Practising multiplication facts in tandem with their inverses, supports the recall of both, which is why division questions regularly feature in TTRS games and why learners have so much success with our programme.

It may seem like this will overwhelm learners, especially if they've not covered division in the curriculum yet, but our data shows that children from Year 2/1st Grade consistently pick up division more easily than we think, even when it's not been formally taught in class.

Also, Garage and Arena games quiz players on only 6 division facts in each round, with their multiplication counterparts as back up, each reinforcing the other. From years of trying different multiplication-division question patterns, this is the most successful so far.

If you're in doubt, we do have some suggestions to smooth the path...

Division questions can be switched off by players themselves in Jamming games, where the questions aren't timed. (Soundchecks and Gigs are also multiplication-only but not necessarily ideal game modes for novices.)

You may like to do a bit of rehearsal offline, first. 

"Translate" division to multiplication missing number questions

We recommend explicitly making the link between division questions and missing-number questions.

For example, if they see

we would teach them to rephrase it in their minds as...

Often, it demystifies division once they interpret it as a multiplication question in disguise.

Our worksheets progress from multiplication-only to missing-number questions before reaching division. Not only that but the Rock Boxes on the division sheets give them a reference guide to help them if they're struggling.

The trick is to keep it low-key, frequent and simple: practise just two division facts at a time. For example, one day, just focus on 20 shared between 2 and 20 shared between 10. Ask them a couple of times a day. The next day try a different pair of division facts.

Verbal quizzing for the purpose of improving recall works best one-to-one with a child (at home or school) but can be done using mini-whiteboards in a class setting too.