Multiplication Fact Power and Shortcuts

We have been learning about multiplication facts.

We , like Mrs. Yollis’ class in California, have studied arrays and now we are looking at ways to remember our times tables.

We have made up some shortcuts in our class. Here are some rules we like.

What are your favorite shortcuts?

What are some ways you remember your times tables?

November 12th, 2010 | Tags: math, math facts | Category: 3 ST News Update

14 comments to Multiplication Fact Power and Shortcuts

• Sarah

  November 12th, 2010 at 7:50 PM

  Dear Mrs. Toa,

  I remember all of those facts so well now ,thanks to fact-power’s side-kick shortcuts! I hope they will be easier for everyone. If they aren’t, I know we have a great teacher to teach them that!

  Iknow that the x11 shortcut is anything x 11 add the same number on.

  From,
  Sarah
  Team Toa

• Arisa

  November 12th, 2010 at 7:51 PM

  Dear Team Toa,
  I like these shortcuts in the little video!
  They helps us in math!!
  The shortcuts help us remember more multiplication facts!
  I really wonder if there are shortcuts for division facts!

  From Arisa
  Team Toa

• stoa

  November 12th, 2010 at 9:18 PM

  Dear Sarah

  If you know all of those times tables then you’ve got less than 50 to learn. Good for you! I wish I had dressed up as Fact-Power for Halloween…Maybe next year!
  The 11 X are fun aren’t they? I may get you to show our class on Monday.

  Mrs Toa

• stoa

  November 12th, 2010 at 9:22 PM

  Dear Amanda

  The Short cuts are great aren’t they? When kids come to third grade they are often nervous about learning multiplication facts but we have already learned more than 50! Wow!

  Maybe with division we just have to work backwards!

  Mrs Toa

• Maliha

  November 14th, 2010 at 6:00 PM

  Dear Team Toa,
  What a wonderful way to remember your multiplication facts! I wonder if you know some other “tricks” to remember your facts!

  Great work!
  Mrs. Iqbal (AKA Pareesa’s Mom)

• stoa

  November 14th, 2010 at 7:52 PM

  Thanks Pareesa’s Mom

  Can you believe that we already know more that half of our multiplication facts just by using our shortcuts? We learned a tricky way to figure out the nine times tables too.

  We will be math whizzes by the end of third grade.

  Do you know any multiplication shortcuts? How did you learn your facts?

  Mrs. Toa

• Claire

  November 16th, 2010 at 6:24 PM

  Dear Team Toa,
  I don’t know all my times tables but I know my 1s,2s,3s,4s,5s,and my 10s. Will we ever have a mutiplication test? The short cuts really helped on my 9s actully but I don’t know it by heart.
  From,
  Claire C
  Team Toa

• Anna

  November 17th, 2010 at 9:09 PM

  Dear Team Toa,
  I really enjoyed your video! A fun way to check your multiplication facts with 9s is to add the numbers in the product and make sure they equal 9. For example, 9X2=18 and 1+8=9, 9X3= 27 and 2+7=9, 9X4=36 and 3+6=9, 9X5=45 and 4+5=9, 9X6=54 and 5+4=9, and so on.
  From,
  Anna’s mom

• Mrs. Webb-Scheers

  November 26th, 2010 at 9:29 AM

  Dear Team Toa,
  We are the students of 4WS and our blog is called “The Classroom Connection”. We found your blog from Mr. Salsich’s classroom blog and we wanted to let your class know that we like your blog. We are also learning about multiplication in our classroom. We have learned a number of rules to help us remember our facts up to and including 9X9. Mrs. Webb-Scheers created a Tips and Tricks sheet that includes all the ones we have learned so far. This way we can use it on the blog or at home to help us learn them by memory. Feel free to take a look and let us know what you think (http://kwebb.edublogs.org). Our favorite tricks are the ones for the 9 facts.
  Hope to hear from you soon,
  Mrs. Webb-Scheers and the student of 4WS

• stoa

  November 26th, 2010 at 8:17 PM

  Dear Mrs. Webb and the classroom connection
  Thank you for your comment. We enjoy looking at other blogs around the world too, although the internet in Shanghai can sometimes be a little slow. We will certainly look at your blog to get some good tips for learning our multiplication facts. We will be soon be working towards a multiplication facts ice cream party!
  We now only have three weeks until our Winter Vacation. We are working hard to fit in all of our wonderful reading and writing and math learning between now and Christmas!
  Thanks for keeping up to date on our blog
  Happy Thanksgiving
  Regards
  Mrs. Toa and Team Toa

• Gregory L

  November 30th, 2010 at 1:49 AM

  Hello Team Toa my name is Gregory from Ms.Braidwood’s class. It must be fun doing shortcuts for multiplication math. What is your favourite times table for math? I really like writing out times table for math.

• stoa

  November 30th, 2010 at 6:30 PM

  Hi Gregory
  Thank you for your comment. Writing out multiplication facts is a great way to remember them.
  We are also trying to share songs or chants which will help us to remember.
  Where is your school? And what year/grade are you in?
  We like making friends around the world!
  Mrs Toa

• Alexander

  December 9th, 2010 at 7:43 AM

  My way for the 9’s is just add a 0 to the number then subtract the orgional number.
  For example, 9X3, Think 10X3=30 30-3=27 So, 9X3=27. 9X9, think 9X10=90 90-9=81.

• stoa

  December 15th, 2010 at 6:26 PM

  Hi Alex
  Your way for the 9’s is really smart. Well done. It’s great to have shortcuts to make your brain faster!
  Mrs. Toa

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