The 7 times table
The one everyone says is hardest. It isn’t, once you know where the 7s hide in other tables.
Play the 7 times table
Every question uses the 7s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 7s grow in your garden.
Catch Thena Out
Thena has written out a times table and slipped in some mistakes. Find them, cross them out and put her right.
0 of 12 in flower. Each right-first-time answer grows a plant a little.
The 7 times table chart
Say it out loud, then cover an answer and see if it comes back. Tap any answer to hide it, and tap again to check.
| 7 × 1 | = | seven times one is 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 × 2 | = | seven times two is 14 | |
| 7 × 3 | = | seven times three is 21 | |
| 7 × 4 | = | seven times four is 28 | |
| 7 × 5 | = | seven times five is 35 | |
| 7 × 6 | = | seven times six is 42 | |
| 7 × 7 | = | seven times seven is 49 | |
| 7 × 8 | = | seven times eight is 56 | |
| 7 × 9 | = | seven times nine is 63 | |
| 7 × 10 | = | seven times ten is 70 | |
| 7 × 11 | = | seven times eleven is 77 | |
| 7 × 12 | = | seven times twelve is 84 |
How to learn the 7 times table
- 1
Turn it around
7 × 3 is 3 × 7, 7 × 5 is 5 × 7. By the time children reach the 7s, they know all but one fact from other tables. The only new one is 7 × 7 = 49.
- 2
5, 6, 7, 8
56 = 7 × 8. Say the numbers in order: 5, 6, 7, 8. The fact everyone forgets now remembers itself.
- 3
Fives and twos
7 × 6 is five 6s and two 6s: 30 + 12 = 42. Split the 7 into a 5 and a 2, both easy tables.
The pattern in the 7s
The last digit of each answer, from 7 × 1 to 7 × 12. Every digit comes once before any repeats, so there’s no pattern to lean on. That’s why this table needs more practice than most.
- 7
- 4
- 1
- 8
- 5
- 2
- 9
- 6
- 3
- 0
- 7
- 4
When children learn it
In 3rd grade. Common Core expects children to know every product of two one-digit numbers from memory by the end of the year, so the 7s are part of that.
Every times table
Questions parents ask
How can my child learn the 7 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 7 × 5 around and it’s 5 × 7), then learn one trick: most of the 7s are already known from other tables. Then play: answering from memory, again and again, is what makes facts stick, and a game makes them want to.
When do children learn the 7 times table?
In 3rd grade. Common Core expects children to know every product of two one-digit numbers from memory by the end of the year, so the 7s are part of that.
What is the hardest fact in the 7 times table?
7 × 8 = 56 is the famous one, with 6 × 7 = 42 close behind. Remember 5, 6, 7, 8: 56 = 7 × 8.
Is the 7 times table game free?
Yes. Every game here is free, with no account, no ads and no timer. Progress is kept on this device only. Thena, the AI teacher who made them, has lessons for children that start with 3 free.
Stuck on the 7s?
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