The idea with the formatting here is just to make the columns of the times table line up by putting a number of spaces between each entry. There are a number of possible ways to make that happen, so it's up to you to find one that works. Have you been able to output the table at all yet?
Also,
you should post questions about Cattle Drive assignments in the Cattle Drive forum. You're welcome to ask questions about the the underlying
Java code in Beginning Java, but you'll have to frame the question that way. Referencing "Assignment 5" in any other forum likely won't make sense to anyone there.