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Times tables, 2 to 12

Pick a table to learn it properly, with patterns, practice and worksheets. Or pick a few and take a quiz. Every answer shows a quick way to work it out.

Times tables quiz

Which tables?

20 questions, mixed up: some multiplying, some missing numbers, some dividing. Nothing is timed. After each one you'll see the answer and a quick way to work it out.

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Which tables, in which year

Year 2

The 2, 5 and 10 times tables come first because they match how children already count: in twos, in fives round a clock face, and in tens.

Year 3

The 4 times table is the 2s doubled, and the 8 times table is the 4s doubled, so they follow straight on from the 2s. The national curriculum says Year 3 children connect the 2, 4 and 8 tables through doubling. The 3 times table is the new one this year.

Year 4

Year 4 finishes the job: by the end of the year children should know every table up to 12 × 12, ready for the multiplication tables check in June.

Why is the 8 times table in Year 3, but the 6 times table in Year 4?

Because Year 3 is built on doubling. Children already know the 2s from Year 2. Double the 2s and you get the 4s; double the 4s and you get the 8s. So the 8 times table is quick to reach in Year 3, even though 8 is a bigger number than 6.

The 6 times table is double the 3s, and the 3s are only learnt in Year 3, so the 6s come the year after, with the 7, 9, 11 and 12 times tables. The national curriculum doesn't give a reason for the 6 in particular, but this is how the order fits together: each new table leans on one your child already knows.

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From the national curriculum in England, mathematics programme of study, including its Year 3 guidance: "Through doubling, they connect the 2, 4 and 8 multiplication tables."