Math with Merritt

Have you ever been frustrated with your students' lack of knowing their multiplication facts and their difficulty with division? This is an exploration of why it is important to know multiplication facts and why long division really works. There are also two challenge problems included that will get your students discussing why the "Nines Multiplication Trick" and some divisibility rules work. It can be used as a way to introduce these concepts or as a review for older students. This lesson inc

This is a brief animation that shows how to subtract monetary amounts when you must borrow. It shows visually how the concept of making change can be used to visualize what is really happening when you borrow. Teachers can adapt this easily to your classroom methods because there is no sound and mainly serves as a visual tool.