The Best of Times

Best-selling author Greg Tang is a man with a mission: to revolutionize the way children learn math. Here he takes on the times tables, boldly declaring that there's more to multiplication than memorization.

He teaches readers simple but powerful techniques for multiplying numbers from 0 to 10. And he shows that smaller numbers are the key to multiplying larger ones — if you can multiply by two, for instance, you can multiply by four and even eight.

Kids can test Tang's tactics with challenging questions on every page. Greg Tang's intuitive approach teaches readers to reach for answers on their own — not to depend on facts they've committed to memory. Learning to multiply will never be the same!