The 1 times table
The friendliest table there is: any number times 1 stays exactly the same.
Play the 1 times table
Every question uses the 1s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 1s grow in your garden.
Owl Post
Thena’s owl has letters to deliver. Each door has a sum on it: pick the letter with the answer and light up the village.
0 of 12 in flower. Each right-first-time answer grows a plant a little.
The 1 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.
| 1 × 1 | = | one one is 1 | |
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| 1 × 2 | = | two ones are 2 | |
| 1 × 3 | = | three ones are 3 | |
| 1 × 4 | = | four ones are 4 | |
| 1 × 5 | = | five ones are 5 | |
| 1 × 6 | = | six ones are 6 | |
| 1 × 7 | = | seven ones are 7 | |
| 1 × 8 | = | eight ones are 8 | |
| 1 × 9 | = | nine ones are 9 | |
| 1 × 10 | = | ten ones are 10 | |
| 1 × 11 | = | eleven ones are 11 | |
| 1 × 12 | = | twelve ones are 12 |
How to learn the 1 times table
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It stays the same
One lot of 8 is 8. One lot of 100 is 100. Multiplying by 1 never changes a number, so there is nothing to memorise.
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Turn it round
1 × 7 is one lot of 7, and 7 × 1 is seven lots of 1. Both are 7, and the same is true for every fact in every table.
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Why it matters
Multiplying and dividing by 1 is in the multiplication tables check, and it’s the start of a big idea in maths: a number that changes nothing, like adding 0.
The pattern in the 1s
The last digit of each answer, from 1 × 1 to 1 × 12. They count up, 1, 2, 3, just like counting, until 10 lots comes round to 0.
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When children learn it
In Year 4, when children learn about multiplying by 0 and 1. All the tables up to 12 × 12 are checked in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
Every times table
Questions parents ask
How can my child learn the 1 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 1 × 5 round and it’s 5 × 1), then learn one trick: any number times 1 is itself. 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 1 times table?
In Year 4, when children learn about multiplying by 0 and 1. All the tables up to 12 × 12 are checked in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
What is the hardest fact in the 1 times table?
None, really, but 1 × 0 = 0 and 0 × 1 = 0 catch children out: one lot of nothing is still nothing.
Is the 1 times table game free?
Yes. Every game here is free, with no account, no adverts 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 1s?
Thena explains them on her board, out loud, the way your child’s school does, and answers every “why?”.
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