Tag Archives: multiples

Using the Hundreds Chart to Teach Beginning Multiplication

Here’s a different way to start students off on multiplication – they get to use coloring, skip counting and patterns! Continue Reading →

Multiplication Facts – Sevens

There’s a funny little pattern in the times tables for sevens. Check it out! Continue Reading →

Wrapping Paper – Doing the Math this Season

Is there really math everywhere? Yes indeed – even in wrapping paper! Continue Reading →

LCM and GCF – And Something Really Cool

In a previous post, we learned that you don’t have to use a LCM (least common multiple) to find a common denominator to add fractions. In another post, we learned that you can use primes instead of the GCF (greatest common factor) to reduce fractions. And now I’m going to demonstrate that finding the LCM… Continue Reading →