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Number Mnemonics for Kids. A collection of number mnemonics - to help you to remember various math facts and figures.

Number Mnemonics for Kids

In this lesson, we have mnemonics and songs to help you remember how to write numbers from 0 to 10 number of days in each month multiply by 9 dividend, divisor and quotient Related Topics: More Math Mnemonics Numbers How to Write Numbers from 0 to 10 Around to the left to find my hero, Back to the top, I've made a zero. Downward stroke, (My that's fun), Now I've made the number one. Half a heart says, "I love you.

" Around the tree, around the tree, Now I've made the number three. Down and across and down once more. The hat, the back, the belly. Bend down low to pick up sticks. Across the sky and down from heaven, Now I've made the number seven. Make an S and close the gate. An oval and a line, Now I've made the number nine. One (1) egg (0) laid my hen. This video gives a song and poem for each of the numbers 0 to 9 to hep you remember the form and shape. Number of Days in each month Multiply by 9 Custom Search. Math Mnemonics. Mnemonic: n.

Math Mnemonics

A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering. Volume 36 Finding the area and circumference of a circle. Volume 35 Roman numerals 1 to 1000. Volume 34 Finding the measures of angles in right triangles. Volume 33 Factoring binomials. Volume 32 Metric units of measure. Volume 31 How do you solve a word problem? Volume 30 Multiplying with negative numbers. Volume 29 What is an isosceles triangle? Volume 28 Dividing fractions.

Volume 27 Mean, Median, and Mode Volume 26 How to check your division. Volume 25 The first eight digits of pi. Volume 24 Dividing Fractions Volume 23 Multiplying a two-digit number times a two-digit number. Volume 22 Which trig functions are positive? Volume 21 When multiplying by 9 Volume 20 What is the circumference of a circle? Volume 19 What does a pint weigh? Volume 18 What happens when you multiply two negative numbers? Volume 17 Metric units of measure. Volume 16 How to divide fractions. Volume 15 How to do long division. Volume 12 Area of a Circle. Teaching with Mnemonics. Do you remember your "Dear Aunt Sally" or that "All Cows Eat Grass"?

Teaching with Mnemonics

Those memory tools, or mnemonics, have helped kids recall mathematical operations and musical notes for decades. Today, researchers say that using mnemonics to help students "file" information more effectively makes it possible for them to retrieve the material more easily. Better yet, create and use your own memory tools. Included: Classic mnemonics, and tips to help you create new ones. When Laraine Reisner's fourth grade students focus on long division, Ronald McDonald is their muse! Reisner adopted the McDonald's theme when she discovered that her students found it easier to recall than her old stand-by, "Daddy, Mommy, Sister, Cousin, and Brother. " "I have been teaching division for 23 years, and I don't remember how I acquired this technique, but I do know that I added to it," Reisner told Education World.

"When I can think of one, I do use mnemonics in teaching," Reisner offered.