Math Fact Mania is Coming to Silver Beach!
I am challenging the students here at Silver Beach to master their grade level math facts. We will have a
Math Fact Hall of Fame bulletin board up in the main hallway and students will add their star when they
demonstrate mastery. We are piloting a math fact program titled, The Box of Facts, which teaches
students math facts in a particular order with specific strategies. Below you will find a brief explanation
of the strategies as well as grade level expectations for mastery. Please join us in the fun by working
with your student at home, or by volunteering here at school to practice facts with other students.
There are several great websites for practicing math facts available on the Silver Beach website. I am
excited to watch the progress I know our students will make!
Nicole Talley
Addition Strategies
Count On
+0,+1,+2,+3
Say the larger
number and
count on.
Double
4+4
5+5
6+6
7+7
8+8
9+9
Double plus 1
4+5 (4+4+1)
5+6 (5+5+1)
6+7 (6+6+1)
7+8 (7+7+1)
8+9 (8+8+1)
Double plus 2
4+6 (4+4+2)
5+7 (5+5+2)
6+8 (6+6+2)
7+9 (7+7+2)
Bridge to 10
7+4 (7+3+1)
8+4 (8+2+2)
9+4 (9+1+3)
8+5 (8+2+3)
9+5 (9+1+4)
9+6 (9+1+5)
Subtraction Strategies
The main approach to learning subtraction is to ‘’think addition” by covering one of the addends
on an addition flash card or writing the facts like this: 8 + __= 10
Teach with partner facts (fact families): 8 - 2= 8 - 6=
Multiplication Strategies
Learn facts in this order: x10, x5, x2, x4, x8, x0, x1, x3, x6, x9, x7
Using turnarounds allows students to see that 5x3=15 is the same as 3x5=15. This significantly
reduces the number of facts they need to commit to memory.
Use –tens strategy highlights that 5 is half of 10, so the product of a fives fact will be half of the
product of a related tens fact. This strategy allows students to easily figure out facts beyond the
range of the basic facts.
Use the doubling strategy for x2, then the double, double strategy for x 4 (ex. 4x4 = double 2x4),
and the double, double, double strategy for x8 (ex. 8x6= double 2x6= 12+12=24 double
24+24=48)
Use-a-rule strategy teaches x0 and x1. These facts are easy to remember but it can be difficult
for students to understand the reasoning behind them therefore they are taught after a well
understood sense of multiplication is developed.
Build-down and build-up strategies involve building down from tens facts to find nines facts (ex.
9x4= 10x4-4)and building up from five facts to find sixes facts (ex. 4x6= 5x4+4). Then the last
facts that remain to be learned are 3x3, 3x7, and 7x7.
Division is taking a whole and breaking it into equal parts. The main approach to learning division is
to ‘’think multiplication” by covering one of the addends on a multiplication flash card or writing
the facts like this: 8 x __= 40.
Learn facts in this order ÷2, ÷10, ÷5, ÷1, ÷4, ÷8, ÷9, ÷6, ÷3, ÷7
Grade Level Math Fact Expectations
Kinder.
Fall
Winter
Spring
Add. 0-2
Add. 0-3
Add. 0-5
1st Grade
Add.
0-5
Add.
0-10
Sub.
0-5
Add. & Sub.
0-10
2nd Grade 3rd Grade
Add. &
Sub.
0-10
Add. &
Sub.
0-15
Add. &
Sub. 0-20
Add. &
Sub.
0-20
Add. &
Sub.
0-20
Mult.
1,2,5,10
Mixed
Add. &
Sub. 0-20
Mult. &
Div.
1,2,5,10
4th Grade
Mixed
Add. &
Sub. 0-20
Mult. &
Div.
1,2,5,10
Mixed
Add. &
Sub. 0-20
Mult. &
Div. 1-10
Mixed
Add. &
Sub. 0-20
Mixed
Mult. &
Div. 1-10
5th Grade
Mixed
Add. & Sub.
0-20
Mixed
Mult. & Div.
1-10