Do you have students who struggle to recall multiplication facts? I have found that using the distributive property of multiplication with multiplication charts has been effective with my students.

Perfect complex calculations with this! Unlocking the mechanics of 8th grade math 'Algebraic Expressions (Multiplication and ...

When this reporter, ahem, asked for a friendly reminder (wink-wink) about the math concept, Sykora explained the distributive property of multiplication. “For example, if you have 12 times 3, instead ...

This summer, battle lines were drawn over a simple math problem: 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ? If you divide 8 by 2 first, you get 16, but if you multiply 2 by (2 + 2) first, you get 1. So, which answer is right?