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Foundations · Level 3

Times tables

Learn the tables one at a time with dots and tricks.

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The idea

Times tables are facts worth knowing by heart, and there are tricks to help.

7 in each row3
7 in each row3

Look: 3 rows of 7 is 21. Turn it sideways: 7 rows of 3 is also 21.

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  1. 16 × 7 = ?

  2. 29 × 8 = ?

  3. 3__ × 7 = 63

! Careful!

  • ✗Mixing up 6 × 8 and 7 × 8.

    ✓Start from a fact you know: 5 × 8 = 40, then add 8s.

  • ✗Only saying tables in order.

    ✓Practise them mixed up, and backwards too.

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Times tables are facts worth knowing by heart, and there are tricks to help.

You can swap: 7 × 3 = 3 × 7. You can double: the 4 table is the 2 table doubled. And for 9s, use 10s: 9 × 6 = 60 − 6.

Think of it like thisLike knowing your friends’ names: you do not count to remember them, you just know. Tables become like that with practice.

7 in each row3
7 in each row3
3 rows of 7 is 21. Turn it sideways: 7 rows of 3 is also 21.

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Question

Work out 8 × 7.

  1. Split 8 into 5 and 3. Those tables are easy.

    5 × 7 = 353 × 7 = 21
  2. Add them.

    35 + 21 = 56
    7 in each row8
    7 in each row8
  3. Or double three times: 7 → 14 → 28 → 56.

Answer8 × 7 = 56.

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