The Teacher Toolbox » tables game http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox What's new @ www.adrianbruce.com Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New Tables Game – Beat the Calculator http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/new-tables-game-beat-the-calculator/ http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/new-tables-game-beat-the-calculator/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:47:54 +0000 Adrian http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/?p=547 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I’m currently doing a favour for a friend of mine and working with her son because the lad is ‘beating himself up’ about his maths knowledge.

Here is a game I’ve made for him that encourages him to reflect on how mental computation is often more efficient than using a calculator. NB Over the years I’ve found that adding a little ‘competition’ with boys often provides them with a little extra motivation to learn the basic facts than constant worksheets :-)

Download Beat the Calculator

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