The 9 times table
The table with a trick on your fingers, and answers whose digits add up to 9.
Play the 9 times table
Every question uses the 9s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 9s grow in your garden.
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0 of 12 in flower. Each right-first-time answer grows a plant a little.
The 9 times table chart
Say it out loud, then cover an answer and see if it comes back. Tap any answer to hide it, and tap again to check.
| 9 × 1 | = | nine times one is 9 | |
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| 9 × 2 | = | nine times two is 18 | |
| 9 × 3 | = | nine times three is 27 | |
| 9 × 4 | = | nine times four is 36 | |
| 9 × 5 | = | nine times five is 45 | |
| 9 × 6 | = | nine times six is 54 | |
| 9 × 7 | = | nine times seven is 63 | |
| 9 × 8 | = | nine times eight is 72 | |
| 9 × 9 | = | nine times nine is 81 | |
| 9 × 10 | = | nine times ten is 90 | |
| 9 × 11 | = | nine times eleven is 99 | |
| 9 × 12 | = | nine times twelve is 108 |
How to learn the 9 times table
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The finger trick
Hold up 10 fingers. For 9 × 4, fold down the 4th finger. 3 fingers before it are the tens, 6 after it are the ones: 36. It works up to 9 × 10.
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Ten groups, take one
9 × 7 is 10 × 7 take away one 7: 70 − 7 = 63. Ten groups is easy, and one less group is one step.
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Digits add to 9
Up to 9 × 10 the digits of every answer add to 9: 18, 27, 36, 45. And the tens digit is one less than the number you multiply by: 9 × 6 starts with a 5.
The pattern in the 9s
The last digit of each answer, from 9 × 1 to 9 × 12. They count down, 9, 8, 7, while the tens count up: the digits always add to 9 up to 9 × 10.
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When children learn it
In 3rd grade. Common Core expects children to know every product of two one-digit numbers from memory by the end of the year, so the 9s are part of that.
Every times table
Questions parents ask
How can my child learn the 9 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 9 × 5 around and it’s 5 × 9), then learn one trick: there’s a trick on your fingers, and the digits add up to 9. Then play: answering from memory, again and again, is what makes facts stick, and a game makes them want to.
When do children learn the 9 times table?
In 3rd grade. Common Core expects children to know every product of two one-digit numbers from memory by the end of the year, so the 9s are part of that.
What is the hardest fact in the 9 times table?
9 × 7 = 63 and 9 × 8 = 72 are the ones children hesitate on. Ten groups take one group: 70 − 7 = 63.
Is the 9 times table game free?
Yes. Every game here is free, with no account, no ads and no timer. Progress is kept on this device only. Thena, the AI teacher who made them, has lessons for children that start with 3 free.
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