🧮 Multiplication Tables from 6 to 10

🎯Goals

• Memorize the 6 to 10 times tables easily.
• Use the complement-to-10 method.
• Use the finger method to find a product.

1Let's recall the tables

2Method 1: The complement to 10

The complement to 10 of a number is what we add to it to get 10. Example: the complement of 8 is 2, and of 7 is 3.

Example: let's calculate 8 × 7.

1. I find the complement to 10 of each number: 8 → 2 and 7 → 3.
2. I multiply the complements: 2 × 3 = 6. I write it in the ones place.
3. I subtract the other number's complement from one number: 8 − 3 = 5 (or 7 − 2 = 5). I write it in the tens place.

3Method 2: The fingers ✋

Number the fingers of each hand from 6 to 10: thumb = 6, index = 7, middle = 8, ring = 9, pinky = 10.

Example: let's calculate 8 × 7. Touch finger 7 of one hand to finger 8 of the other hand.

1. I count the folded fingers (the touching ones and those below) on both hands: 2 + 3 = 5 → 5 tens.
2. I multiply the raised fingers of both hands: 3 × 2 = 6 → 6 ones.
3. I write the result: 5 tens and 6 ones.

4Exercises

Exercise 1: Complete using the complement-to-10 method

Exercise 2: I use my fingers ✋

1. 7 × 7 : folded = , raised = , result =
2. 9 × 8 : folded = , raised = , result =
3. 8 × 6 : folded = , raised = , result =

Exercise 3: True or false?

1. 8 × 7 = 54  
2. 6 × 9 = 54  
3. 7 × 7 = 49  
4. 9 × 8 = 81  

Exercise 4: Word problem 📚

Ahmed buys 8 boxes of pencils. Each box has 7 pencils. How many pencils did he buy?

Exercise 5: Challenge 🏆

Fill in: 6 × = 48    9 × = 63    × 8 = 72

⭐Remember

• Complement to 10: multiply the complements → ones, subtract → tens.
• Fingers: folded fingers → tens, product of raised fingers → ones.
• Practice one table every day until you know it by heart!