A set of bamboo-made holding apparatus to do multiplication horizontally on the Ganitmala. It is an effectibve tool for doing skip counting and mutiplication. With the use of number catchers , children can understand concept of times, i.e, what 3 times 6 means or what 7 times 8 means. The number catcher also helps to see pattern in multiplication tables due to color coding in ganit mala.
Number catcher of 9. It takes out only 9 beads at one time from ganit mala.
Similar such catchers are available from 3 to 15 which take out 3 to 15 beads respectively.
These catchers also help in understanding about factors and multiples (L.C.M and H.C.F as well). It can also be used for disctibutive property of multiplication and for prime numbers.