How does Multi-Memo work?

Multi-Memo employs distinctive and quirky combinations of characters and styles to make learning multiplication tables enjoyable and memorable. Here are some examples which illustrate the Multi-Memo method.

The first number of the multiplication is always a character, and the second is always a style. The result is a combination of the character and style.

Character: Snake
Style: Skeleton

The child must remember that the snake’s skeleton has a shape of 6.

Here the number 2 is represented by a snake, while the number 3 is in the skeleton style. When these elements combine, it creates a snake skeleton. This creative association makes the result of 2×3 vivid and memorable.

Character: Snake
Style: Hairy

In another example, the number 2 is again represented by a snake, while the number 7 is in the hairy style. When these elements come together, it creates snakes with funny hairstyles, providing an easily memorable mental image.

Character: Ghosts
Style: Balloon

Another combination is the number 9 represented by ghosts, while the number 12 is in the balloon style. When these elements combine, it creates balloons shaped like ghosts.

Character: Dinosaurs
Style: Balloon

Similarly, when the number 12 is in the first position and represented by a dinosaur duo, and the number 12 in the second position is again in the balloon style, it creates balloons shaped like dinosaurs.

Order of numbers

You may have noticed that in Multi-Memo, the smaller of the two numbers is always placed first (for example, 2×3 and not 3×2). This approach simplifies learning by focusing only on the multiplication in one direction, based on the commutative principle. With practice, the child will be able to know the result for both 2×3 and 3×2. The Multi-Memo app facilitates this mental exercise by including inversions in its Quiz section.

Getting started

Memorize one multiplication table at a time. Start with the table of 2 (snake). When that’s done, move on to the table of 3 (genies), while continuing to review the table of 2. Then memorize the table of 4 (bird), and so on.

In Multi-Memo, the first tables (table of 2, table of 3) may seem more challenging to memorize because the different styles are not yet familiar. However, don’t worry, as your child becomes familiar with the various styles, memorizing the tables will become faster and easier.