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 | = | twelve times one is 12 | |
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| 12 × 2 | = | twelve times two is 24 | |
| 12 × 3 | = | twelve times three is 36 | |
| 12 × 4 | = | twelve times four is 48 | |
| 12 × 5 | = | twelve times five is 60 | |
| 12 × 6 | = | twelve times six is 72 | |
| 12 × 7 | = | twelve times seven is 84 | |
| 12 × 8 | = | twelve times eight is 96 | |
| 12 × 9 | = | twelve times nine is 108 | |
| 12 × 10 | = | twelve times ten is 120 | |
| 12 × 11 | = | twelve times eleven is 132 | |
| 12 × 12 | = | twelve times twelve is 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 around in a loop of 5, so once your child spots it, they can check any answer.
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When children learn it
Common Core stops at products of one-digit numbers, learned by the end of 3rd grade. Many schools add the 11s and 12s in 3rd or 4th grade, and the 12s help with hours on a clock and inches in a foot.
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 around 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?
Common Core stops at products of one-digit numbers, learned by the end of 3rd grade. Many schools add the 11s and 12s in 3rd or 4th grade, and the 12s help with hours on a clock and inches in a foot.
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 ads 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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