What is a good way to practise?

Short and often: ten questions most days. Once each table is known on its own, mix them, because the times tables are rarely met in order.

Which table is the hardest?

Most children find the 6s, 7s, 8s and 12s hardest, and 7 × 8 = 56 is often named as the hardest single fact.

Grades 2–4

Times tables 1 to 12

There are 144 facts in the chart, but far fewer to actually learn. Take out the 1s and the 10s, count 3 × 4 and 4 × 3 once, and 55 are left.

Work it out.

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The multiplication chart

Find one number along the top and the other down the side; the answer is where the row and column meet. The squares, 1, 4, 9 and on to 144, run down the diagonal.

Multiplication grid from 1 to 12
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
3	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36
4	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48
5	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60
6	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72
7	7	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70	77	84
8	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96
9	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81	90	99	108
10	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120
11	11	22	33	44	55	66	77	88	99	110	121	132
12	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144

Tips, table by table

Most tables can be built from one already known. The 7s are left until last because, by then, 7 × 7 = 49 is the only new fact.

Table	Pattern	Example
× 2	Double the number.	2 × 8 = 16
× 3	Count in threes. The digits of each answer add up to 3, 6 or 9.	3 × 7 = 21
× 4	Double, then double again.	4 × 6 = 24
× 5	Half of times 10. Answers end in 0 or 5.	5 × 7 = 35
× 6	Times 5, then one more group.	6 × 7 = 35 + 7 = 42
× 7	Learn last: only 7 × 7 is not in another table.	7 × 7 = 49
× 8	Double three times.	8 × 6: 12, 24, 48
× 9	Times 10, then take one group away.	9 × 7 = 70 − 7 = 63
× 10	Each digit moves one place left.	10 × 12 = 120
× 11	Up to 11 × 9 the digit repeats.	11 × 7 = 77
× 12	Times 10, plus times 2.	12 × 7 = 70 + 14 = 84

Practice questions

Work each one on paper first, then open the answer to check it.

7 × 8
Answer
56
6 × 9
Answer
54
12 × 12
Answer
144
11 × 6
Answer
66
4 × 7
Answer
28
8 × 8
Answer
64
9 × 12
Answer
108
3 × 9
Answer
27
7 × 6
Answer
42
12 × 8
Answer
96

Common questions

What is a good way to practise?: Short and often: ten questions most days. Once each table is known on its own, mix them, because the times tables are rarely met in order.
Which table is the hardest?: Most children find the 6s, 7s, 8s and 12s hardest, and 7 × 8 = 56 is often named as the hardest single fact.

More topics

Grades K–2Place value300 + 40 + 7Ones, tens, hundreds and what each digit is worth. Grades K–3Addition158 + 67Facts to 20, making ten, and column addition with carrying. Grades 1–3Subtraction400 − 163Fact families, counting up, and exchanging across zeros. Grades 2–4Multiplication34 × 6Equal groups, arrays, and written multiplication. Grades 3–5Division852 ÷ 4Sharing and grouping, short division and remainders. Grades 3–5Fractions3/4 + 1/8Equivalent fractions, adding, comparing, and parts of amounts. Grades 4–5Decimals4.75 + 2.6Tenths and hundredths, comparing, and lining up the point.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
3	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36
4	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48
5	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60
6	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72
7	7	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70	77	84
8	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96
9	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81	90	99	108
10	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120
11	11	22	33	44	55	66	77	88	99	110	121	132
12	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
3	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36
4	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48
5	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60
6	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72
7	7	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70	77	84
8	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96
9	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81	90	99	108
10	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120
11	11	22	33	44	55	66	77	88	99	110	121	132
12	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
3	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36
4	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48
5	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60
6	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72
7	7	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70	77	84
8	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96
9	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81	90	99	108
10	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120
11	11	22	33	44	55	66	77	88	99	110	121	132
12	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144