Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Siebnerreihe

English translation:

seven-times multiplication table

Added to glossary by Barbara B. (X)
Feb 20, 2008 08:44
16 yrs ago
German term

Siebnerreihe

German to English Other Mathematics & Statistics
7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 aso. ??? Who can help me with this?

Discussion

Barbara B. (X) (asker) Feb 20, 2008:
Which term would a let's say 2nd grader use? Do students talk of 'multiples of seven'?

Proposed translations

+1
1 hr
Selected

seven-times multiplication table

is what we called this when I was in elementary school (you had the one-times, two-times, three-times, etc. tables). The name comes from the drill used to learn the tables: 7 times 1 is 7, 7 times 2 is 14, 7 times 3 is 21, etc.

A mathematician would of course call it something else.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-20 10:05:02 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

BTW this is US usage and (especially in light of what has happened in math instruction since I was a lad) may be outdated.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2008-02-20 11:09:27 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Unless you need the specific emphasis, you can omit 'multiplication' here, and the tables for all the numbers (usually up to 12) are (were) collectively called the 'times tables'. A standard (and more or less unwelcome) question from teachers and parents was, 'Have your learned your times tables?'.
Peer comment(s):

agree CGK : It's what we called it in GB too
32 mins
Something went wrong...
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This is what I needed - thanks to a little trip down memory lane ;-)"
4 mins

sequence of multiples of 7

Not necessarily nice, but correct. Non-native, though.
Something went wrong...
15 mins

ascending series of multiples of seven

A possible alternative
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search