can play and thereby develop their multiplication skills. And the fact that all this is provided in the form of a game will only help to interest the child.

Multiplication game by two

In order to explain this column to your child, first explain to him that in order to calculate the correct answer, all he needs is the number that we multiply and add together.

2*1=2 for this you can either add 1+1 or explain how 2 is repeated only 1 time
2*2=4 put two sticks in front of the child and ask him to add two more to them.
2*3=6 Ask your child to make three stacks of two sticks each and let him count how many he gets in the end.
2*4=8 Using the same principle, add two more sticks. Ask your child to write examples in a notebook.
2*5=10 show that you can make either two piles with 5 sticks, or two sticks of 5 piles.
2*6=12 Using the same scheme, continue to explain and show the child the rest of the examples. But don’t forget to ask him to immediately write everything down in a notebook.
2*7=14 add 7 more sticks to seven
2*8=16 Place one more stick in each pile.
2*9=18 continue to explain further using the same method.

Multiplication by three game

It is much easier to start studying the table if the child has visual examples in front of him. Take the same counting sticks to start with. Lay them out in front of your child and show him how multiplication works. And then you yourself will notice how easily your child can remember the entire column

Multiplication by four game

It is also better to start studying multiplication by 4 with a clear example in front of you. In addition, ask your child to write down the example itself with the answer in a separate notebook. This way you can turn on several types of memory at once, which will speed up learning.

Multiplication game by five

Multiplying by 5 is much easier for many children than with other numbers. To do this, tell your child that when we multiply this number by an even number, the end result will be 0. And if, on the contrary, we multiply by an odd number, it will be 5. But also do not forget about the visual example. If the child already knows division well by the time he learns the table, then he can learn the table as the second number multiplied by 10 and divided by 2.

Multiplication game by six

From the moment you study column 6, learning the table becomes more and more difficult. However, there is one trick that you can use. Tell your child that he no longer has to memorize the first part, because he can find out the answer by rearranging the previous columns and all he has to do is remember the last four lines. In addition, do not forget about visual examples. You can also independently show your child that if the numbers are swapped, the result will remain the same.

Multiplication game by seven

In this column, the child will also only have to learn the last 3 multiplications, and he has already learned the rest earlier and will only have to rearrange them.

Eight multiplication game

The penultimate column is also very difficult to remember. But the good news here is that if the child has learned all the other columns well, then all that remains for him is to learn only the last two lines.

Multiplication by nine game

There is also one small trick to learning the last column that makes it easier to remember. To do this, you simply need to multiply the second number by 10 and subtract the same number.

9*1=9
9*2=18 or 20-2
9*3=27 or 30-3
9*4=36 or 40-4
9*5=45 or 50-5
9*6=54 or 60-6
9*7=63 or 70-7
9*8=72 or 80-8
9*9=81 or 90-9

Board game multiplication, description

To help a child master such a complex science as mathematics, there are now a huge number of different games, thanks to which the learning process itself is much easier and simpler. After all, it is much easier to even entice a child to start learning if he is interested in it.

In addition to the fact that now there are a lot of different games on store shelves that help in learning, you can easily make such games yourself using just available tools.

with dice

For this game you will need:

1. Blank piece of paper
2. Handle
3. Two dice cut out from a template and glued together.

For this game, print or redraw the diagram of the cube in advance and cut it out and glue it together. You will need 2 of these cubes.

When starting to play, the first player picks up the dice and rolls them. He writes down the drawn numbers on a piece of paper as an example and solves it. After which it is the second player’s turn.

At the end of the game, players exchange slips of paper with each other and whoever has the most correct answers wins.

cards

Cards are simply a universal assistant during the development and learning of a child. Many lessons are based on cards. In addition, you can always make cards yourself.

For this game, cut out cards of different colors. It is important that each column of the multiplication table has its own card color.

Once you have done this, fill out the cards on one side with a problem, write examples without answers. And on the other side of the card write the answers.

To start learning, take only one column with the number 2. At first, let your child pick up the cards and answer on their own. If he answered correctly, he puts the card in one direction, and if not correctly, then in the other. After the cards are over, he picks up the cards that he answered incorrectly and answers them again.

After this, you can play this game together, placing the cards in the middle of the table. Take turns taking cards and answering. If you answered correctly, take the card for yourself. Whoever has the most cards wins.

After studying the first column, add the second and so on in turn.

stick - counting stick

This game is much more interesting to play with a group, or at least together. To make this game, take a regular glass and a lot of ice cream sticks. Write an example without an answer on the end of each stick and insert them into the cup with the examples down. In addition, add several sticks on which, instead of the example, write three exclamation marks.

The essence of the game is that each player takes out one stick and names the answer. If he answered correctly, he takes the wand to himself. At the same time, the one who pulled out the card with exclamation marks must put all his sticks in place. At the end, the player with the most sticks wins.

Multiplication table in verses

There were two pairs of boots standing at the threshold
Twice two makes four - that makes sense!

Three cats are sitting near the house
Three cats went for a walk
Twice three is always six
We can count!

Four good friends
They invited us to go for a walk
Four times two is eight
You should know it!

The hostess brought it
We have two pies
We stuck the forks
Each of them has five
Twice five equals ten
Everyone has known for a long time!

A rooster sits on a branch and crows:
- Twice six, twice six
Twice six is ​​twelve!

Seven pigeons are sitting on the roof
Seven pigeons - on wires
Twice seven is fourteen
It's easy for us to count!

We met once at sea
Two octopuses near the corals
Eight legs and eight legs
That's sixteen!

Two flocks of ducks flew by
We counted nine pieces each
Twice nine counted
Eighteen received!

Three apples on a branch
And we have three branches in total
Three times three equals nine
Let's eat these apples!

Four seasons a year
Three months each
Three times four equals twelve
Twelve months a year

Mom makes breakfast for everyone
Five pancakes for everyone
Dad, me and mom
Five three - only fifteen

The parrot screams from the cage:
- We get eighteen
Three times six we multiply!

Three friends are going to school
Seven years for each of them
Three times seven is twenty one
I took a hot pancake with me

Three times eight twenty four
We get it by adding up the holes in the cheese

Three times nine is easy
Subtract three from thirty
We can easily get twenty seven
And we’ll tell everyone the answer!

Kittens have four paws
Four times four
Just sixteen paws in a row
They're running around in the apartment!

High five my friends shouted at me
Four times five is twenty!

Four times six twenty four
The crows were screaming outside our window!

Autumn unexpectedly came to us
Four times seven is twenty eight!

Baba Yaga fell from the stupa
Four times eight
Broke thirty-two teeth!

Everyone should take this into account
Four times nine equals thirty-six!

The puppies went out for a walk
Five five gets twenty five!

Let's go hiking with the guys
Five six makes thirty
We've walked so many roads!

Broke hens
Lots of eggs for us
Five seven thirty five
Let's go sell eggs!

The centipede decided
Get rid of boots
Five eight forty
It's hard to find so many legs!

Five nine forty five
We all need to know this!

Six six thirty six
It’s so easy for us to calculate it!

There's a rumor going around town
Six seven forty two!
6*8=48

Let's go ask the magpie
Six eight forty eight

Mother baked pies
Let's open our mouth wider
Six nine we get
Fifty four

It's very difficult to explain
Multiplying seven
We'll get forty nine
Not forty-five!

How can we solve the example?
It's hard
We multiply seven by eight
We get fifty six

One day a bear came to us
Eat our berries
Seven nine sixty three
And there are no berries on the bush!

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