The 11 times table
Up to 9 × 11 the answers just repeat the digit. After that, there’s a neat trick.
Play the 11 times table
Every question uses the 11s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 11s 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 11 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.
| 11 × 1 | = | one eleven is 11 | |
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| 11 × 2 | = | two elevens are 22 | |
| 11 × 3 | = | three elevens are 33 | |
| 11 × 4 | = | four elevens are 44 | |
| 11 × 5 | = | five elevens are 55 | |
| 11 × 6 | = | six elevens are 66 | |
| 11 × 7 | = | seven elevens are 77 | |
| 11 × 8 | = | eight elevens are 88 | |
| 11 × 9 | = | nine elevens are 99 | |
| 11 × 10 | = | ten elevens are 110 | |
| 11 × 11 | = | eleven elevens are 121 | |
| 11 × 12 | = | twelve elevens are 132 |
How to learn the 11 times table
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Repeat the digit
11 × 4 = 44, 11 × 7 = 77. Up to 9 × 11, write the number twice.
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Tens plus one more
11 × 12 is 10 × 12 and one more 12: 120 + 12 = 132. It works for every fact in the 11s.
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Split and add
For 11 × 12, write the 1 and the 2 apart and put their total in the middle: 1, then 1 + 2 = 3, then 2. 132.
The pattern in the 11s
The last digit of each answer, from 11 × 1 to 11 × 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 every table up to 12 × 12. The 11s are in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
Practise for the multiplication tables check
Every times table
Questions parents ask
How can my child learn the 11 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 11 × 5 round and it’s 5 × 11), then learn one trick: up to 9 × 11 the answer repeats the digit. 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 11 times table?
In Year 4, when children learn every table up to 12 × 12. The 11s are in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
What is the hardest fact in the 11 times table?
11 × 11 = 121 and 11 × 12 = 132 break the repeating pattern. Ten lots plus one more lot: 110 + 11 = 121.
Is the 11 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.
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