10 times tableChart, tricks and free practice.
The 10 times table is the easiest in the grid: every answer is the number you started with, with a zero after it. 10 x 7 = 70. It is worth teaching early not just because it is quick, but because it becomes the anchor children use to reach the 9s, the 11s and the 12s.
The 10 times table chart
- 10 × 1= 10
- 10 × 2= 20
- 10 × 3= 30
- 10 × 4= 40
- 10 × 5= 50
- 10 × 6= 60
- 10 × 7= 70
- 10 × 8= 80
- 10 × 9= 90
- 10 × 10= 100
- 10 × 11= 110
- 10 × 12= 120
Skip counting: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120
The pattern to look for
Each digit shifts one place to the left and a zero fills the units column — which is place value, not a gimmick.
Free practice
Test the 10 times table
Question 1 of 10
How to learn the 10 times table
Explain the zero, do not just teach it
The zero appears because each digit moves into the next place-value column. Children taught the rule without the reason often try to "add a zero" to decimals later and get it wrong.
Use it as an anchor
Almost every hard fact is within one or two groups of a 10 fact. 9 x 7 is 70 - 7, and 12 x 7 is 70 + 14.
Count money
Ten-cent and ten-pence pieces make the 10s tangible, and give a child something to check against.
The fact kids miss most
10 x 12 = 120
Rarely missed. The one place children stumble is reading it back as "one hundred and twenty" rather than "twelve tens" — worth saying both ways.
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