Times tables: practise every table from 2 to 12
Practise the times tables from 2 to 12: choose one table or several, then tap or type each answer. It's free, there's no sign-up, and nothing your child types is stored.
Practise the times tables
Pick the tables to practise. Questions come mixed up and both ways round, like 3 × 7 and 7 × 3.
Tap or type each answer. It's marked as soon as it's right.
Every times table, one page each
Each page has the facts, the patterns that make that table easier, the facts children find trickiest, and a practice round just for that table.
- 2times tableYear 2
- 3times tableYear 3
- 4times tableYear 3
- 5times tableYear 2
- 6times tableYear 4
- 7times tableYear 4
- 8times tableYear 3
- 9times tableYear 4
- 10times tableYear 2
- 11times tableYear 4
- 12times tableYear 4
Which times tables does my child learn in each year?
The national curriculum for England sets out when children should know each times table. In Year 1, children count in 2s, 5s and 10s. Then:
| Year | Times tables |
|---|---|
| Year 2 | 2s, 5s, 10s |
| Year 3 | 3s, 4s, 8s |
| Year 4 | 6s, 7s, 9s, 11s, 12s |
By the end of Year 4, children should know every multiplication fact up to 12 × 12, and the division facts that go with them. In June of Year 4, children in England take the multiplication tables check: 25 questions, with 6 seconds for each one.
Schools don't all teach the tables in exactly the same order. Government guidance for teachers suggests learning them in families, because the tables in a family are linked: the 10s then the 5s; the 2s, 4s and 8s; the 3s, 6s and 9s; then the 7s; and the 11s and 12s last. There's more on this, and a 10 minute routine for home, in how to learn times tables.
How many times table facts are there?
From 2 × 2 to 12 × 12 there are 121 facts. But 7 × 8 is the same as 8 × 7, and every fact has a turnaround like that, so there are really only 66 different facts to learn. Most children already know a lot of them from the 2s, 5s and 10s.
Which times table is a number in?
A number is in a times table when it's a multiple of that number. For example, 24 is in the 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 times tables, because 2 × 12, 3 × 8, 4 × 6, 6 × 4, 8 × 3 and 12 × 2 all make 24.
Some numbers aren't in any of the times tables from 2 to 12. 67 is one: the only numbers that multiply to make 67 are 1 and 67 itself, which makes 67 a prime number.
Do times tables practice and the real check use the same rules?
The practice on this page lets you choose the tables and turn the timer off. For practice that works like the Year 4 check, with 6 seconds for each question and more of the 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s and 12s, try the tables check practice.
Mathsley does this for you, every day
Mathsley brings back each times table fact just before your child would forget it, spots the ones they mix up, and from Year 3 uses a timer that adapts to your child instead of rushing them. Short sessions with a clear finish, no speed ranks and no leaderboards.
Sources
We check every method and fact on this page against these official documents.
- National curriculum in England: mathematics programmes of study (Department for Education). Used for: which times tables are taught in Years 2, 3 and 4.
- Mathematics guidance: key stages 1 and 2 (Department for Education). Used for: learning the tables in families, and the turnaround.
- Multiplication tables check: information for parents (Standards and Testing Agency)