Welcome TexasBrat! Inside for a fun way to remember the 9-times table. My dad taught me this when I was a kid, but it was also in a movie called "Stand and Deliver" (a great math/teacher movie btw) Whenever I was totally bummed out about calculus, I used to watch this` -- ABCra XYZee

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Date Posted: 16:58:31 08/26/05 Fri
Author: Canrane -- I hope I get this right or they'll change their mind about letting me graduate with a math degree ;)
Subject: Welcome TexasBrat! Inside for a fun way to remember the 9-times table. My dad taught me this when I was a kid, but it was also in a movie called "Stand and Deliver" (a great math/teacher movie btw) Whenever I was totally bummed out about calculus, I used to watch this`
In reply to: Texasbrat been lurking, & found something to comment on. Have a great weekend everyone. 's message, "Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiipeeeeeeeeeee!!!! School has started, school has started!!! Two of my three heathens...........................................................er,ah, cherubs, yeah, that's it, my cherubs are back in school. What wonderfully quiet days, and peaceful shopping trips. School -- one of the great joys of motherhood. Now, I'm off to "re-learn" the multiplication tables." on 13:57:37 08/19/05 Fri

Okay, so you hold your hands out in front of you with your fingers extended. To figure out, say, 9 x 3 what you do is, starting from the left, count three fingers to the right and fold down the 3rd finger. The remaining fingers to the left of the folded down finger are the 10's digits and the ones to the right of the folded finger are the one's digits. (If there are no more fingers to the right/left of the folded finger...we have zero in the 10's/1's place)

In our example of 9 x 3, we have 2 fingers on the left of the folded finger and 7 fingers on the right. So 3 x 9 = 27.

You can do that with any number under 10. Cool, huh?

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Oh my gosh! This is GREAT! I'm teaching this to my son today! Thanks! -- Luoodles, 08:57:39 09/14/05 Wed [1]

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