If you have any questions please get in touch.Ībout Komodo - Komodo is a fun and effective way to boost primary maths skills. I'm Ged, Co-founder of Komodo, ex-maths teacher and dad. The times I took to the rock face it was with an instructor and a safety harness! I have a little confession to make here - I was more of a wanna be rock climber than the real thing. Worksheet version fill in the safe ledges first! Here's a useful worksheet versions of the 12x tables rock face: When we do this for the 12 times tables we soon see they're not so difficult after all. When you're faced with a problem in maths it also helps to think like a climber - break the problem down into chunks and see if there are any safe ledges to jump onto and hold on while you figure it out. They say mathematicians make good climbers because they're always looking for the best route through a problem.
10 x 12 = 120 a safe ledge to jump onto.We can also "climb down" from 10 x 12= 120 to 9 x 12 = 108īetween our two safe ledges at 5 x 12=60 and 10 x 12=120 is the scary part:.The last three 12 times tables are also relatively easy to remember once you're at the 120 ledge:
Or use partition - faced with 4 x 12 = split it into 4 x 10 add 4 x 2 so 40+8 = 48.You can use the half and double method: So 3 x 12 becomes 6 x 6 = 36.Also notice the pattern in the ones columns: 1 2 2 4 3 6 4 8 6 0 7 2 8 4 9 6 10 8 12 0 the 0,2,4,6,8,0 pattern repeats through all the 12x tables.
There are a few ways to look at these multiplications: 5 x 12 = 60 this is a safe ledge to jump onto.The 12 times tables has two great safe ledges to climb onto and they're pretty easy to use - let's take a look: The good news is your child has been learning tables for a while now, they're getting the hang of it - and this is probably the last one to climb!Ĭlimbers look for easy ways up a rock face - perhaps a safe ledge to rest on or some great hand and footholds. It's daunting - like looking up a rock face you have to climb.You might already know that 12 x 12 is 144 but wow, this is a huge number and there's a long way to climb to get there. In this article, we take a look at how to learn them in bite sized chunks.įirst of all put yourself into the shoes of a child who is new to the 12x tables. The 12 times tables strike fear in children at first - but there's no need.
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