Times tables 1–12One trail at a time.
Each table below has its own page: the full chart from ×1 to ×12, the pattern that makes it easier to remember, the fact children get wrong most often, and a free round of practice questions. No sign-up and no ads — just pick a table and start.
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2×
Easiest2 times table
Every answer is an even number, and each one is exactly 2 more than the one before it.
Hardest fact: 2 x 9 = 18
3×
Medium3 times table
Add up the digits of any answer and you get a multiple of 3 — 27 gives 2 + 7 = 9, and 9 is in the 3 times table.
Hardest fact: 3 x 7 = 21
4×
Easy4 times table
Every answer is even, and every answer is also in the 2 times table — the 4s are every second number of the 2s.
Hardest fact: 4 x 7 = 28
5×
Easiest5 times table
Odd multiplier, answer ends in 5. Even multiplier, answer ends in 0. There are no exceptions.
Hardest fact: 5 x 7 = 35
6×
Hardest6 times table
Multiply 6 by an even number and the answer ends in that same digit — 6 x 4 = 24, 6 x 6 = 36, 6 x 8 = 48.
Hardest fact: 6 x 8 = 48
7×
Hardest7 times table
There is no last-digit rule here. Instead, anchor on 7 x 5 = 35 and 7 x 10 = 70, then step up or down in 7s from whichever anchor is closer.
Hardest fact: 7 x 8 = 56
8×
Hardest8 times table
The final digits cycle 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 and then repeat. Every answer is even, and each one drops by 2 in the units column.
Hardest fact: 8 x 7 = 56
9×
Medium9 times table
Tens digit is one less than the multiplier, and the two digits add up to 9. For 9 x 6: tens digit is 5, so units must be 4, giving 54.
Hardest fact: 9 x 12 = 108
10×
Easiest10 times table
Each digit shifts one place to the left and a zero fills the units column — which is place value, not a gimmick.
Hardest fact: 10 x 12 = 120
11×
Easy11 times table
Up to 11 x 9, the answer is the multiplier written twice. From 11 x 10 onward, switch to 10 times the number plus one more of it.
Hardest fact: 11 x 12 = 132
12×
Hardest12 times table
Every answer is a 10 fact and a 2 fact added together, which is why children who are secure with the 10s and 2s can rebuild this whole table on demand.
Hardest fact: 12 x 7 = 84
What order should you learn them in?
Not 2, 3, 4, 5 in order. Teach the tables that carry a reliable pattern first — they give a child early wins and become the anchors used to work out the harder ones. A sensible route is:
- 1
10, 5, 2
Watertight patterns. Most children finish all three quickly, and they anchor everything that follows.
- 2
4, 11
Both derive directly from step one — the 4s are double-doubles, the 11s repeat a digit.
- 3
3, 9
Both carry a digit-sum check, so a child can verify their own answers.
- 4
6, 8, 12, 7
The genuinely hard ones. By now every fact can be built from an anchor plus one addition.