My Mega Maths
Multiplication and Division
These games are brilliant for multiplication and division:
The New National Curriculum documents relevant to multiplication and division can be found here.
Songs for each times table can be found below.
This is a great link to a method of using your fingers for the 6,7,8 and 9 times table - it's tricky and is a 2 step solution but can work for some children who will never be able to get that quick recall!
Times Tables:
Don't forget the pattern of the units in the times tables will really help you:
4's looking at the units you will notice that there is a pattern - 4, 8, 2, 6, 0 - this is repeated, this means that if you are not quite sure what the next number is in the 4's you can take a guess by just remembering the pattern!
5's the pattern is 5,0
6's the pattern is 6,2,8,4,0
7's -there is no pattern that's why they are so hard to learn
8's the pattern is 8,6,4,2,0
9's the digits always add up to 9 e.g.9, 18 (1+8=9), 27 (2+7=9)
10's always end in 0
Rhymes:
There are also some rhymes that you can remember to help you with the 4 difficult ones!
7x7=49
Wakey, wakey rise and shine seven sevens are 49
8x8=64
I ate and ate and was sick on the floor
eight eights are 64
7x8=56 and 8x7 = 56
write the digits in the correct order e.g. 5678 then add the symbols 56=7x8
Tarsia Games
These are great games made with free software from tarsia, click on the link to access.
