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9 times table

Children usually learn the 9 times table in Year 4 in the UK and in Grade 3 in the US. It looks hard but has the best tricks of any table: the finger trick and the digits that always add up to 9. Below are the facts from 9 × 1 to 9 × 12, the tricks that make them stick, the mistakes to watch for, and two things to print: a worksheet with 32 problems (multiplication both ways round and the matching division facts, with eight animals to rescue) and a poster of the table in its colour from the multiplication chart. Free, no sign-up.

  1. 9 × 19
  2. 9 × 218
  3. 9 × 327
  4. 9 × 436
  5. 9 × 545
  6. 9 × 654
  7. 9 × 763
  8. 9 × 872
  9. 9 × 981
  10. 9 × 1090
  11. 9 × 1199
  12. 9 × 12108
Worksheet 9 times table, ink-saving version with eight animals

Ink-saving

White cards with coloured borders and the animals in colour. For every animal rescued, your child colours in a star.

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Worksheet 9 times table, colouring version with eight animals to colour in

Colouring version

Black and white for any printer. Once an animal is rescued, your child gets to colour it in.

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9 times table chart to print: 9 × 1 to 9 × 12 with the parrot

9 times table chart (poster)

The 9 times table from 9 × 1 to 9 × 12 in big type, in its colour from the multiplication chart, with the parrot that keeps it. For the wall or the fridge.

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Also as US Letter PDF

Free for home and the classroom. Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0, so feel free to print, copy and pass it on, just don't sell it. If you share the sheet online, please link to this page. CC BY-NC 4.0

Nine lots is ten lots minus one, so the 10 times table is the way in. The 9s are also the 3s tripled. All twelve tables at once are on the multiplication chart, and the Multiplication Tables Check practice sheets test the 2 to 12 tables in the format of the Year 4 check.

How the worksheet works

  1. Each of the eight animals has three problems to work out and one gate problem, just like in the game: out of three answers, your child circles the right one.
  2. When all four problems are right, the animal is rescued: in the ink-saving version your child colours in its star, in the colouring version the whole animal.
  3. The problems run from 9 × 2 to 9 × 10, both ways round, and the matching division facts (54 ÷ 9 and 54 ÷ 6).
  4. There is no answer key on purpose: check the answers together, or let your child check with the swapped fact (9 × 3 = 27, so 3 × 9 = 27).

Tricks for the 9 times table

  1. The finger trick

    9 × 4: fold the 4th finger → 3 | 6 → 36

    Hold up ten fingers. For 9 × 4 fold down the fourth finger from the left: 3 fingers on the left, 6 on the right, 36.

  2. The digits add up to 9

    18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81

    Every answer up to 9 × 10 has digits that make 9. A check for any answer.

  3. Ten times, minus once

    9 × 7 = 70 − 7 = 639 × 8 = 80 − 8 = 72

    Nine lots is ten lots minus one lot.

  4. The tens digit is one less

    9 × 7 → 6_ → 639 × 4 → 3_ → 36

    The tens digit is one less than the number you multiply by; the units digit makes it up to 9.

  5. Division is multiplication backwards

    63 ÷ 9 = 7, because 7 × 9 = 63

    63 ÷ 9 asks: how many 9s fit into 63? The worksheet practises both directions.

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For teachers

The sheet works well as independent practice, homework or an extension task for early finishers; the poster goes on the wall next to the full multiplication chart so the class can see where the 9s sit. The colouring version prints on any black-and-white photocopier, and the ink-saving version needs very little colour. In England the 2 to 12 tables are checked in Year 4; the practice sheets for that check are linked above.

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Rather practise with a game?

In Number Jungle your child runs through the jungle and dashes through the gate with the right answer. The same problems, matched to their school year, with no ads and offline. Free for Android, iPhone and iPad.

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FAQ

When do children learn the 9 times table?

In Year 4 in England (the national curriculum) and in Grade 3 in the US, after the 2s, 5s and 10s are secure. In England all tables to 12 are checked at the end of Year 4.

What is 9 × 9?

81. It is the square number of this table, shown in a white box on the chart and on the worksheet poster.

Is the worksheet really free?

Yes. It is free, with no sign-up and no email address. You may print and copy it for home and for the classroom (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Is there an answer key?

No, on purpose. The swapped fact is a good check: if your child worked out 9 × 4 = 36, they can check it with 4 × 9. For the gate problems, the right answer is one of the choices anyway.

What is the difference between the two worksheet versions?

The ink-saving version has animals in colour and a star to colour in. The colouring version is completely black and white, and the rescued animal itself gets coloured in.

How can my child keep practising the 9 times table?

Short, frequent practice helps most: a few minutes a day beats one long session. The free game Number Jungle asks the facts that are still wobbly more often until they stick, and the poster on the wall is there for a quick look-up in between.