How to use this sheet

  • Have the child find the basic fact first: for 6 × 40, think 6 × 4.
  • Read 40 as "4 tens", so 6 × 40 is 24 tens, which is 240.
  • Check one answer with repeated addition so the child sees why it works.

Common mistakes

  • Dropping the zero, so 6 × 40 becomes 24. Remind the child that 4 tens is 40, not 4.
  • Adding too many zeros when the basic fact already ends in zero, as with 5 × 80 = 400. Count the tens: 40 tens.
  • Adding the zero on the wrong side of the answer.

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