learning times tables

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Has anyone got any tips on helping dcs in year 1 to memorise their times tables, or is it just a case of lots of practice. 2s, 5s, 10s and 11s all fine but others need a lot of thinking about.

Another tip for the nine times table:
spread out both hands so ten fingers pointing out
for 9 multiplied by 3 (9 times 3) bend over the third finger from the left
you are left with two fingers to the left still showing, these are your tens so "twenty"
you then have seven fingers to the right still visible, these are your units so "seven"
answer 27
try it- it is easy to do than explain
this method works for up to 10 times 9

this might help: to multiply by 5 you multiply by 10 and halve your answer

you can make up rhymes to help with the hardest ones (6X7, 6X8 and 7X8 are the trickiest in my opinion)

I am a senior school teacher and a few of my Y7 students still struggle with times tables.

Oops, cross post with snorkie as I took so long typing.

don't forget at the great patterns for multiplying by a two digit number by 11

eg 25 X 11 is 275 (the sum of 2 and 5 ie 7 is inserted between the digits)

works as long as the digits add up to 9 or less

Percy Parker is by no means boring - they are fun and catchy songs.

Also CDs can be useful in the car when you have a captive audience!

We use audio CDs every bedtime, and wouldn't do a straight "learning" one then as it is supposed to be pleasurable. Usually it is stories. But my children often request Percy Parker as it is so nice.

I agree my class sing the songs in the playground so they must find them fun
itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sing-your-times-tables-with/id201640562

I stand corrected, all the ones that I came across were just like chanting for hours on end - haven't seen the Percy Parker ones

If you look at the itunes link you can hear snippits

In the story that goes with Percy Parker he is an 84 year old retired teacher with his own band

3X table

AT THE ZOO
(3 times table BONUS TRACK)

There were 3 hens at the zoo, sitting on their eggs
6 centipedes at the zoo, counting all their legs
There were 9 giraffes at the zoo, taller than the trees
12 elephants at the zoo, with gigantic knees?

1 3 is 3
2 3s are 6
3 3s are 9 and monkeys like to do tricks (?WEEEE!?)
4 3s are 12
5 3s, 15
6 3s are 18 and grass snakes are green (?UGH!?)

7 3s, 21
8 3s, 24
9 3s are 27 (I?ll show you some more) (?YEAH!?)
10 3s are 30
11 3s 33
12 3s are 36 (so come to the zoo with Percy)

There were 15 bears at the zoo, big and proud and strong
18 snakes at the zoo, hissy, mean and long
There were 21 ducks at the zoo, walking in three rows
24 monkeys at the zoo, picking their noses? (?UGH!?)

CHORUS

There were 27 zebras at the zoo, all covered in stripes
30 gorillas at the zoo, always starting fights
33 parrots at the zoo, making lots of noise
There were 36 girls at the zoo, chasing all the boys? (?HA HA HA?)

CHORUS ? FILL IN THE ANSWERS!

NEW ADVENTURES
(7 times table BONUS TRACK)

The ballad of Mr Percy Parker

1 When I was 7, I wrote my first song
2 When I was 14, my hair was way too long
3 When I was 21, I joined my first band
4 When I was 28, we were the worst band in the land

The ballad of Mr Percy Parker

5 When I was 35, my wife ran away
6 When I was 42, I'd convinced her to stay
7 When I was 49, my hair was getting loose
8 When I was 56, I was as bald as a goose

1 7, seven
2 7s are fourteen
3 7s, twenty one and
4 7s, twenty eight (you?ll see?)

5 7s, thirty five and
6 7s, forty two
7 7s, forty nine
And now it?s back to you

The ballad of Mr Percy Parker

9 When I was 63, I was drawing my pension
10 When I was 70, I had too many chins to mention
11 When I was 77, I kept losing my dentures
12 Now I'm 84, I?m looking out for new adventures

1 7, seven
2 7s are fourteen
3 7s, twenty one and
4 7s, twenty eight (you?ll see?)

5 7s, thirty five and
6 7s, forty two
7 7s, forty nine
8 7s, fifty six

9 7s, sixty three and
10 7s, seventy
11, seventy seven
12? (DON?T ASK ME!)

The Ballad of Mr Percy Parker

7,14,21,28,35,42,49,56,63,70,77,84 is Percy's life (repeat and fade)