Length: 0:27The 5 Times TrickWhat is 5 times 6?Grade 3Math story 97 · Multiplication
The 9 Times Trick
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What is 9 times 7? There is a trick for that.
First we do 10 times 7. That's 70, easy: we just add a zero.
That is one 7 too many. We take one row away: 70 minus 7 is 63.
What is 9 times 6?
Answer and working
Correct! 10 times 6 is 60, minus 6 is 54.
9 × 6 = 54
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