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This paper describes an action research that aimed at improving pupils’ performance in doing multiplication involving times tables more than
five, which is the six, seven, eight and nine times tables. This study involved five Year 4 Malaysian Primary school pupils who were selected
from 30 pupils who had sat for a test consisting of questions on multiplication. The study examines the use of the “Vedic Method” to do
multiplication problems involving times tables more than five by making use of times tables from zero to five. Hence, the five participants
chosen were pupils who demonstrated an ability to recall their one to five times table but had difficulties recalling the six to nine times tables.
The participants of the research were able to overcome their difficulties with the use of the “Vedic Method”.
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Keywords: Multiplication; Vedic method; Primary school; Performance; Times tables; Basic multiplication facts; Sutras
1. Introduction
In today’s rapidly changing world, it cannot be denied that for an individual to be competent in mathematics their ability to
compute fluently is vital (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000). In the primary level, the basic computations are
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The Malaysian National Mathematics Curriculum for primary schools also
place great emphases on mastering these basic computing skills (Ministry of Education, 2003). Despite this emphasis in the
National Curriculum, many teachers’ experience and my experience is that there are pupils who never master these basic skills in
school. My most recent encounter was with a class of Year 4 pupils who were unable to do long multiplication problems not
because the algorithm was confusing but because they could not recall their six, seven, eight and nine times tables (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: Samples of pupils work showing poor recall of times table more than five
1.1 The Vedic Method
With the aim to find a method to recall times table more than five, I reviewed pertinent literature (Hall, 1998; Weisstein, 2010;
Urdhva Tiryak Sutra, 1971; Balin and Fred, 1979). I finally came across a method called the Vedic method.
Vedic Mathematics is the name given to the ancient system of Mathematics which was rediscovered from the Vedas between
1911 and 1918 by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji (Ifrah.G, 1998). According to his research all mathematics is based on sixteen
Sutras or word-formulae.
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