Learn a Fact: 4 x 9

Step 1

Put your hands on the table in front of you.

Step 2

Your fingers represent the numbers 1 through 10.

Step 3

• Each finger to the left of the curled finger represents 10. 
• Since one finger is to the left of the curled finger, there are 3 tens or 30.  (The first number of the answer is 3)
• Each finger to the right of the curled finger represents one.  
• Count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.  (Or 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)  
• 4 x 9 = 36