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.
Owl Post
Thena’s owl has letters to deliver. Each door has a sum on it: pick the letter with the answer and light up the village.
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 | = | one nine is 9 | |
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| 9 × 2 | = | two nines are 18 | |
| 9 × 3 | = | three nines are 27 | |
| 9 × 4 | = | four nines are 36 | |
| 9 × 5 | = | five nines are 45 | |
| 9 × 6 | = | six nines are 54 | |
| 9 × 7 | = | seven nines are 63 | |
| 9 × 8 | = | eight nines are 72 | |
| 9 × 9 | = | nine nines are 81 | |
| 9 × 10 | = | ten nines are 90 | |
| 9 × 11 | = | eleven nines are 99 | |
| 9 × 12 | = | twelve nines are 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 lots, take one
9 × 7 is 10 × 7 take away one 7: 70 − 7 = 63. Ten lots is easy, and one less lot 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 Year 4, when children learn every table up to 12 × 12. The 9s are in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
Practise for the multiplication tables check
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 round 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 Year 4, when children learn every table up to 12 × 12. The 9s are in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
What is the hardest fact in the 9 times table?
9 × 7 = 63 and 9 × 8 = 72 are the ones children hesitate on. Ten lots take one lot: 70 − 7 = 63.
Is the 9 times table game free?
Yes. Every game here is free, with no account, no adverts 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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