Tables in math are a problem-solving skill. Students start to learn about tables in late elementary school lessons and continue to use tables throughout their education. Tables are primarily used with word problems to organize the information and determine what is important, what is not important and eventually what formula to use to find the answer. When teachers are giving lessons with math tables, projects can help students learn about the tables and the use of tables.
Table Worksheets
Worksheets can help the students get practice. The teacher can assign a few worksheets and require students to complete the worksheets by using only tables. The students then need to work out how to get the information from the worksheets into a table form to solve the problems.
Finding Tables Project
Teachers can assign students to find tables used outside of class. The students look for places where math tables are used, bring in examples and report to the class on the tables they've found. For example, board game score cards might use a table or sporting event statistics might have tables. The students can bring in examples such as a newspaper or the game scorecard and then tell the class why it is a math table.
Make Up a Song
Tables are sometimes hard to remember. Some tables, like the multiplication table, are used in classes around the country. Teachers can assign students to make up a song, poem or similar item to make memorization of the table much easier. Allow students to work together to make up a song as preferred or even work on the project as a class with the teacher writing ideas on the board.
Graph Project
Graphing often uses a math table to form the information on the graph. For example, if the student must graph the equation y = x + 2, the student would need to make a table, pick numbers of x, find the y and then make the graph. A teacher can assign graphing projects to help students learn simple algebraic equations by the use of tables.
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