POWNALL GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL

HELPING YOUR CHILD WITH MULTIPLICATION TABLES

Key words for multiplication tables

Multiplication methods

Reverse the question

Use known facts

Use doubling

Separate and add up

2x tables – tips

Products are EVEN

DOUBLE

HALVE

3x table – tips

If the digits add up to 3, 6, or 9, then it's in the 3 times table

4x table – tips

All the products are EVEN

DOUBLE and DOUBLE AGAIN

If the last 2 digits of a number are a multiple of 4, then the number is

Reverse the calculation if that makes it easier

5x and 10x tables – tips

Multiples of 5 end in a 5 or a 0

Multiples of 10 always end in a 0

6x table – tips

All the products are EVEN and a multiple of 3

X3, then DOUBLE it

Reverse the calculation if that makes it easier

7x table - tips

7 x 8 = 56. Just remember - 5,6,7,8

Reverse the calculation

4 rows of 7 which is the same as the sum 4 x 7.

    o o o o o o o    o o o o o o o    o o o o o o o    o o o o o o o

Count them up - there are 28. It is the same as 7 x 4 - 7 rows of 4.

    o o o o    o o o o    o o o o    o o o o    o o o o    o o o o    o o o o

8x table – tips

The products are always EVEN

X4 then DOUBLE it

The unit digits have a regular pattern - they go down in 2s

9x table – tips

The tens go up but the units go down

    1 x 9 = 9     2 x 9 = 18     3 x 9 = 27     4 x 9 = 36     5 x 9 = 45     6 x 9 = 54

   

The digits of the products add up to 9

    18 = 1 + 8 = 9     27 = 2 + 7 = 9     36 = 3 + 6 = 9

There are 6 fingers to the left and 3 fingers on the right. The answer is 63.

Hold out all 10 fingers, and lower the 7th finger.

The Finger Trick

7 X 9

When to practise multiplication tables

WHENEVER

WHEREVER

LITTLE AND OFTEN

REAL-LIFE CONTEXTS

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