Multiplication

Click on the Multiplication Tables you wish to see.

I suggest the sure way , is to learn the multiplication tables by rote, which is by repetition like learning poetry or musical scales.

However here are a few things to make it easier.

Besides contemplating and saying the tables to yourself, the old way of singing the tables or repeating them rythmicaly to the beat of a drum can help.

Sequence of learning the tables

• The 1 x
  The good news is, if you can count to 12 you already know the 1 X tables.

• The 10 x
  I suggest you once again work with the tens first. To multiply any number by 10 you simply add a 0.
  7 x 10 = 70   36 x 10 = 360

• The 2 x
  Try learning the 2 x Tables next – practise counting in two’s,
  2  4  6  8  10  12  14  16  18   20   22   24

• The 11 x
  The eleven’s have a very obvious pattern, by simply stringing the same two numbers together you get the answer. example;
  44 = 4 x 11. (There is an old trick when muliplying double didgit numbers by 11. For instance if you are multiplying 12 x 11 you can add the 1 and the 2 together which gives you 3. The 3 is then can placed between the 1 and the 2 to get the answer 132.)

• The 5 x
  The 5’s would have to be the next choise. See how easy it is to count in 5’s . ( 0  5  10  15  20  25  30  35  40  45  50  55  60 ) By saying these tables a few times it is easy to learn the factor which goes with five to make up these numbers.

• Progressively work through the remaining tables starting at the lowest 3x  4x  6x  7x  8x  9x  &  12x  keep trying!

• The 9 x
  While getting to know the 9x you can use what is known as the 9-method. If you want to know 8 x 9 = ? Hold out all 10 fingers, and bend the 8th finger. There are 7 fingers to the left of the bent finger and 2 fingers on the right. The answer is 72.