Times tables
The 12 × 12 grid looks like 144 facts to memorize. It is not. Swap the order (7 × 8 = 8 × 7) and almost half of them disappear; the 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s and 11s follow simple rules; and most of what is left can be built from a fact you already know.
The lessons below turn the tables into a handful of patterns — doubling for 2, 4 and 8; double-plus-one and the 10 − 1 trick for 3, 6 and 9; and splitting for 7 and 12. Then practice any single table, or mix them, until the answers arrive before you have to think.
Each times table on its own page
The full chart, the easiest trick and practice for one table at a time:
How to Learn the Times Tables Fast
Swap the order (7 × 8 = 8 × 7), let the patterns for 2, 5, 9, 10 and 11 do most of the work, and build each remaining fact from one you know: 6 × 7 = 5 × 7 + 7 = 42.
Learn it →
Method 2 · Level 1The 2, 4 and 8 Times Tables: Just Keep Doubling
×2 is doubling, ×4 is doubling twice, ×8 is doubling three times. 7 × 8: 7 → 14 → 28 → 56.
Learn it →
Method 3 · Level 1The 3, 6 and 9 Times Tables
×3 is double plus one more; ×6 is ×3 doubled; ×9 is ×10 minus once: 7 × 9 = 70 − 7 = 63.
Learn it →
Method 4 · Level 2The 7 and 12 Times Tables: Split and Add
Split the awkward number: ×7 = ×5 + ×2 (8 × 7 = 40 + 16 = 56), and ×12 = ×10 + ×2 (7 × 12 = 70 + 14 = 84).
Learn it →
Practice it
Interactive practice
Any method, any difficulty, instant feedback. Generated in your browser.
Start practice