https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:36:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119599 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:05:14 +0000 Maysprout 119599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pretty much know them but I still use my fingers a lot, especially for the 9's. I use math a lot so it's probably kind of bad when people see me using my fingers. It's almost more habit than anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119552 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:25:04 +0000 eeh 119552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@His Barista: 9's are easy. Make 2 columns. On the left side number in ascending order from 0-9. On the right side number in descending order from 9-0. Your first row should have 0 on the left and 9 on the right. That's 9x1. Go to the second row, 9x2 is 18 so you should have a 1 on the left and an 8 on the right. Also, when multiplying by 9's your answer should always add up to 9. If it doesn't, it's wrong. Example: 9x3= 27..2+7=9. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119384 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:59:18 +0000 BoogieBea 119384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only know up to 12 as well. That was the one thing I remember my mom teaching me. She taught it in chinese and I had to recite it to her every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119381 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:58:15 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 119381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I know them up through 12 (memorized). I could do the higher numbers, it would just take me a sec to do the math in my head! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119380 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:58:01 +0000 Mrs. Pen 119380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really.. my parents were good about teaching them to us, but I didn't care about learning them. I know most of them, but for the most part I mentally do the math in my head. I don't have them memorized. But I don't think it's a bad thing that they're not memorized because I CAN do the actual math and that's the important thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119371 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:53:17 +0000 Crisark 119371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know them up through 12. </p> <p>My 2nd grader is currently doing multiplication and kicking it's A$$ and I'm super proud lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119353 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:42:44 +0000 mrbee 119353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennimac: I 100% put it on parents! It's so easy to teach your kids their tables. My mom made flashcards and we learned our tables before they were taught in school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119343 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:38:46 +0000 Navy_Mommy 119343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know up to 12, we were never required to learn beyond that off the top of our heads. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119298 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:09:05 +0000 singingbee 119298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's ridiculous how many kids don't know their times tables now. It's just not 'pushed' in school in the way that it was when we were younger. Kids complain, parents complain. It's frustrating. I grew up in a house that made me recite them before we ate dinner. THey weren't cruel with it, but we know our times tables up to 12 easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119269 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:50:13 +0000 His Barista 119269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know the easy ones (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11) off the top of my head. 6 and 12 I know the first few now because of inventory counts at work. 7, 8 and 9 still baffle me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119245 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:39:00 +0000 joyjoy 119245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know them up to 12, but I'm not fast at it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119229 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:27:23 +0000 BSB 119229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I know them up to the 12s. I learned them when I was in 3rd grade, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119225 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:25:35 +0000 cyndistar3 119225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am terrible at multiplication because I skipped the 3rd grade when it was being taught and went into the 4th where I was expected to just know it and I caught really fast and I can do them but I am super slow and only know up to 12. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119213 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:19:53 +0000 chopsuey 119213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I'm a math whiz! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119208 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:18:24 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 119208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still remember them. I loved doing multiplication tables. We had multiplication bees like spelling bees in my school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119169 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:44:39 +0000 lilteacherbee 119169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, even though I teach preschool/kindergarten, I'm licensed K-6. I took a few "Math for Elementary Teachers" classes in college. I even re-learned how to do long division. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119165 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:42:24 +0000 heffalump 119165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only know up to 10. Hopefully lo will be smarter than me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119102 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:58:55 +0000 eeh 119102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still know them but I think that's largely because I'm a teacher. Our state tests multiplication pretty hard in 4th grade so multiplication is taught starting in 3rd. It's different than when I was a kid though because we just straight up had to learn them and we took timed tests every Friday. If you didn't get a certain percent on the test you had to miss recess and practice until you could get the needed score. Now, the trend is to teach them "tricks" to learn them or tools to use to find the answer and we don't focus so much on making sure they actually memorize them. It's not a method I'm particularly fond of because I think some things just need to be memorized.</p> <p>That being said, there are some pretty cool tricks for remembering them. Especially the 9's.</p> <p>ETA: We only teach "tricks" up to 12's. After that we teach them to solve it with paper/pencil or a chart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119077 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:43:12 +0000 sulli301 119077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I know them for the most part &amp; we learned them in early elementary school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119073 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:42:30 +0000 Pipers Mommy 119073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Through 12, I remember the 6s and 7s being really tricky for me. Basic math it should be taught and kids should be expected to know it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119066 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:36:24 +0000 MsLipGloss 119066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know them up to 12, but the only reason I do is because my dad taught them to my brother and I. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119041 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:24:15 +0000 Sweet T 119041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know them up to 12 too.</p> <p>It blows my mind to see how many kids don't know them. My brother is a Junior in High School and he has to think about it far to long for a lot of them. His friends are the same way. It drives me crazy! It's basic math! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-119012 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:12:26 +0000 volksgirl64 119012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with everyone else, up to 12. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-118971 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:50:26 +0000 Andrea 118971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know them up until 12. I think there is a basic foundation that everyone should learn. It is silly to use a calculator for everything. Even a piece of paper and pen would be better. Use your brain power. Use it or lose it. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-118969 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:49:54 +0000 yoursilverlining 118969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, not anymore and it hasn't been a problem yet ;-)<br /> I am already dreading helping LO with her math homework though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-118965 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:47:20 +0000 mrbee 118965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: I believe that the hard working and drilling of rote memorization is the real lesson of the multiplication tables. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-118964 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:47:19 +0000 Alivoo01 118964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with @Rubies:. However, I feel like more and more kids now days rely on the calculator for everything. Even for simple math (addition or subtraction). Sad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-118962 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:44:13 +0000 mrsjyw 118962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! :) And I recently was put to the test when I was tutoring my cousin who's in 4th grade! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-118958 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:40:10 +0000 Rubies 118958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know up to my 12s...Anything after that, I have to do mental math. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-your-multiplication-tables#post-118954 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:38:27 +0000 MamaMoose 118954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know them but only up to 11. Starting with kids about my age (I'm 27) there has been a lot less focus in schools on memorizing things like multiplication tables. I had a lot of teachers especially in high school who felt like it wasn't a good use of time to memorize things like that when you have a calculator at your use at all times. There is much more of a focus on learning about critical thinking. </p>