This is a live experience for any age students working toward multiplication table mastery.  Students will interact with the teacher through the entry level skill of multiplying whole numbers with two drawn cards.  Multiplication is also known as a product.  With these cards, we will then multiply positive and negative whole numbers as color card black is positive, and color card red is negative.  In accounting, when a company ledger is positive, it is known as "in the black."  When a company ledger is negative, it is known as "in the red."  This class will introduce these concepts for financial education later in life.  

As the deck of cards goes:  Ace will be one, two though ten will be face value,  jack will be eleven, queen will be twelve, and king will be thirteen.  This class will be for review or advancement as I will instruct product development leading to mastery.  Class will begin with a quick introduction, a clear goal, instruction and then practice.  We will practice this as a group.    

Practice, Practice, Practice!

One forgets math content if one does not practice.  Multiplying is essential to understand all aspects of algebra. 
 Times tables are all around us with money, cooking, and sharing.  Practicing multiplication is critical to developing skills in algebra.  Also, when one practices, other critical thinking skills are improved.  Multiplying is the one of the foundation pieces of problem solving skills.  It is really just a really quick way of adding.  Believe me, one must have a strategy to get this foundation piece for math.  Using the transitive property - facts to reach a logical connection or comparison - developing skills in multiplication will help with developing problem solving skills other content areas of your life.  One really must know the times tables as it is crucial for factoring in advanced algebra.    

 I have been teaching high school math for over 15 years.  I am very passionate about helping people with math skills.  I can offer you math instruction from a professional math instructor at a reasonable price.  

Here is an example of some problems:

Multiply:  

(-4) (8)
(8)(6)
(-5)(-12)
(11)(-12)
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If you need help with this skill listed above, please join this class.  This class can be for review or advancement.  If you can do this easily, please check out one of my other classes and we will meet where you are with your "ready for more" skill set.  The instruction for all my classes will be how to develop a strategies for setting and achieving goals, what skill practice supports this type of thinking and target performance at 80% or higher.