Times tables
Every table from 1 to 12, each with a chart, the tricks that make it easier and a game. Answer a fact right first time to grow it in your garden.
Pick a table
Each has its own page: the chart to say out loud, the trick that helps most, and a game where every question uses that table.
Play
Five games, every table. Choose a game, then the facts to work on.
Build the Temple
Every right answer raises another marble column, and ten put the roof on. Stuck? Thena draws the sum as rows of dots.
Your times table garden
A plot for every fact up to 12 × 12. Each starts as a seed and grows each time it’s answered right first time, in any game; three times and it flowers. Wrong answers never dig anything up. Tap a plot to see its fact.
Every fact starts as a seed. Answer it right first time in any game and it grows; three times and it flowers. Kept on this device only.
The best order to learn them
Each new table leans on ones your child already knows, so the hardest ones come last, when most of their facts are already familiar. England’s National Curriculum sets the 2s, 5s and 10s in Year 2, the 3s, 4s and 8s in Year 3, and the rest up to 12 × 12 in Year 4.
- 10×1
Counting in tens, and the start of place value.
- 2×2
Doubles, which many children know already.
- 5×3
Half of the 10s, and the minutes on a clock.
- 3×4
Two lots and one more lot.
- 4×5
Double the 2s.
- 8×6
Double the 4s.
- 6×7
The 5s and one more lot, or double the 3s.
- 9×8
Ten lots take one lot.
- 11×9
Repeat the digit, then ten lots and one more.
- 12×10
The 10s plus the 2s.
- 7×11
Saved till last: by now only 7 × 7 is new.
- 1×12
Any time: anything times 1 stays the same.
How to help at home
- 1
Five minutes a day
Short and often beats a long session once a week. A round of a game is about five minutes.
- 2
From memory
Answering without looking is what makes a fact stick. Reading the chart helps at first; covering it up is where the learning happens.
- 3
Old with new
Mix in a table they know while learning a new one. The garden picks unflowered facts more often for this reason.
- 4
Say why, not just what
“6 × 7 is five 7s and one more 7” is worth more than “42” on its own. When a fact is forgotten, the why brings it back.
More to play and print
- Chart
Times table chart
Every fact to 12 × 12: tap to find, hide to test, print for the fridge.
- Practice
Multiplication tables check
Practise the Year 4 check: 25 questions like the real one.
- Year 6
Year 6 SATs
Dates, papers and a free practice paper for each.
- Printable
Times tables worksheets
Any table or a mix, new questions every time, with answers.
- Games
Free maths games
Number bonds, division and more, all free.
- Printable
Times tables tracker
A reward chart for the fridge: tick off each table, a sticker for every five minutes. For a class too.
- Printable
Certificates
A Times Tables Star certificate with their name on, for when a table is learned.
Questions parents ask
Which times table should my child learn first?
The 10s, 2s and 5s: they have the clearest patterns and lead to the rest. Then the 3s, 4s and 8s, then 6, 9, 11 and 12, and the 7s last, by which time only 7 × 7 is new.
How long does it take to learn the times tables?
England spreads it over Year 2 to Year 4, with every table to 12 × 12 checked in June of Year 4. A few minutes most days gets there.
Are these games really free?
Yes, with no account, no adverts and no timer. The garden is kept on this device only. They’re made by Thena, an AI teacher whose lessons start with 3 free.
What if my child gets upset when they get one wrong?
Nothing is lost for a wrong answer here. Thena shows a way in, then a picture, then the answer, and the fact comes back later to try alone. Praise the trying and the method, not the speed.
When a table won’t stick
Thena explains it on her board, out loud, until it clicks, then checks it again a few days later so it stays.
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