Dad's Eight Simple Rules for Mastering the Times Tables

Rule #1:

First Number Times Second Number is the Same as Second Number Times First Number

Rule #2:

Any Number Times One is that Number

Rule #3:

To Multiply by Ten, Attach a Zero

Rule #4:

To Multiply by Two, Double the Number

Rule #5:

Multiplying by Four is Doubling Twice (Double-Double Rule)

Rule #6:

Multiplying by Five is Just Counting by Five

Rule #7:

The Nine Rule - Tens is Number Minus One, Ones is Nine Minus Tens

Rule #8:

Memorize the Ten Remaining Facts:

3 x 3 = 9	Three times three is so fine, three times three is nine.
3 x 6 = 18	Three times my bird ate six beans, three times six is eighteen.
3 x 7 = 21	Three candies each for seven days, that would be fun, three times seven is twenty-one.
3 x 8 = 24	Three boys on skates fell on the floor, three times eight is twenty-four.
6 x 6 = 36	Six dogs with six sticks, six times six is thirty-six.
6 x 7 = 42	Sticks from heaven, stuck in glue, six times seven is forty-two!
6 x 8 = 48	What do we appreciate? Six times eight is forty-eight! Flight Six Times Eight! Don't be late! Leaving at gate forty-eight!
7 x 7 = 49	Seven kids in seven lines, add 'em, up its forty-nine.
7 x 8 = 56	Five - six - seven - eight, Fifty-six is seven times eight. Seven packs of gum, each with eight sticks. Can you chew fifty-six?
8 x 8 = 64	Eight times eight is sixty-four, close your mouth and shut the door! Had two eights, dropped them on the floor, picked them up, had sixty-four.