Simple tricks to teach your child tables

 

Simple tricks to teach your child tables

   Vinod Malik

Teaching tables to kids is always a big task. But there are quite a few methods to get the job done while also making it an interesting practice. After all, this is one of the primary modes of calculation that will be required all through their lives.

So, here are three super easy tricks to teach your child tables –

1. The easy way

Tables become easiest to understand and learn when we can teach kids the patterns in them. Start with smaller and easier numbers first to build your child’s confidence and then work your way up to the complex numbers. Some of these patterns are:

  1. If a number ends in 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and is even, then it is a multiple of 2. 
  2. The numbers in the 3x table have the sum of their digits coming to 3, then 6, then 9. 

Eg. 12: 1+2 = 3 or 15: 1+5 = 6 or 18: 1+8 = 9

  1. The 5x table has numbers ending in 5 and 0 alternatively while the first digit increases every two numbers. 
  2. the 10x table is just the 10’s in order (10, 20, 30, 40)

The 10’s tables are the easiest to learn. To multiply any number by 10, you just need to add a zero at the end. This works for any number.

1 x 10 = 10

5 x 10 = 50

15 x 10 = 150 

23 x 10 = 230

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2. Teach them the Tricks

It’s always a better option to teach your child how to have fun with maths. It becomes much, much easier for them to remember their tables. A few of the simpler tricks here would be – 

2 times table:

The trick here is that two times a number simply means to add the number to itself. 

  1. 6 x 2 = 12 and 6 + 6 = 12. 
  2. 8 x 2 = 16 and 8 + 8 = 16. 
  3. 2 x 9 = 18 and 9 + 9 = 18. 

9 times table

The 9’s table can be taught easily using the 9x table trick. Make use of your palms to teach your children this table. 

  1. Hold out both your hands in front of you. 
  2. To find 4 x 9, count in 4 fingers from left and put down that finger. 
  3. Count the number of fingers before the one that has been held down, in this case = 3. This will be the first digit in your answer.
  4. Now, count the fingers after the one that is pulled down = 6, the second digit of your answer. 
  5. The answer to 4 x 9 = 3 and 6 = 36. 

3. Drill and Reward them

Last but not least, get your child familiar with Temsheets, fun-learning worksheets for kids which are intricately created and curated by experts to have fun with maths.

They’re a great option to keep them engaged with well constructed content. Temsheets’ worksheet for class 1 Maths is a great way to get started.

Let tables become a part of your kid’s life and with every correct answer reward them and help build their curiosity and attentiveness for learning and remembering. 

Enjoy teaching!


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