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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Qalliope</strong> <a href="/community/t/1393107/multiplication-tables-how-to-teach#post_17510076"><img alt="View Post" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br>
<p>I don't know where I found this information, but each number has a pattern that it follows when you multiply it by 1-9 in sequence. DS didn't memorize the table at all. He just memorized the patterns. So for 3, 7, and 9, the visual is a number keypad on a phone. </p>
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<p>1 2 3</p>
<p>4 5 6</p>
<p>7 8 9</p>
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<p>For 7's you work bottom to top, left to right. The tens place is 0,1,2; 2,3,4; 4,5,6. So for 7 x 6, you visualize the number pad, see that the 6th number is at the top, middle. It's a 2, answer 42. It sounds complicated, but he caught on way faster than just trying to memorize.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-size:8px;">2</span>1 <span style="font-size:8px;">4</span>2 <span style="font-size:8px;">6</span>3</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:8px;">1</span></span>4 <span style="font-size:8px;">3</span>5 <span style="font-size:8px;">5</span>6 </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-size:8px;">0</span>7 <span style="font-size:8px;">2</span>8 <span style="font-size:8px;">4</span>9</span></p>
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<p>For 3s, you work the opposite direction, top to bottom, right to left, and the tens place only changes every column.</p>
<p>For 9s you work bottom to top, right to left, and the tens place changes for each number, but you start with zero, so 9 x 9 is 8 in the tens place, 1 in the ones place, 81.</p>
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<p>4s, 6s and 8s use a pentagon/star configuration. Draw a pentagon with the even digits at each point, starting with 0 at the top and counting up in a clockwise direction. For 8s, you work counter-clockwise, adding one to the tens place except when going from 0 to 8. For 6's you draw a five pointed star inside the pentagon. Down to 6, up to 2, across to 8. You get the idea. My kids love drawing these patterns, and there's a fascination with how the numbers fit together, so they build a visual cue in their minds and actually enjoy the repetition.</p>
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<p>I'm such a visual person. Trying to figure this out has made me <img alt=":dizzy" src="http://files.mothering.com/images/smilies/dizzy.gif" style="">. But, thanks for sharing! One of my children might get this. <img alt=":lol" src="http://files.mothering.com/images/smilies/lol.gif" style=""></p>
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<p>Sus</p>