Times tables test: a timed quiz
Set up your own times tables test: choose the tables, how many questions and how long for each one. At the end you'll see the score and the facts worth practising. No sign-up, and nothing your child types is stored.
Times tables test
Pick one table for a quick check, or several for a mixed test.
Tap or type each answer. It's marked as soon as it's right. With a timer on, whatever is in the box when time runs out counts.
How the times tables test works
- Choose the tables. Test one table, a few, or all of them from 2 to 12.
- Choose the length. 10 questions is a quick check. 25 is the same length as the Year 4 multiplication tables check.
- Choose the time. 6 seconds for each question is what the real check uses. 10 seconds gives more thinking time, and no timer takes the pressure off completely.
Questions come in a mixed-up order and both ways round, so 4 × 9 might be asked as 9 × 4. Each fact only comes up once in a test.
A speed test, against your child's own best
Being quick with the times tables matters, because it frees up thinking for the rest of a question. But speed comes from remembering, not from rushing. If the timer worries your child, start with no timer or 10 seconds, and move to 6 seconds once the facts feel familiar.
The only score that matters is your child's own. Try the same tables again in a few days and see whether the score has gone up.
What to do after the test
The end of the test lists the facts your child missed. Those are the ones to practise. A few minutes a day on the trickiest facts does more than a long test once a week.
For a single table, each table's own page has the facts, ways to work out the tricky ones and a practice round in order: start from the times tables page.
Times table test for Year 4
In June, children in Year 4 in England take the multiplication tables check: 25 questions from the 2 to 12 times tables, with 6 seconds for each. This test can be set up the same way, but for practice that follows the real check more closely, with 3 practice questions first and more questions from the 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s and 12s, use 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.
- Multiplication tables check assessment framework (Standards and Testing Agency). Used for: the 6 seconds for each question in the Year 4 check.