Every times table from 1 to 12, each on its own page with its twelve facts, the patterns that make it easier, a timed drill and a printable sheet. The chart below shows the whole picture; tap any number to see it as rows of dots and as counting in steps.
In Common Core, 3rd grade is the year children are expected to know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers (standard 3.OA.C.7). Many schools and charts go on to 11 and 12, so these pages do too.
Start with the 2s, 5s and 10s. Each has a hook children already own: doubling, the clock face and counting in tens. Between them they cover a large part of the chart, and they become the tools for everything that follows.
Next come the doubles. The 4s are the 2s doubled (4 × 7 is double 14), and the 8s are the 4s doubled again. The square facts, like 3 × 3, 6 × 6 and 7 × 7, are worth learning as landmarks, since the facts on either side are one group away.
Then the 9s. The tens digit is one less than the number you multiply by and the two digits add to 9, and there is a finger trick that works up to 9 × 10. Children often enjoy the 9s, which is a good reason not to leave them for last.
Use turnarounds from day one. 3 × 8 and 8 × 3 are the same fact, so each table your child learns fills in a row and a column. By the time they reach the 7s, most of that table is already known from the other side.
Save the hard facts for the end and build them from facts already known: 6 × 7 is 5 × 7 = 35 plus one more 7, 7 × 8 is 7 × 7 = 49 plus one more 7, and 8 × 6 is 6 doubled three times. These few take the longest, so give them time and learn two or three at once.
Timed drill: mixed times tables
12 facts in a random order. A right answer within 3 seconds counts as by heart. Free, no sign-up, and nothing is saved: it all happens on this screen.
Type with the keypad or your keyboard, then press Check or Enter.
Keeping the facts by heart
A learned fact needs using now and then or it fades. The drills on these pages ask a table’s facts in a random order and turn some round (8 × 7 as well as 7 × 8), so your child cannot lean on chanting the list.
Watch for speed as well as accuracy. A right answer that takes ten seconds is a fact being worked out; that is fine while learning, and the drill marks it so you can see which facts to revisit.
A chart on the fridge does no harm. Cover a row with a strip of paper and ask for the hidden answers, and it turns into practice.