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title: "The 9 Times Trick"
description: "Math story: 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?"
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language: "en"
video: "https://www.mathapex.app/media/stories/videos/en/the-9-times-trick.b1df0f8a.mp4"
duration: "PT31S"
worksheet: "https://www.mathapex.app/media/stories/worksheets/en/the-9-times-trick.0807f733.pdf"
---

# The 9 Times Trick

Math story 97 · Multiplication · Grade 3 · 0:31

## Read the story

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`

## Worksheet to practise along

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