Sunday, May 26th 2013

Give students strategies,
and they will learn math facts.

The methods in these books have been tried and proven to work.
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Addition and Subtraction:
Beyond Math Facts

Designed for any age student, this workbook focuses on helping students learn two-, three-, and four-digit addition and subtraction, with and without regrouping.

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Addition and Subtraction: Beyond Math Facts

Five Times Five Is Not Ten:
Make Multiplication Easy

Designed for any age student who still counts to get answers, this workbook focuses on teaching strategies to learn the multiplication facts.

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Five Times Five Is Not Ten: Make Multiplication Easy

Two Plus Two Is Not Five:
Easy Methods to Learn
Addition and Subtraction

Children learn to remember the facts by practicing with easy-to-learn strategies and tricks.

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Two Plus Two Is Not Five: Easy Methods to Learn Addition and Subtraction

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I always welcome feedback on my the math workbooks, and was pleased to receive this one from a teacher in North Dakota. She ordered Five Times Five Is Not Ten and then wrote:

“I have Two Plus Two Is Not Five and I like it! I used it this school year and plan to continue using it during summer school. When planning summer school, I wanted something similar for multiplication and decided to look online to see if you had written a multiplication book. I was delighted that you did!”

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Teach the nines in multiplication with a fun and easy strategy.

* Before asking students to memorize an answer, they need to show understanding of what the fact means.

For example: 4 x 9 means four groups of 9. (Four rows of nine trees = 36 trees or four tables with nine children at each table = 36 children.)

9×4 means nine groups of 4. ( Nine plates with four cupcakes on each plate = 36 cupcakes. or nine tanks with four frogs in each tank = 36 frogs.)

To show students the strategy to remember the answers to nines in multiplication, I ask them to pretend to add with 9.

In order to use this strategy, students must first know the addition facts of 9 plus a number:

3+9, 9+3; 4+9, 9+4,; 5+9, 9+5; 6+9, 9+6; 7+9, 9+7; 8+9, 9+8; 9+9

They also need to know fact families to 9 or be able to tell what number is missing to add up to nine.
2+7, 7+2, 9-2, 9-7, 3+6, 6+3, 9-6, 9-3, 4+5, 5+4, 9-4, 9-5
Examples:    2 + ___=9,    6 + ___= 9      5 + ___ = 9

See a few examples of how Pretend to Add With 9.

 9×8 and 8×9. Pretend to add 9+8. Get the sound seven (from seventeen) 7 plus 2 = 9.  9 x 8 = 72

6×9 and 9×6. Pretend to add 6+9. Get the sound fif (from fifteen) and 5 plus 4 = 9. 6 x 9 = 54

9×7 and 7×9. Pretend to add 9+7. Get the sound six (from sixteen) and 6 plus 3 = 9. 7x 9 = 63

This strategy works for these facts: 9×9, 9×8, 8×9, 7×9, 9×7, 6×9, 9×6, 5×9, 9×5, 4×9, 9×4, 3×9, 9×3

Try this with your student! See if this strategy helps your student improve on timed math fact tests.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Here is one sample page from Five Times Five Is Not Ten: Make Multiplication Easy. Click on it to see it full-size. If you want to see more sample pages from this strategy, email me and I will send them to you.

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Testimonials

I have Two Plus Two Is Not Five and I like it! I used it this school year and plan to continue using it during summer school. When planning summer school, I wanted something similar for multiplication and decided to look online to see if you had written a multiplication book. I was delighted that you did!
Mary
Teacher
North Sargent School, ND
05/08/2013
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