Multiplication Combinations

One of our big fourth grade goals is learning all of our multiplication combinations up to 12 x12 so well that we know them in a snap.

There are lots of different ways you can study your facts so you can memorize them.

• Play Multiplication War with a friend. Deal out half of a deck of face cards (1 through 10 or 1 through 12) to each player. Both players put down two cards (the factors). Multiply the two cards together to get your product. The player with the higher product captures both cards! The winner is the player who captures all the cards!
• Play Dice War with a friend. Each player gets two dice. At the same time, roll your two dice. Multiply the two numbers on your dice together. The player with the higher product gets a point. The first player to 20 points wins! To switch up the game, have the player with the lower product win!
• Play games online to learn your multiplication combinations. Here's one game online from the BBC. You can choose the multiplication combinations you want to be quizzed on.  
• Have someone quiz you with flash cards! Set a timer each time you are quizzed. See if you can beat your time each time you are quizzed!
• Figure out which facts are the trickiest for you to learn. Place the facts on doors around your house. Before you enter the door, say the fact and the product out loud! You have to get the product correct to enter the room!

How do you study your facts? Leave your ideas here!