Multiply one-digit numbers. Practice until all one-digit multiplication facts have been memorized. There are many tricks that can be used to help along the way. One way to multiply by 4 is to double twice. One way to multiply by 8 is to double three times. In addition to the mental tricks, students will also learn two finger tricks. The first trick will help them multiply 1-10 by 9. The second trick will help them multiply 6-10 by 6-10. A good demo of the first trick can be found here, and a demo of the second is here. A good personal account of teaching multiplication to a struggling student can be found here. Next, have your students play multiplicative bingo, as seen here. In the video, he recommends students pass their game boards after making them, but I think this is a bad idea. If I were playing this game, I would certainly want to hold onto my board, and I assume others would feel similarly. Finally, lead this investigation.
Watch these Khan Academy videos:
Do these Khan Academy exercises:
- Multiply by 2 and 4
- Divide by 3
- Divide by 7
- Basic division
- Find missing divisors and dividends (1-digit division)
- Divide by 1
- Find missing factors (1-digit multiplication)
- Represent multiplication on the number line
- Divide by 10
- Multiply by 6
- Multiply by 8
- Multiply by 3
- Multiply by 4
- Multiply by 0 or 1
- Multiply by 2
- Multiply by 10
- Divide by 2
- Multiply by 7
- Relate repeated addition to multiplication
- Divide by 4
- Divide by 6
- Basic multiplication
- Multiply by 5
- Multiply by 5 and 10
- Divide by 9
- Multiply by 3 and 6
- Divide by 8
- Multiply by 9
- Divide by 5
Conclude by leading this investigation:
Packing Pasta (estimate, measure, volume)
by MathPickle
3.OA.C.7: Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.