The government thinks that all children should leave primary school knowing all their times tables by heart. I did know them at that age but didn't understand what I was chanting (I thought it was a bit like a magic spell-I read a lot of fairy tales!!!), so understandably I think this is a waste of time and I am hopeless at maths. I didn't really understand what the tables meant until I did maths at Teacher training college. Children need to understand what they are learning not just repeat it by rote.
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