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 | = | one seven is 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 × 2 | = | two sevens are 14 | |
| 7 × 3 | = | three sevens are 21 | |
| 7 × 4 | = | four sevens are 28 | |
| 7 × 5 | = | five sevens are 35 | |
| 7 × 6 | = | six sevens are 42 | |
| 7 × 7 | = | seven sevens are 49 | |
| 7 × 8 | = | eight sevens are 56 | |
| 7 × 9 | = | nine sevens are 63 | |
| 7 × 10 | = | ten sevens are 70 | |
| 7 × 11 | = | eleven sevens are 77 | |
| 7 × 12 | = | twelve sevens are 84 |
How to learn the 7 times table
- 1
Turn it round
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 Year 4, when children learn every table up to 12 × 12. The 7s 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 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 round 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 Year 4, when children learn every table up to 12 × 12. The 7s are in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
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 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 7s?
Thena explains them on her board, out loud, the way your child’s school does, and answers every “why?”.
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