- Hey guys, welcome to this video. My name's
Ron White. I'm a two-time USA memory champion. In this video, if you are a parent and you're
trying to teach your children how to memorize the multiplication tables, I'm gonna walk you through
exactly how I do this when I'm trying to teach someone their multiplication tables. By
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about my Black Belt Memory Course. Now let's talk about how to memorize multiplication tables.
If you're working with your child or a student on how to memorize this, it can be daunting.
They look at that and they see a 10 by 10 grid. They're like, "Oh, there's a hundred, "10 by 10
that's a hundred different possibilities there, "I gotta memorize them. "How am I ever
gonna do this?" Well, when we break this down, it's really not as daunting as it seems,
let's take the first one for example. The ones, you don't really have to memorize those, do
you? Because one times any number is the number, one times eight is eight. One times nine is nine.
So, we can kind of cross those off our list. And boom, now we're down to a nine by nine grid
here. Now, how do we learn the twos? Now the twos are just a multiplication problem. Two times two
is two plus two. If I'm working with a student, I would say what's two times three? And I would
have them understand that two times three is the same as three plus three, two times four is the
same as four plus four, two times five is the same as five plus five. And have them say that and have
them understand that. Really you want a student to understand the numbers. You're not wanting them to
memorize it, have them understand that two times six is six plus six, two times seven is seven
plus seven. This is something about the twos. Then after they do that have them count by twos. After
they really understand that two times four is four plus four and you've got them understanding that,
then have them count by twos, two, four, six, eight, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 20 when they can count
by twos and understand that two times five is five plus five. The twos are so easy to learn. So,
the ones and the twos are so easy to learn. So, now we can cross off all of those, now, right
there we are down to a smaller square that we're trying to memorize. Now, we're onto the threes.
How would I teach a child to memorize the threes? I use the plus three strategy. So, three plus
three is six. And then I would say to the child, plus three and they would say nine. Then I
would say plus three. And they would say 12, plus three and they would say 15. I would say plus
three and they would say 18, plus three and then they would say 21, plus three and they would say
24, plus three and they would say 27. Once you can get them to see the plus three strategy,
you're just adding three to the last one, have them understand it. Remember understanding
is the key here. Then once they understand that, then do the counting real fast again.
Three, six, nine, 12, 15, 18 21, 24, 27, 30, have them do the counting fast.
And then they've mastered the threes. I always like to just have a middle ground
test there and say what's three times five then? And they will say 15, 'cause the fives are
easy. The fives always end in a zero or a five. Now, you can cross out all the threes. Now, you've
crossed off all the ones, all the twos, all the threes. And now you're down to a six by six square
here. This isn't really that daunting if you break it down this way. How to learn the fours. I do
it the same strategy as how to learn the threes. I do this with a plus four strategy. I say what's
four plus four? They say eight, plus four, 12, plus four, 16, plus four, 20, plus 4, 24, plus 4,
28, plus 4, 32, plus 4, 36. Have them understand that you're adding four each time. And
then once they've gotten real good at that, then maybe you can say, "Hey, can you count by
fours?" Four, eight, 12, 16, 20 24, 28, 32, 36, 40. Then I will just sometimes randomly throw in
there. What's four times five. And they'll say 20, because again that's an easy one. It's either
gonna end in a zero or it's gonna end in a five. I like knocking the fives out of the way. Why
do I doing that so much. Well, you're gonna see here in a minute. Now we've crossed off the
ones, the twos, the threes and the fours. Now, we're down to a little bitty five by five section
there. And again, we're onto the fives right now, right? The fives are easy. Anybody can count
by fives, five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50. Matter of fact have them count by fives.
And here is the thing that you can tell your student to check their work. The odds, one, three,
five, seven, nine, they're all gonna end in five. The evens, two, four, six, eight, 10. They're all
gonna end in zero. So, all the odds end in five, all the evens end in zero. Five times six is 30,
five times eight is 40. Five times 10 is 50. And again, I'll always go back to the middle one. Five
times five is 25 and then just have them count by fives. And once they do that, they've knocked the
fives out. You're gonna see that counting by twos, counting by threes is something that can ingrain
that pattern in their mind. They can recognize it, but I always like to do the plus three strategy
or plus four strategy, so they can see you're just adding that number to get the next number. And
again, I'll always say what's five times five, 'cause it's the middle one, 25. Once you've done
that, you've really, the ones were easy, the twos were easy, the threes were easy. The fours were
easy. The fives are easy. Now, we are down to a four by four square here and this is all we have
to memorize now. How do you learn the nines? Nines are there's a little bit of a trick to them
that's kind of cool. If you do nine times one, you've got nine, right? And I zero nine there, but
let's look at the next one. Nine times two is 18. Well what's one plus eight? It's nine. Nine
times three is 27. Well what's two plus seven? It's nine. The answer in a multiplication
problem when you multiply a number by nine, the digits add up to nine. Nine times four is
36. What's three plus six it's nine. In other words if your student is multiplying nine times
four and they get an answer where the two digits don't add up to nine, they've done the math wrong.
So, tell them this is a way to check their work. Nine times five is 45, four plus five is nine,
nine times six is 54, five plus four is nine, nine times seven is 63, six plus three is nine,
nine times eight is 72, seven plus two is nine, nine times nine is 81, eight plus one is nine
and nine times 10 is 90 and nine plus zero is nine. Now, I'm gonna show you another thing here
on the nines. Look at this nine times two is 18. The answer is always gonna be one less than
what you multiplied nine by. You multiplied nine by two. What's gonna be one less? It's gonna
start with a one. You multiplied nine times three. What's one less than three? It's two. Nine times
four. What's one less than four? It's three. It's always, the answer's always gonna start with one
less than whatever you multiplied by nine. Nine times seven is 63. What is one less than seven?
It's six. So, you know it's gonna start with six. Now, what else do you know? You know
that it's always gonna add up to be nine, six plus three is nine, nine times eight is 72.
Eight, what's one less than eight? It's seven. What do you need to add to seven to equal nine?
A two. It's 72. So, nines are real easy whenever you understand that the answers always gonna add
up to nine. So, now you've crossed off the nines and now you're down to a three by three square
here. This is really all you gotta memorize. Now, people find the squares of numbers
sometimes easy. Six times six is 36, seven times seven is 49, eight times eight is
64. For whatever reason people just tend to, kids tend to get those and understand those quicker.
So, now we're are left with six answers here, but three or six different squares, but that's
just three different multiplication problems. You have seven times six, you gotta learn, it's
42. You've gotta learn that six times eight is 48 and you have to learn that seven times
eight is 56. So, really those last three, are really the only three challenging ones. But
here's the deal. If you're trying to teach a student how to memorize the multiplication tables,
break it down like this and go through each one. And when you go through each one, you're gonna
end up realizing, "Hey, this wasn't that difficult at all." But you know what? Learning isn't
difficult at all when you approach it in the right direction. That's why I created my Black Belt
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