Times Tables Practice
Knowing your times tables by heart makes every other kind of maths faster — division, fractions, percentages and mental arithmetic all lean on them. The good news: you don't have to grind. A few tricks plus short, regular practice does it.
The tricks worth knowing
- ×9 on your fingers. Hold up ten fingers. To do 9 × 4, fold down the 4th finger: 3 fingers before it (30) and 6 after (6) → 36. Works for 9 × 1 through 9 × 10.
- ×11 for single digits. Just double the digit: 11 × 7 = 77. For two digits, add the digits and drop them in the middle: 11 × 23 → 2 (2+3) 3 → 253.
- ×5 = halve, then ×10. 5 × 8 → half of 8 is 4 → 40.
- ×4 = double, double. 4 × 7 → 14 → 28.
Little and often beats cramming
Five focused minutes a day builds recall far better than an hour once a week — that's spaced repetition in action. Mix the order so you're recalling facts, not reciting a list, and lean on the ones you find hardest (often the 6, 7 and 8 rows).
A quick reference grid
| × | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 36 | 42 | 48 | 54 |
| 7 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 63 |
| 8 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 |
| 9 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 81 |
Practice by swiping
Math Challenge turns times-tables practice into a quick swipe game: answer multiple-choice problems, and the difficulty adapts to you so you're always working at the right level. The Daily Challenge is free forever.