Why is multiplication so difficult for my child?

Why do many children find multiplication challenging? Our Director of Education for our Miami students, Jenny Colletti, shares insight on this topic:

Jenny explains: “We learn to add before we learn to multiply. Why? Well because multiplication is repeated addition. When we multiply, we add equal groups. A lot of kids don’t understand that. One of my favorite questions to ask is what is 12 x 12. 144. Ok, great. Now, I ask what’s 12 x 13. There is a logical and efficient way to get to that answer by using your knowledge of 12 x 12. You could just add another group of 12. 144 + 12 = 156. We didn’t get there with memorization, but rather we had the tools of understanding what multiplication is.”

Our Multiplication Fact Fluency Program: Our Miami math experts teach your child scalable strategies that include and surpass the standard times tables. 

Key concepts include:

• count-bys, 
• repeated addition, 
• commutativity, 
• launching points, and
• word problems.

At Mathnasium of Dadeland we help your child master multiplication and Self-schedule an assessment for your child today either in our Dadeland center - OR - on our video-conference platform. You can also fill out this quick form and we’ll call you as soon as possible!

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