The 12 times table
The 10s plus the 2s: two easy tables added together make the biggest one.
Play the 12 times table
Every question uses the 12s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 12s grow in your garden.
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.
0 of 12 in flower. Each right-first-time answer grows a plant a little.
The 12 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.
| 12 × 1 | = | one twelve is 12 | |
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| 12 × 2 | = | two twelves are 24 | |
| 12 × 3 | = | three twelves are 36 | |
| 12 × 4 | = | four twelves are 48 | |
| 12 × 5 | = | five twelves are 60 | |
| 12 × 6 | = | six twelves are 72 | |
| 12 × 7 | = | seven twelves are 84 | |
| 12 × 8 | = | eight twelves are 96 | |
| 12 × 9 | = | nine twelves are 108 | |
| 12 × 10 | = | ten twelves are 120 | |
| 12 × 11 | = | eleven twelves are 132 | |
| 12 × 12 | = | twelve twelves are 144 |
How to learn the 12 times table
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Tens plus twos
12 × 7 is 10 × 7 and 2 × 7: 70 + 14 = 84. Two easy tables added together.
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Double the 6s
12 × 6 is double 6 × 6. 6 × 6 is 36, double 36 is 72.
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Everywhere around us
A dozen eggs, 12 months in a year, 12 hours on a clock and 12 inches in a foot. The 12s are worth knowing.
The pattern in the 12s
The last digit of each answer, from 12 × 1 to 12 × 12. They go round in a loop of 5, so once your child spots it, they can check any answer.
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When children learn it
In Year 4, when children learn every table up to 12 × 12. The 12s 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 12 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 12 × 5 round and it’s 5 × 12), then learn one trick: it’s the 10s plus the 2s. 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 12 times table?
In Year 4, when children learn every table up to 12 × 12. The 12s are in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
What is the hardest fact in the 12 times table?
12 × 7 = 84, 12 × 8 = 96 and 12 × 9 = 108. Tens plus twos: 90 + 18 = 108.
Is the 12 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 12s?
Thena explains them on her board, out loud, the way your child’s school does, and answers every “why?”.
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