Strategies

Basic fact strategies (within 20)

• Counting On

• Use Five/Use Ten

• Use Doubles

• Get to Ten (make ten)

• Use Ten and Adjust (Bridge Ten)

Additional strategies (beyond 20)

• Splitting (by place values for all)

• Use a Friendly Number (chunking one number)

• Get to a Friendly Number (adjusting)

• Over and Adjust (adjusting)

• Give and Take (compensation)

• Counting On

• Counting Back (Removal)

• Find the Distance (Adding up)

• Keep the Same Distance

Relate Add/Subt

• Use Known Facts

Skip counting or repeated addition is additive thinking, not multiplicative, so isn’t a multiplication strategy. More info: Math Reasoning or below.

Basic fact strategies (within 100)

• Doubles x2

• Doubles Plus Another Group x3

• Double Double x4

• Double Double Double x8

• Use x5, (x6, x7)

• Use x10 (x9)

Additional strategies

• Make a Friendly/ landmark number

• Partial Products

• Doubling/ halving

• Break apart factors

• Partial Quotients

• Multiplying Up

Relate Mult/Div

• Use Known Facts