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Times Table Investigation
Subject: Maths
(This idea was contributed by Michele Papageorghiou)
Age Range: 7 to 11

Which of the following tables is the 1,3,6 and 9 times tables?

TABLE W TABLE X
H X A = A
H X F = F
H X G = G
H X C = C
H X H = H
H X J = J
H X D = D
H X I = I
H X B = B
A =
B =
C =
D =
F =
G =
H =
I =
J =
D X F = BG
D X A = D
D X D = JA
D X C = IH
D X I = AJ
D X H = FC
D X J = HI
D X G = CF
D X B = GB
A =
B =
C =
D =
F =
G =
H =
I =
J =
TABLE Y TABLE Z
C X G = BG
C X J = AF
C X H = JD
C X I = DG
C X B = C
C X C = AC
C X E = DE
C X A = BE
C X D = GD
A =
B =
C =
D =
E =
F =
G =
H =
I =
J =
H X J = GJ
H X F = BI
H X B = D
H X I = BG
H X H = F
H X G = H
H X D = GA
H X C = GB
H X A =BC
A =
B =
C =
D =
F =
G =
H =
I =
J =

The information above can also be found on a worksheet here.

ANSWERS

TABLE W ( 1 x table ) TABLE X ( 9 x table )
H X A = A
H X F = F
H X G = G
H X C = C
H X H = H
H X J = J
H X D = D
H X I = I
H X B = B
A = 2
B = 3
C = 4
D = 5
F = 6
G = 7
H =1
I = 8
J = 9
D X F = BG
D X A = D
D X D = JA
D X C = IH
D X I = AJ
D X H = FC
D X J = HI
D X G = CF
D X B = GB
A = 1
B = 5
C = 3
D = 9
F = 6
G = 4
H = 7
I = 2
J = 8
TABLE Y ( 6 x table ) TABLE Z ( 3 x table )
C X G = BG
C X J = AF
C X H = JD
C X I = DG
C X B = C
C X C = AC
C X E = DE
C X A = BE
C X D = GD
A = 3
B = 1
C = 6
D = 4
E = 8
F = 0
G = 2
H = 9
I = 7
J = 5
H X J = GJ
H X F = BI
H X B = D
H X I = BG
H X H = F
H X G = H
H X D = GA
H X C = GB
H X A =BC
A = 8
B = 2
C = 4
D = 6
F = 9
G = 1
H = 3
I = 7
J = 5

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