A few memorisation strategies …which might work for you!

Please suggest others in the ‘Comment’ box at the end of the blog post.

Learning times tables• write a times table out over and over again

(concentrating on it, not writing it mechanically);

• use ‘look-cover-test-check’ (Look carefully at a particular times table, then cover it, try to write it out then check if correct);

• look at the times table and then close your eyes and try to see it in your head (photographic memory);

• look for patterns in times tables – see the patterns in the 9 x table (see next slide).

9 times table – looking for patterns!1 x 9 = 92 x 9 = 183 x 9 = 274 x 9 = 365 x 9 = 45 *

Up to 10 x 9, all the answers always add up to 9* See how the numbers in the answer invert

6 x 9 = 54 *7 x 9 = 638 x 9 = 729 x 9 = 8110 x 9 = 9011 x 9 = 9912 x 9 = 108

• put ‘post-its’ with the mathematical questions on them, (with answer on back so you can check) all round the house – on fridge, on doors, on

drawers. You can’t open the door etc until you have answered the question on the ‘post it’;

• make a sound file of a times table and questions and listen to it on a journey. Answer them in your head;

• try to put a times table to a well-known tune or rhythm;

• get a friend/ colleague/ parent to test you

• prepare a quiz or questions as if you were going to teach the work to a friend or colleague. (You don’t actually have to administer the test – just thinking it through is a learning experience!)

Multiplication tricks:

Multiplication tricks:

•http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/tricks.html •http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/how-learn-your-times-tables-top-tips-and-tricks

Good luck!

These strategies (and others) can be used for other topics!