[MATHEDCC] Mult. Facts

Beth Hentges (bhentges@uswest.net)
Fri, 05 Mar 1999 20:49:33 -0600

If there's just a few particular facts that a given student is having
trouble with, try using the commutative property. It worked for me. To
this day, I have (almost) no clue as to what 8*6 is, but I know 6*8=48.
Have the student build the needed rectangular array, and then turn it on
its side.

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