Times tables (age 7+)
Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4, and 8 multiplication tables
What a learner can do afterwards
- Recall 3 × 1 through 3 × 12 and corresponding division facts
- Recall 4 × 1 through 4 × 12 and corresponding division facts
- Recall 8 × 1 through 8 × 12 and corresponding division facts
1 · Read
You already know how to skip count by 4s and 8s. Counting by 3s uses the same idea: you jump by 3 each time. Times tables use that same counting, but faster: instead of counting up in your head, you just remember the answer, like 3 x 6 = 18.
Priya has 32 pencils to share into 4 equal boxes. She remembers 4 x 8 = 32, so she knows right away that each box gets 8 pencils, with no counting needed.
Every times table fact hides a division fact inside it. If you know 8 x 6 = 48, you also know 48 divided by 8 = 6 and 48 divided by 6 = 8.
Learn the 3, 4, and 8 times tables so well that the answers just pop into your head, for multiplying and for dividing.
Five readings and twelve practice questions were written for this times tables topic.
2 · Watch
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Where it sits
20 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.