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The One Multiplication Fact You're Accidentally Teaching Twice

From Teaching Math Made Easy · Hosted by Greg Coleman

2026-09-22·543

Episode summary

In this episode of Teaching Math Made Easy: 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?

Original publisher description

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…