Posts Tagged ‘multiplication’

In the age of the calculator, should times tables be taught anymore? An article recently published by Ian Stewart, (Emeritus Professor of the Mathematics at the University of Warwick) explores ideas relating to this question.
Stewart promotes the idea that we all need to have a solid grasp on the fundamental or basic aspects of maths, [...]

There is an interesting article on about.com (mathematics) related to learning times tables.
This is the information age and the maths curriculum is much larger than it was before
Clearly, if a child does not know the tables this could have detrimental consequences on their chances of school success.
The article therefore outlines a range of methods [...]

Journalist and best selling author Malcolm Gladwell has a lesson that will help your children progress better in maths and times tables.
Gladwell has written several books including ‘Outliers’ which focuses on what makes people a success. This review will concentrate on what we can take from Malcolm Gladwell to enable us to understand what [...]

The thing that is not so well known is that many people have a fear of maths.
Being anxious over maths subjects can badly affect the ability to remember and clearly being less confident of their ability to do maths.Lack of confidence can result in lower performance in school whereas greater confidence does the opposite [...]

The Times Tables Tutor has launched an updated website used by children aged between 5-11 to learn multiplication times tables. This includes better navigation, and superior graphics with step by step instructions, resulting in better results and more enjoyable to use.
The rote method of learning the times table is by no way exciting or encouraging [...]

Complex and simple everyday applications use multiplication to complete specific tasks.A simpler concept of multiplication can be demonstrated with a trip to the grocery store.
For example, if two oranges for each day of the week were on the shopper’s list, a quick bit of factoring would resolve the question of how many oranges to buy; [...]