How to Practice Multiplication by Two With Playing Cards

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Remove the Tens

   You won’t need them.
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   Step 2: Queens and Kings.

   , Shuffle them face down. ,,, Leaving the Two of Spades face up on the table, take the rest of the cards, except for the Tens, Jacks, Queens and Kings, and shuffle them face down. , Don’t forget to do , stop, look at the cards, see the problem, and say the combinations of the answers out loud, as above. , This will not take much practice, and you’ll feel great about yourself when you can do it in under a minute.
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   Step 3: Take a Two of any other suit (say Spades) and place it face up on the table.

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   Step 4: Take the Ace through Nine of any suit (say diamonds).

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   Step 5: Start turning the cards over one by one

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   Step 6: and as you do

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   Step 7: say what the product of that number

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   Step 8: multiplied by two

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   Step 9: It is important to remember not to say to yourself

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    Step 10: “Two times (whatever number you are working on) is...” Try to just say the answer.

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    Step 11: After you have gone through all nine cards

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    Step 12: it’s time to do some serious practicing.

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    Step 13: Start turning over cards as before

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    Step 14: saying their products.

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    Step 15: Keep this up until you can go through all of the cards (there will be 35 of them) in less than one minute.

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