Multiplication Made Easy! 0 Anything times 0 is 0 (Example 3x0=0) 1 Anything times 1 is the other number. (Example 5x1=5) 2 Count by 2s. All of your answers will be even numbers. (Example 7x2=14) Also you can double the other numbers. (Example 7x2= double the seven 7+7 =14) 3 If you can count by threes these should be easy! 4 Doubles of 2s. 5 Count by 5. All your answers will end with a 0 or a 5. (Example 2x3=6 so 4x3=12 double the 6 6+6=12) (Example 3x5=15 and 4x5=20) 6 Some problems rhyme 6x6=36 6x4=24 6x8=48 7 7x6=42 This is the hardest multiplication problem ever! 8 56=7x8 the numbers are counting up 5,6,7,8 8x8=64 9 I ate and I ate and I fell sick on the floor 8 x 8 = 6 4 Use the finger trick 9x7=63 -start on left side -count over 7 fingers -bend 7th finger down -fingers on left of bend=6 -fingers on the right of bend=3 10 Anything times 10 is the other number with a 0 added on. 11 (Example 10x7=70 7 with a 0 added on) They are doubles (example 11x3=33 It is like 1x3 and 1x3) for 11x11= split the 11 apart 1___1 and then add the 1+1 together to get 2 and that 2 will go on the line between the numbers.(121) The same thing works for 11x12= split the 12 apart 1___2 and then add 1+2 together to get 3 and that 3 will go on the line between the 1____2 to give you 132! 12 If you know all the other facts you know these. You will have to memorize 12x12=144