The 10 times table is the anchor of the whole grid: shift every digit one place left and you are done. It matters less as a memory task and more as the foundation of place value.
10 × 1= 10
10 × 2= 20
10 × 3= 30
10 × 4= 40
10 × 5= 50
10 × 6= 60
10 × 7= 70
10 × 8= 80
10 × 9= 90
10 × 10= 100
10 × 11= 110
10 × 12= 120
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10 × 7 = 70 because the 7 moves from the ones column to the tens column. 'Add a zero' gets the same answer for whole numbers but breaks later with decimals (10 × 0.7 is not 0.70) — teach the place-value shift instead.
10, 20, 30, 40… the tens digit simply counts 1, 2, 3, 4. Children often know this table before any formal teaching, from counting in tens and handling money.
The 10s unlock the 5s (halve it), the 9s (subtract one group) and the 11s (add one group). Make sure it is instant — the derived-fact strategies for three other tables depend on it.
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Answer as many as you can. Aim to beat your last time.
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10 × 1 =
10 × 2 =
10 × 3 =
10 × 4 =40
10 × 5 =
10 × 6 =
10 × 7 =70
10 × 8 =80
10 × 9 =90
10 × 10 =
10 × 11 =110
10 × 12 =
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No help this time. Write every answer from memory.
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It gets the right answers for whole numbers, but it teaches the wrong idea. Multiplying by 10 shifts every digit one place left in the place-value system — which is why 10 × 34 = 340 but 10 × 3.4 = 34, not 3.40. The shift explanation survives decimals; 'add a zero' does not.
It is usually the very first table, at ages 5–7, because it grows directly out of counting in tens. In England it is expected by the end of Year 2, alongside the 2s and 5s.
Three directly: the 5s (ten times, halved), the 9s (ten times, minus one group) and the 11s (ten times, plus one group). That's why fluency in the 10s pays off far beyond the table itself.
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