Multiplication Hand Tricks–Multiplying by 3s and 4s

Congratulations!  You get to watch my very first video ever!  This video is a result of my most viewed blog post ever  You can see this post here. It is the post with my multiplication hands, which show how to multiply by three on your fingers.

One of the comments suggested I make a video for this post to explain it further. At the time I wasn’t comfortable with video nor did I have the equipment to video.  So, just recently I decided to take this advice.  After about 10 takes, I finally decided to settle on this video.  I may come back and redo it later to make it better, but I’m at the point where I feel it is better to have something up than nothing at all.  I really hope you learn something while watching to help your students! 🙂

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And now…..how students can use their fingers to multiply by four.  This is my second video ever!  I think I’m getting better at it! 🙂

This video was made in response to an earlier blog post here.  Watch this for professional development, or allow your students to watch it for a brand new strategy for their math “tool box”.  Enjoy!

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