Helping your child in Year 3 or Year 4 (Classes 1 to 6 - ages 7 to 9) “five fours (four fives) are twenty – 5x4 and 4x5 = 20 – seven fours are 8 more, that is 28” “two sevens are 14, so four sevens will be twice 14” When they know the 2 times, 5 times, 10 times and 3 times tables, they can quickly reach the others and learn them: Use them to reach others – for instance eight sixes will be six sixes and two more sixes: 8圆 will be 6圆 and 2圆: 36 +12 is 48, or eight sevens will be seven more than 49 children usually find facts like six sixes (6圆)= 36, seven sevens (7x7) = 49 are easily learnt by their sound.you can always say it the other way round – three eights are 24, so are eight three 3x8 = 8x3.Help them to use the table facts they remember easily to get to those which are harder: Help your child to learn to use the patterns in the tables.
