Multiplication Table Of 10
The table of 10 is the list of products you get when you multiply 10 by each whole number in turn. It is the table most students learn first, because $10 = 1 \times 10$, so you take the multiplier and add one zero.
Table Of 10 Up To 10
Multiplication | Product |
|---|---|
$10 \times 1$ | 10 |
$10 \times 2$ | 20 |
$10 \times 3$ | 30 |
$10 \times 4$ | 40 |
$10 \times 5$ | 50 |
$10 \times 6$ | 60 |
$10 \times 7$ | 70 |
$10 \times 8$ | 80 |
$10 \times 9$ | 90 |
$10 \times 10$ | 100 |
Table Of 10 Up To 20
Multiplication | Product |
|---|---|
$10 \times 11$ | 110 |
$10 \times 12$ | 120 |
$10 \times 13$ | 130 |
$10 \times 14$ | 140 |
$10 \times 15$ | 150 |
$10 \times 16$ | 160 |
$10 \times 17$ | 170 |
$10 \times 18$ | 180 |
$10 \times 19$ | 190 |
$10 \times 20$ | 200 |
What Is The Table Of 10 In Words?
Reading the table aloud sets the rhythm before the numbers stick.
One times 10 is 10
Two times 10 is 20
Three times 10 is 30
Four times 10 is 40
Five times 10 is 50
Six times 10 is 60
Seven times 10 is 70
Eight times 10 is 80
Nine times 10 is 90
Ten times 10 is 100
What Is The 10 Times Table?
The 10 times table is repeated addition of 10. Each row adds one more group of ten, so the table answers "how much is ten, added to itself, again and again?"
Built from the ground up, the ladder looks like this:
$10$
$10 + 10 = 20$
$10 + 10 + 10 = 30$
$10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 40$
Multiplication is the shortcut for that stacking, which is why $10 \times 4$ and "four tens added together" both give 40.
What Are The Multiples Of 10?
The multiples of 10 are the numbers you land on by skip-counting in tens. The first twenty are:
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200.
Every entry in the table of 10 is a multiple of 10, and each one is even and a multiple of 5, since $10 = 2 \times 5$. That is why each product ends in a single zero.
How To Learn The 10 Times Table (Patterns, Not Memorizing)
Bhanzu teaches the few patterns that generate a table rather than drilling its rows into recall. The table of 10 is the anchor of the whole number system, so learning why the zero appears gives you a tool you will reuse in every larger table. That understanding is the number sense the decimal system and place value are built on.
Every pattern below comes from how 10 is composed: $10 = 1 \times 10$ and $10 = 2 \times 5$.
Pattern 1: Write the number, then add a zero. Because $10 = 1 \times 10$, the counting numbers (1, 2, 3) become the tens when you append one zero: 10, 20, 30. For $10 \times 7$, take the 7 and write 70.
Pattern 2: Multiplying by ten shifts place value. The zero appears because each digit moves one place to the left, from ones into tens. This is the reason 10 is the base of our number system, and it is why the units digit of every multiple of 10 is 0.
Pattern 3: You only learn ten facts, not twenty. Because $10 \times 3$ and $3 \times 10$ give the same product, each fact has a twin. If you can recall $10 \times 8 = 80$, you already know $8 \times 10$, so half the work is done.
Pattern 4: The 10s are the 5s doubled. Since $10 = 2 \times 5$, every multiple of 10 is double the matching multiple of 5. Work $10 \times 6$ from $5 \times 6 = 30$, doubled to reach 60.
How Do You Read And Use The Table Of 10?
Read each row left to right: $10 \times 6 = 60$ is "ten multiplied six times gives sixty." The first number is the group size, the second is the count of groups, and the product is the total.
To learn it, count aloud in tens while attaching a zero, then quiz yourself in a shuffled order so you are recalling by structure rather than reciting a chant. Because the 10 times table feeds directly into the table of 100, the effort here pays off twice.
Where Does The Table Of 10 Appear?
Ten is the number our whole counting system runs on. We count in tens because we have ten fingers, so place value groups digits into ones, tens, hundreds. Money uses it directly, since ten ten-rupee notes make a hundred, and the metric system is built on it, so ten millimetres make a centimetre and ten years make a decade. Any time you round a number to the nearest ten or read a decimal place, you are leaning on this table.
Solved Examples Of The Table Of 10
Example 1
What is $10 \times 7$?
Take the 7 and attach one zero.
$10 \times 7 = 70$
Final answer: $10 \times 7 = 70$.
Example 2
A pack holds 10 pens. How many pens are in 6 packs?
Wrong attempt. A rusher reads this as $10 + 6$ and writes 16.
Why it breaks. Six packs of ten pens each must hold far more than 16, which is barely more than a single pack.
Correct. This is six groups of ten, so multiply.
$10 \times 6 = 60$
Final answer: 60 pens.
Example 3
Find $10 \times 14$.
Split 14 into $10 + 4$: $10 \times 10 = 100$ and $10 \times 4 = 40$.
$100 + 40 = 140$
Final answer: $10 \times 14 = 140$.
Example 4
$10 \times {?} = 90$.
Divide to find the missing factor: $90 \div 10 = 9$.
Final answer: $10 \times 9 = 90$.
Example 5
A decade is 10 years. How many years are in 8 decades?
$10 \times 8 = 80$, since 8 with one zero is 80.
Final answer: 80 years.
What Are Common Mistakes With The Table Of 10?
Mistake 1: Adding instead of multiplying
Where it slips in: A phrase like "10 in each of 7 boxes" tempts a quick $10 + 7$.
Don't do this: Answering $10 \times 7 = 17$.
The correct way: Seven groups of ten is $10 \times 7 = 70$. When the words say "in each," the operation is multiplication.
Mistake 2: Dropping or doubling the zero on larger rows
Where it slips in: On two-digit multipliers like $10 \times 12$, the trailing zero gets miscounted.
Don't do this: Writing $10 \times 12 = 1200$ (two zeros) or 12 (no zero).
The correct way: Attach exactly one zero to the multiplier: $10 \times 12 = 120$.
Practice Questions On The Table Of 10
$10 \times 4 = {?}$
$10 \times 9 = {?}$
Fill in the blank: $10 \times {?} = 80$.
A box holds 10 crayons. How many crayons in 7 boxes?
$10 \times 11 = {?}$
Which is larger, $10 \times 8$ or $10 \times 7$?
$10 \times 20 = {?}$
A stack has 10 coins. How many coins in 13 stacks?
Answers: 1. 40 2. 90 3. 8 4. 70 5. 110 6. $10 \times 8 = 80$ is larger 7. 200 8. 130 coins.
Conclusion
The table of 10 is the foundation every other table leans on, since attaching one zero is really the story of place value and our base-ten number system. Learn why the zero appears, and larger tables like the hundreds stop feeling like new material. To build this fluency with a teacher, explore mental maths for kids or an elementary math tutor, and for quick pattern work try speed math.
Read More
Multiplication Tables - the master hub with every table in one place.
Tables from 1 to 20 - every chart from 2 to 20 together.
2 times table - a factor of 10, since $10 = 2 \times 5$.
5 times table - the other half of that factor pair; the tens are the fives doubled.
20 times table - the tens doubled, another add-a-zero relative.
How to teach multiplication - a guide for parents building these facts at home.
Math is Fun: multiplication tables - printable charts and practice.
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