MASTERING MULTIPLICATION

MASTERING MULTIPLICATION TABLE

Any student or pupil of Arithmetic or Math should be able to remember the Multiplication Table by memory. You don't have to remember every product of the factors from 1 to 12, just as long as you know the product of the number or numbers before the factor that you need to multiply.

For example, say you need to multiply 8 x 7, and you don't know or have forgotten its product.  Here is what you can do to multiply them.

You should at least know all the products when a number is multiplied by itself, by memory or by heart, at least between 1 to 12.

For example, 1 x 1 = 1, 2 x 2 = 4, 3 x 3 = 9, 4 x 4 = 16, 5 x 5 = 25, 6 x 6 = 36, 7 x 7 = 49, 8 x 8 = 64, 9 x 9 = 81, 10 x 10 = 100, 11 x 11 = 121, 12 x 12 = 144.

So, since you know 7 x 7 = 49, all you have to do is add 49 + 7 = 56.  So 8 x 7 = 56.

All you have to do is to know the product of the least of the two numbers, and just add the same number once, or twice, if necessary.

For example, say you need to multiply 9 x 7.  You know 7 x 7 = 49, and you need two more 7's, so you just add 49 + 14 = 63 to get 9 x 7.

Remember, the key is to learn the products of the numbers from 1 to 12 when it is multiplied by itself, then just add the same number as many times to get the right result.

Learn math by applying the math you know!

John