How to make the 9x table super easy!

This is one of my favourite maths hacks, and when you see how it’s done, you might kick yourself for not noticing it sooner.

I love this hack because it’s a super quick way to build a child’s confidence and teach them the entire nine times table.

Ask your child to write the numbers 0 to 9 all the way down the page.

Then ask them to write the numbers 9 to 0 going down the page right next to them.

Now is the perfect time to point out that they did, in fact, know their nine times table all along, and it is in the correct order.

From here, you can start to introduce questions about the nine times table, and encourage your child to see if they can have a go at answering them with their new “hack”.

If they get really stuck, ask them to write out the two columns of numbers again. This gives them a good anchor in which they can go back to. Kind of like a safe spot before they go out and explore the math mountains again.

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