9 Multiplication Trick

Let's say you want to multiply 9 x 7.you would count over seven fingers from the pinkie finger and then put that finger down.

9 Multiplication Trick. A fun math trick to multiply by 9 using your fingers. But be careful before you teach these in your classroom.

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While it is generally more important to know why things work, with the tables i recommend pure memory, it makes future math work much easier. Now the 3 step multiplication method will become 5 step. Multiplication of two consecutive numbers.

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In this video, i show you an easy way to learn the 9 times multiplication table. After doing this go back to the remaining ten we provide few shortcut tricks on multiplication of three digit numbers. These tricks are of multiplication speed tricks. I would like to mention one here.