Using word problems to employ the two strategies above is a great way to engage students’ minds and really drill in the common core multiplication strategies for 3rd and 4th graders. Word problems are ...

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Another constructive method to help children memorize single digit products is giving them equations where one number, which is represented by a symbol, is to be determined. For example, ” 4 x 3 = *”, ...