The 9 times table
The 9s look hard, but they have more tricks than any other table — including one you can do on your fingers.
- 9×1=9
- 9×2=18
- 9×3=27
- 9×4=36
- 9×5=45
- 9×6=54
- 9×7=63
- 9×8=72
- 9×9=81
- 9×10=90
- 9×11=99
- 9×12=108
How to learn the 9s
Each line means “9 groups of”. So 9 × 4 = 36 means four groups of 9 make 36. Every answer is just 9 more than the one before: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45…
The highlighted facts, 9 × 6 = 54, 9 × 7 = 63 and 9 × 8 = 72, are the ones learners usually find hardest. The tips below give you a way into each one.
Self-test: press “Hide answers”, say each answer out loud, then tap a fact to check it.
In real life
A baseball team fields 9 players. Four teams on the field would be 9 × 4 = 36 players.
Four ways to make the 9s easy
The finger trick
Hold up 10 fingers. For 9 × 4, fold down your 4th finger. There are 3 fingers to its left (tens) and 6 to its right (ones).
9 × 4 = 36Ten times, minus one
9 is one less than 10. Work out 10 × the number, then take one of it away.
9 × 7 = 70 − 7 = 63The digits add to 9
From 9 × 1 to 9 × 10, the two digits of the answer always add up to 9.
9 × 8 = 72 → 7 + 2 = 9Tens digit is one less
In 9 × 6 the tens digit is 6 − 1 = 5. What goes with 5 to make 9? 4. So the answer is 54.
9 × 6 = 54Spot the pattern
Last digits of 9 × 1 to 9 × 10:
Up one, down one. 09, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90 — the tens go up by one while the ones go down by one.
Mirror answers. The second half mirrors the first: 45 ↔ 54, 36 ↔ 63, 27 ↔ 72, 18 ↔ 81.
The matching division facts
Every multiplication fact gives you a division fact for free. If 9 × 6 = 54, then 54 ÷ 9 = 6.
- 9 ÷ 9 = 1
- 18 ÷ 9 = 2
- 27 ÷ 9 = 3
- 36 ÷ 9 = 4
- 45 ÷ 9 = 5
- 54 ÷ 9 = 6
- 63 ÷ 9 = 7
- 72 ÷ 9 = 8
- 81 ÷ 9 = 9
- 90 ÷ 9 = 10
- 99 ÷ 9 = 11
- 108 ÷ 9 = 12
9 times table worksheet
Free, no sign-up. A 2-page PDF: the full table with tricks and division facts, plus a worksheet (fill-in, missing numbers, division) with an answer key. US Letter, A4-safe.
Next steps
Tables that connect to the 9s
- 3 times table — every 9s answer is in the 3s
- 6 times table — a good table to practice next
- 18 times table — double every 9s answer
- ×22 times table
- ×33 times table
- ×44 times table
- ×55 times table
- ×66 times table
- ×77 times table
- ×88 times table
- ×99 times table
- ×1010 times table
- ×1111 times table
- ×1212 times table
- ×1313 times table
- ×1414 times table
- ×1515 times table
- ×1616 times table
- ×1818 times table
- ×2020 times table
- ×2525 times table
- ×3030 times table
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