Question 4:

Explain the presentations of Multiplication Board and

Division Board in your own words. Also make
illustrations.
The purpose of multiplication bead board is to
provide training in multiplication leading to
memorization of the important multiplication table
1x1 through 10x10. The box contains a holed
multiplication working; 100 holes in rows of ten
arranged in a square, 100 red beads, a box of small
plastic cards numbering 1-10 which represent the
multiplicand and a red disc. The board has a slot on
the left side for cards’ insertion.
Materials:
 A perforated board with 100 holes in rows of 10
arranged in a square. At the left side of the board
is a window with a slot for the insertion of the
cards.
 A red wooden disc
 Tables of multiplication
  A set of cards from 1 to 10
Exercise:
The directress shows children the materials and
the numbers along the top of the board and tells
them that these numbers tell us how many times
to take a number.
 She also demonstrates how to slide the ‘4’ card
into the slot on the side of the board, as she tells
them, “This tells us how we will be doing the
Table of 4.”
 She then places the little red disc above the 1 at
the top of the board and says, “This tells us we
need to take 4 one time.”
 Using the red beads, she places 4 one time in a
vertical line and asks the children to count the
total number of beads that are on the board and
tells them, “4 x 1 is 4”.
 The children are then instructed to write the
answer on the paper next to the equation. She
then moves the disc over above the ‘2’ and tells
the children, “We now need 4 two times, but we
 already have 4 one time.” The children are told to
place the red beads in a vertical line next to the
first four and then count the total number of
beads on the board.
She then says “4 x 2 is 8”.
 The directress repeats it till the children reach 4 x
4 and then they are told to say the equation along
with the directress.
If the children are making the table easily, they
are shown that 4 x 7 is 28, and once they reach 4 x
8, count from 28 up four more.
 This exercise should be repeated until they have
finished the board.
The directress makes the children read all of the
equations and answers are written on a piece of
paper. They can check their work on
Multiplication Chart 1.
10,000 1000 100 10 1