06/08/2026
STOP telling your kids to "just add a zero" when multiplying by 10, 100, or 1,000! 🧠✨
It’s easy to give children shortcuts, but tricks often create confusion later on—especially when they start working with decimals!
In our sessions, we focus on understanding the concept first:
👉 Digits Shift Left: When we multiply by 10, every digit moves one column to the left because its value becomes 10 times bigger.
👉 Physical Manipulatives: By physically sliding counters across a place value grid (from Ones to Tens, Hundreds, Thousands, and beyond!), students visually grasp scale and position.
👉 Zeros are Placeholders: We only fill empty columns with zeros to hold the place value after the digits have moved.
When children understand why a math rule works, they build confidence that carries them all the way through secondary school and beyond! 📚
💬 How was multiplying by 10 taught when you were at school? Let us know in the comments!
