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The following information is to provide help with multiplication and division. One trick is when they are multipling by 2 they are adding the same number twice. You can use your fingers to find all the facts of 9

Here is a simple way to multiply by nine using your fingers.

Here is a simple way to multiply by nine using your fingers.


 * [[image:http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/numbers/finger/mult9a.gif width="195" height="105"]] || Hold both your hands up with palms facing you. Number the fingers from left to right as one to ten. ||
 * [[image:http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/numbers/finger/mult9b.gif width="190" height="90"]] || Now hold down the finger of the number you want to multiply by nine. In this example, we are going to multiply by eight, so the eighth finger is held down. ||
 * [[image:http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/numbers/finger/mult9c.gif width="190" height="90"]] || The fingers to the left as the tens and the fingers to the right are units. In this example, there are seven fingers to the left (marked blue) and two to the right (marked red) which makes 72. ||

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