Make Flashcards

• Studying your math facts solely from a textbook can make them harder to remember due to the small, tedious print. Transfer the math facts and operations that you have to remember onto flashcards. The act of writing the facts onto the flashcards will help imprint the facts in your memory. Then you can use the flashcards as a convenient way to study. Using a flashcard will help you associate the math facts visually, which makes remembering them much easier.
  
  

Create a Song

• If you have to memorize a large mathematical list or table, try humming the numbers along to your favorite song. This will create an association between the song and the numbers you memorize. Then if you play the song through your head, you will find that the numbers naturally come to mind, the same way that song lyrics often do.
  
  

Create Acronyms

• An acronym is a word that is composed of the first letters of other words. By arranging the first letters of the math facts you are studying into a single word, you will be able to recall the facts easier by first recalling the much simpler acronym. This is especially helpful when memorizing extensive orders of operation. You can also arrange the first letters of the math facts into new words that compose a sentence. The most famous example of this is "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally," which stands for "parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction," respectively.
  
  

Study Word Problems

• Turn the math facts and equations you are studying into word problems with specific scenarios. This is especially helpful if you are better in subjects like English and history than math. Translating the numbers and symbols of math into words in a story creates a much easier scenario for you to memorize. Create a unique mathematical scenario for each different fact or operation you have to memorize. This will help you keep your math facts separated in memory.