Multiplication Practice: Pick Your Times Tables

Which tables first

Start with the tables that have a pattern you can see, then build the others from them:

2, 5 and 10. Counting in twos, fives and tens. Every answer in the 10 table ends in 0, and every answer in the 5 table ends in 0 or 5.
4 and 8. Double the 2 table to get the 4 table, and double again for the 8 table: 4 × 7 is double 14, and 8 × 7 is double 28.
3 and 6. Count in threes; the 6 table is double the 3 table, so 6 × 7 is double 21.
11 and 9. Up to 9 × 11 the answer repeats the digit (4 × 11 = 44). For 9, take one lot away from ten lots: 9 × 6 is 60 − 6.
7 and 12 last. By now most of their facts are known the other way round: 7 × 4 is 4 × 7. That leaves a few, such as 7 × 7, 7 × 8 and 12 × 12, to learn on their own.

England’s national curriculum follows a similar order: the 2, 5 and 10 tables in Year 2, the 3, 4 and 8 tables in Year 3, and all the tables up to 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4. Tick one new table here with one you already know, and practise the pair until the set feels easy.

How it works

Pick your tables and a mode, press Start, and type each answer with the number pad or your keyboard. An answer is taken as soon as it has enough digits, or when you press Enter.

Untimed: no clock; take the time you need.
Timed: 6 seconds for each question and a 3-second pause between them.

A set asks 20 questions from the tables you pick.

At the end you see how many you got right and the facts to practise again, and you can practise just those. Sittings in this tab are shown in order; the first one is a warm-up and is not counted.

Your answers stay on this page while it is open and are never sent or stored; reloading the page clears them. Our self-hosted counter records the visit and that a set was started and finished, with no answer and no score.

Questions people ask

Which tables can I practise?

Any of the 2 to 12 tables, alone or together. Tick the ones you want: the set asks 20 questions from them, each fact at most twice and never twice in a row.

Is there a time limit?

Not unless you choose one. Untimed is the default here, so you can work each answer out. Timed mode gives 6 seconds a question, like the times tables test.

How do I practise only what I got wrong?

At the end, the facts you missed are listed, and “Practise these again” starts a short set of just those facts, with no clock.

Is anything saved?

No. Your answers stay on this page while it is open and are never sent or stored; reloading the page clears them. Our self-hosted counter records the visit and that a set was started and finished, with no answer and no score. There is no sign-in and no advertising here.

What this is, and what it is not

Practice with the number facts, made for this site. It does not grade anyone, it shows no age or level, and it compares a set only with your own earlier sets of the same kind.