Teach Your Children Tables E-Book

Bill Handley

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 176

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

Great math skills are a head start to lasting successTeach Your Children Tables is the ultimate guide toimproving your child's mathematical abilities. Written by arenowned education expert, this book provides a proven approach toteaching that will help you enable your child to mastermultiplication tables in less than half an hour, and solve problemslike 96 x 97 faster than they could tap it into a calculator! Thisupdated third edition includes new chapters on factors and playingwith square numbers, plus tips for learning tables up to fifteenand beyond.Children will learn that numbers can be fun while they improvetheir thinking skills, boost their confidence and self esteem,learn problem solving strategies, and set themselves up for lastingeducational success.People who excel at maths are not necessarily more intelligent,they just use better strategies than the rest of us. This bookgives you the perspective and the strategies you need to improveyour child's understanding of maths, and introduce them totechniques that will have them performing like geniuses! Imaginehelping your child:* Perform lightning-quick calculations* Discover easy methods of multiplication* Learn the basic principles of mathematics* Have fun playing with numbersExcellent maths skills present a serious advantage, throughoutschool and beyond. Children who are good at maths get bettergrades, higher test scores, and are accepted into better schools.Maths-minded adults are more in demand professionally, in fieldsthat pay better and provide more room for upward mobility. If youcould give your child this kind of gift, why wouldn't you? Now youcan--Teach Your Children Tables shows you how, andmakes it feel like fun.

Leseprobe

Teach Your Children Tables

Third Edition

BILL HANDLEY

First published in 2015 by Wrightbooks an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 42 McDougall St, Milton Qld 4064

Office also in Melbourne

© Learning Unlimited Australia Pty Ltd 2015

The moral rights of the author have been asserted

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Author:

Handley, Bill

Title:

Teach Your Children Tables / Bill Handley

Edition:

3rd Edition

ISBN:

9780730319634 (pbk.) 9780730319641 (ebook)

Subjects:

Multiplication—tables — study and teaching (primary) Arithmetic—study and teaching (primary) Numeracy—study and teaching (primary) Mathematics—study and teaching (primary)

Dewey Number:

372.72

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Disclaimer

The material in this publication is of the nature of general comment only, and does not represent professional advice. It is not intended to provide specific guidance for particular circumstances and it should not be relied on as the basis for any decision to take action or not take action on any matter which it covers. Readers should obtain professional advice where appropriate, before making any such decision. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the author and publisher disclaim all responsibility and liability to any person, arising directly or indirectly from any person taking or not taking action based on the information in this publication.

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Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Speed and accuracy

Believe in yourself

Make learning fun

How to use this book

Part I: Learning the method

Chapter 1: Teach your child tables

We use maths every day

Working with your child

Chapter 2: Multiplication — getting started

Multiplying numbers up to 10

Multiplying numbers greater than 10

Racing the calculator

Chapter 3: Using a reference number

Using 10 as a reference number

Using 100 as a reference number

Why do we need to use a reference number?

Multiplying numbers in the teens

Solving problems in your head

Chapter 4: Multiplying numbers above and below the reference number

A short cut for subtraction

Multiplying numbers in the circles

Multiplying lower numbers

Chapter 5: Checking your answers

How do I check my work?

Chapter 6: Multiplication — more about the methods

Multiplication by factors

Multiplying numbers below 20

Multiplying lower numbers

Multiplying by 5

Chapter 7: A fun mathematical short cut — multiplying by 11

Multiplication by 11

Chapter 8: Factors

What are factors?

Multiplying by multiples of 10

Maths problem in a novel

Know your tables

Chapter 9: Multiplying using two reference numbers

Using two reference numbers

Multiplying with fractions

Why does this method work?

Chapter 10: Using two reference numbers with factors

Using the method with prime numbers

Chapter 11: Learning beyond the tables

Learn the 13, 14 and 15 times tables and more