Teaching Math Made Easy

The One Multiplication Fact You're Accidentally Teaching Twice

September 22, 2026·9 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

A student solves 3 x 4 without hesitation. Hand them 4 x 3 a minute later, and they treat it like a brand-new fact they've never seen. Rather than treating every multiplication fact as its own separate thing to memorize, what if your students already know more facts than they think they do? This episode walks through a simple way to build that connection using a hands-on model students can see and touch. In this episode, you'll explore: Why defining a property and actually using it as a strat...

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