A look at the 12 times tables through a climbers eyes. By breaking them into safe ledges and bite sized chunks, this article will help any child master this often daunting times table.

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Number Lines - How to use Number Lines for Kids

Number lines provide a good mental arithmetic strategy for addition and subtraction. Here's our guide to using number lines and how they can help accelerate learning.

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10 Priority Math Skills for 9 Year Olds

I’ve picked out my top ten priority maths skills for 9 year olds. You can use them as a “maths health checklist” to help you ensure your child is on track. If your child can answer these correctly and fluently (in a few seconds) chances are they’ve mastered the skill.

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The halving and doubling method is a handy multiplication strategy to know, here is a simple walk though of what it is and when to use it.

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Working Memory, Fluency and Practice - The Science of Learning Mathematics

Find out why practice is the key to developing fluent math skills and how instant recall of math facts overcomes the bottleneck of working memory.

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The Math Muscle - Why Practice is the Key to Mastering Math

Practice is key to learning mathematics. The math muscle is a simple animation that illustrates why practice is important and why it works.

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The Math Muscle - Why Practice is the Key to Mastering Math

Practice is key to learning mathematics. The math muscle is a simple animation that illustrates why practice is important and why it works.

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Little and Often Learning - a Painless Route to Deep Learning

Little and Often Learning works great at home. This article explains the research and shows you how to get the best from the Komodo math home tutor system.

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