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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 ...
The Conversation

Why all children must learn their times tables — and fun ways to teach them

Lynda Colgan receives funding from The Ministry of Education for the Province of Ontario and The Mathematics Knowledge Network (KNAER). Queen's University, Ontario provides funding as a founding ...
The Conversation

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

Camilla Gilmore receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Lucy Cragg receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Natasha Guy does not work for, consult, own ...