Mad Minutes - Multiplication and Division Facts and Fluency Drills

What is Mad Minutes?

Mad Minutes are worksheets with simple drill-and-practice basic facts math problems.  Students are given a short period of time (usually a minutes or so) to complete as many problems as they can.  When done on a regular basis, these timed worksheets will help students improve speed and accuracy with basic multiplication, and division facts.

How to Implement a routine of Mad Minutes

Daily timed drills/quizzes at the beginning of each Mathematics block. Most quizzes are EXACTLY one minute long. Weeks #1 to #19 include a 2-minute quiz on Fridays. Teachers should be able to administer and grade daily quizzes in 3 minutes or less. Friday quizzes should take a roughly 5 minutes. Friday quizzes will document student progress and serve as a basis for remediation. Weekly “Mad Minutes” should be

distributed on Fridays and collected the following Friday.

What does the product cover?

The product covers 36 weeks of Multiplication and Division Facts and Fluency Drills

• Week 1: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s and 3’s
• Week 2: Multiplication facts ‐ 4’s and 5’s
• Week 3: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 5’s
• Week 4: Multiplication facts ‐ 6’s and 7’s
• Week 5: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 7’s
• Week 6: Multiplication facts ‐ 8’s and 9’s
• Week 7: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 9’s
• Week 8: Multiplication facts ‐ 11’s and 12’s
• Week 9: Multiplication facts ‐ 11’s and 12’s
• Week 10: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 11: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 12: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 13: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 14: Division facts ‐ 2’s to 9’s
• Week 15: Division facts ‐ 2’s to 9’s
• Week 16: Division facts ‐ 2’s to 9’s
• Week 17: Division facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 18: Division facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 19: Division facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 20: Equivalent fractions x 8
• Week 21: Equivalent fractions x 10
• Week 22: Equivalent fractions x 10
• Week 23: Equivalent fractions x 12
• Week 24: Simplify 8 proper fractions
• Week 25: Simplify 8 proper fractions
• Week 26: Simplify 10 proper fractions
• Week 27: Simplify 10 proper fractions
• Week 28: Simplify 10 proper fractions
• Week 29: Simplify 8 improper fractions
• Week 30: Simplify 8 improper fractions
• Week 31: Simplify 8 improper fractions
• Week 32: Simplify 8 improper fractions
• Week 33: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 34: Division facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 35: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s
• Week 36: Multiplication facts ‐ 2’s to 12’s