Here’s how to help your middle schooler master Maths 

Many children find mathematics as one of the most difficult subjects. In fact, your kid could also be among those who have ‘Maths anxiety’ right before a test. On the other hand, others find it to be a high scoring subject where they can easily obtain 100% marks. Well, there are some tricks that can help your school goer deal with those cumbersome mathematical equations with ease. We have listed down a few of them for you below.  

Help kids enhance their conceptual knowledge  
The number one reason why a lot of children struggle with Maths is that they focus on memorisation rather than understanding concepts. Motivate your young learner to understand theory behind the application of a formula rather than just mugging it up. Some fundamental math principles are utilised repeatedly. Multiplication tables, square root and cube roots from 1-20, factorisation and algebra equations are some examples. Hence, you can encourage your school goer to revise and practise these concepts from time to time. Having a good grasp over these basic concepts is necessary for your kid to solve tougher mathematical sums in higher classes. 

Make Math fun 
Make some dummy fun games or an interesting Math quiz to draw your young learner towards the subject.  Moreover, introduce a new concept at home before the school takes it up. This will help her have some idea about that topic or chapter when it’s taken up in class. Further, the kid can also clarify their doubts and ask some questions from his/ her teacher or peer group for a better understanding. 

Allow them to use time-saving tricks for solving sums 

Huge numbers and mind-boggling numerical formulas can put even the most enthusiastic and studious children to sleep. In order to retain your kid’s interest in Mathematics, making use of some short tricks is advisable. These time-saving methods make calculations easier and faster. For instance, the multiply by 11 or divide by 5 tricks to arrive at the desired and expected answer promptly.  Here is a detailed explanation with examples.  

Example 1: Multiplying two digit numbers by 11 is easier than your child could have imagined. Ask them to add the two digits together and write the sum of digits in the middle. For multiplying 25*11, the kid can add 2 and 5 together and place 7 in between the two numbers to get the final answer as 275. This is a shorter, smaller version of arriving at the answer than actually multiplying 25*11 = 275 for next 10 minutes. 

Example 2: Division of a large number, say 525 by 5 can be done through multiplying it by 2 and moving the decimal point. 525*2 = 1050. Moving the decimal point makes the result 105.0 or 105. Thus, the required answer is 105 in a shorter time span than having to do the exact division of 525 by 5 to get the same answer.