Here you will see students as young as 4 and 5 years old doing algebra and "advanced" math, without ever knowing it's supposed to be hard.
You are invited to learn how to use this method...



Showing posts with label Math Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Math Tricks. Show all posts

Friday, July 15, 2011

Playing With Nines Again


Nines seem to pose a bit of a problem for a lot of students but actually it's one of the easiest times tables because there are so many "tricks" you can use to count and multiply by nines.



Here is another video showing yet another way to do it...there are more ways. Here is counting by nines with younger students.

There is a way to use your fingers too. I have to make a short vid on that one too...meantime here is a short post on a simple way to count rapidly by nines.



Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Cross Multiplication

Introduction:




Building on that short foundation:


Remember, I am condensing hours and hours into less than 20 minutes. If you miss something or you don't "get it" watch them a couple times...

Two vids on Cross Multiplication. More explanation with words and maybe some pictures coming your way soon. Meantime go to Crewton Ramones's House of Math for more.

Also if you think this is cool, wait till you see the vids I make on algebra: problems like (x+1)(x+2) = x2+2x+2, I use exactly the same blocks.

More beginner multiplication at CRHOM.