Many educators believe it is necessary to memorize the table up to 9 × 9. The decimal multiplication table was traditionally taught as an essential part of elementary arithmetic around the world, as it lays the foundation for arithmetic operations with base-ten numbers. In mathematics, a multiplication table (sometimes, less formally, a times table) is a mathematical table used to define a multiplication operation for an algebraic system. Multiplication table from 1 to 10 drawn to scale with the upper-right half labeled with prime factorisations
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