Young students around the world struggle to memorize multiplication tables, but the effort pays off. Cognitive scientists say that learning 6 x 7 and 8 x 9 by heart frees up the brain’s working memory ...

Use multiplication to tell "how many." Multiply by 2 using the grouping of objects. Explore multiplication to help us tell "how many." Multiply by 2 using the grouping of objects and arrays. Connect ...

Multiplication Tables: Learning multiplication tables is essential for excelling in mathematics. Students must commit these tables to memory to perform well in math-related tasks. While memorizing ...

Multiplication tables are a fundamental building block of mathematics, essential for everything from quick mental calculations to understanding more complex concepts later on. However, for many ...

Many parents experience frustrations when trying to help their children learn the multiplication tables. It can be very challenging, especially if a child has the type of brain that does not retain ...

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

Anita Ponsaing receives funding from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS). Most people will probably remember the times tables from primary school quizzes.

What's seven times nine? Quick, you've got six seconds to answer. This June, over 600,000 children in England in year four, aged eight and nine, will be expected to answer questions like this. They ...