Multiplication Patterns in the Hundreds Table

Multiplication is accomplished by “skip counting” or, as we say, counting by two or three, etc.  In this hundreds chart, which is ordered like the Cartesian coordinate system, left to right, BOTTOM to TOP, you can observe the patterns produced by “skip counting” for the numbers 1 through 10. Click the X•Y Chart below to […]

2018 The intersection of math and the humanities.

It’s about time, but the insight arrived. The visual integration of feelings and math can be achieved by displaying a How Are You Feeling Today? poster next to an X•Y Chart on the classroom or bedroom wall. The unspoken message is that critical thinking and feeling complement one another, in fact, neither proceeds well without […]

Just 21. Our children can do it.

Learning the multiplication table by heart is essential. No matter what fashion of math education the schools are following, we parents ought to make sure that our children learn the 100 multiplication facts by heart. This is very likely best achieved at home. It’s not that difficult. When you consider certain patterns and the easier […]