multiplication table

noun

1. Arithmetic. a tabular listing of the products of any two numbers of a set, usually of the integers 1 through 10 or 1 through 12.

multiplication table

noun

1. one of a group of tables giving the results of multiplying two numbers together

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiplication table¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

How many of the most important affairs of life can be demonstrated by means of the multiplication table?

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The majority of you no doubt know what the multiplication-table is, and I am sure you have thought it a pretty disagreeable thing.

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The captain is an ambitious ass, he couldn't think his way through a multiplication table.

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He did not use the book, and did not need to; he knew his Shakespeare as well as Euclid ever knew his multiplication table.

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Whether the habit is some fundamental moral habit or the multiplication table, be consistent, do not vacillate.

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