I found it so difficult myself. Growing up as a student, I was really poor at memorizing number. Now, I know, I was not alone. One of the things students find hard is to memorize tables. I would say, we should never memorize the multiplication tables. When you start memorizing, you fail to observe the patterns in the multiplication. This tutorial is on a series of tutorials on how to remember multiplication tables.
In this tutorial, we will see how to remember the tables having same digits like 11, 22, 33. Later, we will see how to remember the tables of digits having the same digits like 2222, 4444, 9999 and so on.
Multiplication Table of 2-digit number where digits are same
Let us understand with a very simple example. Let us say, we want to remember the multiplication table of 55.
Step 1 : Write the multiplication table of 5. You already know this. I am just repeating it here.
Product | Multiplication |
5 x 1 | 05 |
5 x 2 | 10 |
5 x 3 | 15 |
5 x 4 | 20 |
5 x 5 | 25 |
5 x 6 | 30 |
5 x 7 | 35 |
5 x 8 | 40 |
5 x 9 | 45 |
5 x 10 | 50 |
Step 2 : Now the multiplication table of 55 can be easily obtained by looking at the multiplication table of 5.
Just separate the digits in the 5 multiplication table. The middle digit is obtained by adding the first and the last digit as shown in the multiplication table.
Product | 5 Tables | 55 Tables | 55 Tables |
55 x 1 | 0 __ 5 | 0 (0+5) 5 | 055 |
55 x 2 | 1 __ 0 | 1 (1+0) 5 | 110 |
55 x 3 | 1 __ 5 | 1 (1+5) 5 | 165 |
55 x 4 | 2 __ 0 | 2 (2+0) 0 | 220 |
55 x 5 | 2 __ 5 | 2 (2+5) 5 | 275 |
55 x 6 | 3 __ 0 | 3 (3+0) 0 | 330 |
55 x 7 | 3 __ 5 | 3 (3+5) 5 | 385 |
55 x 8 | 4 __ 0 | 4 (4+0) 0 | 440 |
55 x 9 | 4 __ 5 | 4 (4+5) 5 | 495 |
55 x 10 | 5 __ 0 | 5 (5+0) 0 | 550 |
This is pretty cool right 🙂
Can you then right the multiplication table of 77 ?
Product | 7 Tables | 77 Tables | 77 Tables |
77 x 1 | 0 __ 7 | 0 (0+7) 7 | 077 |
77 x 2 | 1 __ 4 | 1 (1+4) 4 | 154 |
77 x 3 | 2 __ 1 | 2 (2+1) 1 | 231 |
77 x 4 | 2 __ 8 | 2 (2+8) 8 | 308 |
77 x 5 | 3 __ 5 | 3 (3+5) 5 | 385 |
77 x 6 | 4 __ 2 | 4 (4+2) 2 | 462 |
77 x 7 | 4 __ 9 | 4 (4+9) 9 | 539 |
77 x 8 | 5 __ 6 | 5 (5+6) 6 | 616 |
77 x 9 | 6 __ 3 | 6 (6+3) 3 | 693 |
77 x 10 | 7 __ 0 | 7 (7+0) 0 | 770 |
Important : When the addition results in a number which is greater than 10, it is carry forward just like in multiplication.
For instance, consider 77 x 8 :
Multiplication Table of 3 or more digit number where digits are same
Let us see, how to remember the multiplication tables of numbers having the same digits like 2222, 4444, 9999 and so on.
When you are obtaining the multiplication table of 555, you repeat the middle digit (obtained by taking the sum of the digits of multiplication table 5) twice. Similarly, when you are obtaining the multiplication table of 5555, you repeat it thrice and so on.
The multiplication table of 555, 5555 is given in the below table.
Product | 5 Tables | 55 Tables | 555 Tables | 5555 Tables |
55 x 1 | 0 __ 5 | 055 | 0 (55) 5 = 555 | 0 (555) 5 = 5555 |
55 x 2 | 1 __ 0 | 110 | 1 (11) 0 = 1110 | 1 (111) 0 = 11110 |
55 x 3 | 1 __ 5 | 165 | 1 (66) 5 = 1665 | 1 (666) 5 = 16665 |
55 x 4 | 2 __ 0 | 220 | 2 (22) 0 = 2220 | 2 (222) 0 = 22220 |
55 x 5 | 2 __ 5 | 275 | 2 (77) 5 = 2775 | 2 (777) 5 = 27775 |
55 x 6 | 3 __ 0 | 330 | 3 (33) 0 = 3330 | 3 (333) 0 = 33330 |
55 x 7 | 3 __ 5 | 385 | 3 (88) 5 = 3885 | 3 (888) 5 = 38885 |
55 x 8 | 4 __ 0 | 440 | 4 (44) 0 = 4440 | 4 (444) 0 = 44440 |
55 x 9 | 4 __ 5 | 495 | 4 (99) 5 = 4995 | 4 (999) 5 = 49995 |
55 x 10 | 5 __ 0 | 550 | 5 (55) 0 = 5550 | 5 (555) 0 = 55550 |
Now, let us consider the multiplication of 777, 7777 and so on.
There is a slight variation here. When we were obtaining the multiplication table of 777, 7777 and so on, the addition of the digits results in a carry. This additional carry is forwarded to all the digits on the left
For instance, consider 7777 x 8 :
The multiplication table of 777, 7777 is given in the below table.
Product | 7 Tables | 77 Tables | 777 Tables | 7777 Tables |
77 x 1 | 0 __ 7 | 077 | 0 (77) 7 = 777 | 0 (777) 7 = 7777 |
77 x 2 | 1 __ 4 | 154 | 1 (55) 4 = 1554 | 1 (555) 4 = 15554 |
77 x 3 | 2 __ 1 | 231 | 2 (33) 1 = 2331 | 2 (333) 1 = 23331 |
77 x 4 | 2 __ 8 | 308 | 2 (00) 8 = 3108 | 2 (000) 8 = 31108 |
77 x 5 | 3 __ 5 | 385 | 3 (88) 5 = 3885 | 3 (888) 5 = 38885 |
77 x 6 | 4 __ 2 | 462 | 4 (66) 2 = 4662 | 4 (666) 2 = 46662 |
77 x 7 | 4 __ 9 | 539 | 4 (33) 9 = 5439 | 4 (333) 9 = 54439 |
77 x 8 | 5 __ 6 | 616 | 5 (11) 6 = 6216 | 5 (1111) 6 = 62216 |
77 x 9 | 6 __ 3 | 693 | 6 (99) 3 = 6993 | 6 (9999) 3 = 69993 |
77 x 10 | 7 __ 0 | 770 | 7 (77) 0 = 7770 | 7 (7777) 0 = 77770 |
If you know the multiplication table of 2, 3,4 and so on, you can now remember the multiplication table like 111, 222, 33333, 55555 and so on without memorizing anything.
I hope you find the tutorial very useful. Please leave a comment or contact me, if you have any doubts or any comments on this topic. I would be glad to answer.
Great Work, Thanks a lot