2 apples on each plate.
MATH QUEST · WARM-UP3 min
Adding the same number many times has a faster way
Times tables are a handy magic tool
Today we uncover why 3 groups of 2 can be written as 2×3=6, so shopping math becomes fast and accurate.
➕ Add✖️ Times📜 Rhymes🛒 Use
STOP 1 · FROM ADDITION5 min
2 apples on each plate, 3 plates—how many in all?
2 + 2 + 2 = 6, which is really 3 twos.
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When the same number is added again and again, multiplication takes the stage.
STOP 2 · THE MULTIPLICATION SENTENCE6 min
3 twos can be written as 2 × 3 = 6
Meet the times sign "×" and the multiplication sentence.
2 × 3 = 6
There are 3 plates.
4 threes added is which multiplication?
STOP 3 · MAKE RHYMES6 min
Shrink the answer into four words, like a rhyme
Follow the example and make rhymes together.
2×2 = 4 二二得四2×3 = 6 二三得六2×4 = 8 二四得八2×5 = 10 二五一十
Secret: the first two words are the factors, the last is the answer.
STOP 4 · TRICKS6 min
When stuck, addition is your backup
Forgot how much "two fours" is? What do you do?
2+2+2+2=8.
Two threes make six, add one more 2 = eight.
If you forget 2×4, how do you work it out?
STOP 5 · SOLVE6 min
Rhymes are for using, not just reciting
A pencil costs 2 yuan; how much for 4 pencils?
✏️ 2元✏️ 2元✏️ 2元✏️ 2元
4 pencils at 2 yuan each—total?
STOP 6 · THE GAME5 min
Call and answer with a partner
Teacher says the first half; you answer the second.
🙋 "Two three"—?🙋 "Two four"—?🙋 "Two five"—?
Answers: two threes six, two fours eight, two fives ten. Play three rounds with a partner!
FINISH · SHARE3 min
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You can multiply now
Multiplication is a shortcut for repeated addition; the times table is your helper.
Groups of the same number become ×.
Shop math fast and accurate.
Tonight, play the call-and-answer rhyme game with your parents.