Math (Multiplication)

Math is hard for a fourth grader like me. Especially when it comes to double and triple digit multiplication. Well, now I find it easy in a way, and hard in a way. Math is easy, when someone else teaches and guides you through hard problems. This is what happened last night: my dad taught me several ways to multiply more than 1 digit multiplication. He taught me how to be careful when we come to tricky problems, and he showed me different examples of trick problems. Then, he taught me different ways to solve number stories using division and multiplication. Although we were both very tired that night, we both knew that we should keep practicing because practice makes perfect. Math is hard, when you are alone, struggling to find the answer to a difficult problem that no one told you it was that hard. I was doing a math problem, and it says to solve the problem using the lattice method. I had been listening in class, but at home, I suddenly forgot how to do it. For 15 minutes, I was just trying to think about the strategy. It was hard for me to turn in my paper without a explanation of the lattice method. I had to admit that I was a little bit daydreaming in class. (Sorry teacher!) Math can be tricky, but just as long as you remember that practice makes perfect, then when you keep practicing, you will make great progress.