Help Your Child with Multiplication and Division Article Archive

Tips on how to help your child gain multiplication and division skills. Find even more on building math skills at home.

• Help Your Middle Schooler Practice PercentagesHave you ever overtipped a waiter to avoid figuring out a percent problem?
• Turn Boring Road Trips Into Fun Math LessonsAdults use math to plan trips all the time.
• Measuring Items Teaches Ratio, ProportionRatio and proportion tell us how large something is in comparison with something else.
• Counting Heartbeats an Opportunity To Practice EstimationFebruary is American Heart Month. Challenge your child to count her heartbeat and hone her estimation skills.
• Games Can Help Your Child Master Math FactsMany kids make it to middle school and don’t know their basic math facts.
• Build Math Skills With Million Dollar EstimatesMany kids don’t have a sense of big numbers or large amounts of money.
• Budgeting Builds Math SkillsA key middle school math concept is figuring out the mean (or average) of numbers.
• Practice Real-World Percentage ProblemsMany times, teens know how to find the correct answer to a percentage problem, but they make simple mistakes that cause them to get the problem wrong.
• Tips for Learning Math FactsEven the youngest child today knows how to use a calculator. But it's still important to be able to do math problems without one.
• Figuring Averages Helps Teach "Mental Math"We talk a lot about averages—batting averages, average gas mileage, grade point averages.
• A Grid To Learn Multiplication TablesIs your child starting to learn multiplication? Here's a tip to help kids learn...and it's a lot more fun than flash cards.
• Hands-on Activities Help Teach FractionsLearning fractions can be a challenge for some children.
• Recognizing Patterns Reinforces Basic Math FactsTo move to higher math, your child will have to have some basic math facts memorized.
• Flash Cards for Math Fact FamiliesSometimes, math facts come in families. When children are learning that 7 + 5 = 12, it’s just as easy to learn that 5 + 7 also equals 12.
• Memorizing Multiplication Tables Essential for MathEven in these days of computers and calculators, students still need to know how to multiply 7 x 8.