Step 3 · Develop strategies
Learn one strategy at a time
Click on a tile to explore.
Each page teaches one way to rebuild a fact. You can stop after any page, repeat it, or come back later. You do not have to do all of these in one sitting.
3A
Turn it around
The answer stays the same when you swap the factors.
3B
Double
Use the 2s and 3s to build the 4s and 6s.
3C
Double again
Optional extension: use 4s and 6s to reach 8s and 12s.
3D
Start from 5
Build 6s, 7s and 8s from five groups plus a little more.
3E
Start from 10
Build 7s, 8s and 9s by starting from 10 groups.
3F
The 9s
Use the 9s patterns, 10 − 1 and the finger method.
3G
11s and 12s
Use patterns and decomposition to build the last tables.
3H
Different routes
See several ways to rebuild the same fact.
3I
Method Trainer
Mix the strategies and practise choosing a route.
Slow progress is expected.
Repeat a strategy until it starts to feel familiar. Moving on is not the only kind of progress.
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