Week 2 of 8
Week 2
3rd Grade → 4th Grade · Multiplication 6 9 and Context clues
Math
Multiplication: 6 to 9
The harder half of the multiplication table. Middle of third grade.
The mistake to watch for. Confusing 7 × 8 and 6 × 9 — both hover near 56 and 54, and neither has an obvious pattern to fall back on.
How to help. Drill the handful that are genuinely hard (6×7, 6×8, 7×8, 7×9) separately rather than running the whole table again.
A worked example
Try 7 × 8. Use what you know: 5 × 8 = 40 and 2 × 8 = 16. Add them: 40 + 16 = 56. So 7 × 8 = 56.
Words for this week
- multiply
- To add the same number again and again, in a faster way.
- product
- The answer you get when you multiply.
- times
- The word we say for multiply. 3 times 4 means 3 × 4.
- factor
- A number you multiply. In 4 × 6 = 24, the factors are 4 and 6.
- group
- A set of things put together, like 4 groups of 3 apples.
Read this week
Three School Friends
A short arts article from our Learn library, chosen for this reading level. Read it together, then ask your child to tell you one new thing they learned.