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spida


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As a teacher I did teach that. You can also do 9x with your fingers starting with 1x9. Hold all fingers up then put down left hand thumb - 9 fingers left.
2x9 - put down second finger only = 1 (thumb) and 8 fingers up = 18
3x9 third finger down = 2 up and 7 down = 27 etc



-- Edited by spida on Sunday 1st of September 2013 07:32:49 PM

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Also look at the answer to each and the two digits added always equal 9!



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The first digit of the answer is always one less than what you are multiplying by.  Magic!



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Do they still teach the times table? I learnt it by rote and repeated it like a parrotbiggrin



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Had a talk with my son on this to see what the grandchildren were learning. Times tables was not on the agenda.
They all have phones with a calculator so why should they strain their brain cell to learn times tables, let along english and how to spell.

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I was taught at a very young age that in the 9 times table if the answer don't add up to 9 it is wrong

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gotta love the decimal age. we had to go to 12x9 jeez they get it easy nowadays

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That table is an eye-opener for me too. Like Bryan, I learned the times tables by rote and repeated it parrot fashion. Repetition can be useful though. My first job included adding long columns of numbers and after a month or two, I could whizz through a long column in no time flat.

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We was even tort our gosinders!
I still remember them.

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