Year 4 Represent counting in nines as the 9 times table worksheet

“Counting in nines” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 maths unit “Represent counting in nines as the 9 times table”, for children aged 8 to 9, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 12 of the year, 5 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Counting in nines

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can count in nines and use the words factor, product and multiple correctly.

A Look back3 min

1.
3 rows of 10 make
2.
4 × 5 =
3.
Count in fives: 0, 5, 10,

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola puts 9 stickers on each of 4 cards. How many stickers altogether?

Watch me

Count in nines: 9, 18, 27, 36.

4 nines make 36, so 9 × 4 = 36.

9 and 4 are factors. 36 is the product.

Now you

1.
9 × 7 =

C Your turn6 min

Each picture shows rows of nine. Fill in the product.

1.
9 × 3 =
2.
9 × 5 =
3.
9 × 6 =
4.
9 × 8 =

Say it out loud: The first factor is always 9 here. What changes in each row, and what happens to the product?

D Spot the mistake2 min

Kit says: “In 9 × 6 = 54, the product is 9, because 9 is the first number.”

1.
What is the product of 9 and 6?

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Write every multiple of 9 from 20 to 60.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Counting in nines · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 30

2. 20

3. 15

B

1. 63 If your child writes 54, they may have counted only 6 nines. Count on one more nine from 54 to reach 63.

C

1. 27

2. 45

3. 54

4. 72

D

1. 54 If your child writes 15, they added 9 and 6. The product means multiply: 9 × 6 = 54, and 9 and 6 are the factors.

E

1. 27, 36, 45, 54 If your child writes 30, they may have counted in tens: 3 × 10 = 30. Count on in nines from 18 to check: 27, 36, 45, 54.

Words to use

Say“Which words are the starting numbers, and which word is the answer?”

Instead of“It's just the times table, so move on quickly.”

After the sheet

Lay out 4 rows of 9 socks or spoons, then say the factors and the product aloud.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

4 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Neighbours of nine(with a plan)
Hopping up and down in nines(with a plan)
Ten take away one group(with a plan)
Two-step nine problems(with a plan)

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