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Nine-year-olds in England sit timed multiplication test—but using times tables is about more than quick recall

What's seven times nine? Quick, you've got six seconds to answer. This June, over 600,000 children in England in year four, aged eight and nine, will be expected to answer questions like this. They ...
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I learned this Chinese math trick as a kid and still use it

In this video I share the Chinese multiplication chants I learned when I was eight years old and can still recite perfectly in my thirties. I walk through examples like 2×2, 7×7, and 8×9 to show how ...
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Nine-year-olds in England sit timed multiplication test – but using times tables is about more than quick recall

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What’s seven times nine? Quick, you’ve got six seconds to answer. This June, over 600,000 children in England in year four, aged ...