Female, red top, grey hair and glasses: Two, four, six, eight, ten, 12.
Female, dark hair, green top: Five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50.
Male, glasses and purple stripy shirt: Ten, 20, 30, 40, 50.
Male gardender, red t-shirt, brown hair: I use times tables to calculate things quickly and to make sure I've got the right quantity of things.
Here I want three rows of seven, that's 21 plants.
Male: £1.20 a pound of the cherries.
Male, blue and white striped shirt: There we go, how much is that one?
Male market trader, black hat, black t-shirt: That will be £3 please.
Male market trader, black hat, black t-shirt: Times tables helps me work out the prices a lot quicker.
If a customer is to buy one CD for £3, let's say he buys four CD's, that's three fours, for £12.
If I get my multiplications wrong, that means I loose money, or the customer looses money.
Knowing the 2 to 10 times tables off by heart can help you calculate and estimate in your head.
Quick tips for tutors
Times tables includes:
- The times tables 1 to 10
- Time-saver tips on ways to work out multiplication questions
- Multiplication facts and divisibility rules
- A multiplication square and how to use it
- Activities for practising multiplication
Downloadable Factsheets
Entry 3 - The 1 × and 2 × tables: tips
Tips on how to recall multiplication facts - 1 × and 2 × tables.
Entry 3 - The 3 × table: tips
Tips on recalling multiplication facts - 3 × table.
Entry 3 - The 4 × table: tips
Tips on recalling multiplication facts - 4 × table.
Entry 3 - The 5 × and 10 × tables : tips
Tips on how to recall multiplication facts - 5 × and 10 × tables.
Entry 3 - The 6 × table: tips
Tips on recalling multiplication facts - 6 × table.
Entry 3 - The 7 × table: tips
Tips on recalling multiplication facts - 7 × table.
Entry 3 - The 8 × table: tips
Tips on recalling multiplication facts - 8 × table.
Entry 3 - The 9 × table: tips
Tips on recalling multiplication facts - 9 × table.
Entry 3 - Multiplication square
How to identify number patterns using a multiplication square.
Downloadable Worksheets
Entry 1 & 2 - Times table bingo
A bingo activity on the times table.
Entry 3 - Times table crossword
A crossword activity using times table questions to solve the puzzle.
Entry 3 - Times tables: True or false?
Exercise in times tables - are the statements true or false?
Entry 3 - Linking task
Exercise in using the multiplication square.
Entry 3 - The 1 × to 5 × tables
Fill in the missing numbers in these times table grids.
Level 1 - Timesaver quiz
An activity to help with recalling the timesaver strategies and tips.
