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Times tables 1 to 12: chart and practice

Short answer

The times tables are the multiplication facts from 1 × 1 to 12 × 12. The chart below shows all 144 answers: find one number in the top row and the other in the first column, and the answer is where the row and the column meet. Because 3 × 7 and 7 × 3 give the same answer, there are far fewer facts to learn than it seems.

Multiplication chart 1 to 12

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1123456789101112
224681012141618202224
3369121518212427303336
44812162024283236404448
551015202530354045505560
661218243036424854606672
771421283542495663707784
881624324048566472808896
9918273645546372819099108
10102030405060708090100110120
11112233445566778899110121132
121224364860728496108120132144

The shaded squares are the square numbers: 1 × 1, 2 × 2, 3 × 3 and so on.

Each times table

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Questions and answers

What are the times tables from 1 to 12?

They are the multiplication facts for the numbers 1 to 12. Each table lists one number multiplied by 1, 2, 3 and so on up to 12. For example the 3 times table is 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36.

How do you read a multiplication chart?

Pick one number in the top row and the other in the first column. Follow the column down and the row across. The square where they meet holds the answer. For 6 × 8, the column under 6 and the row beside 8 meet at 48.

How many multiplication facts are there to learn?

A 12 by 12 chart has 144 squares. Since the order of the numbers does not change the answer, each pair appears twice, which leaves 78 different facts. Many of those are in the easy 1, 2, 5, 10 and 11 times tables.

Which times tables are the hardest?

Children usually find the 6, 7, 8 and 12 times tables hardest, because they have the fewest simple patterns. Facts such as 6 × 7 = 42, 7 × 8 = 56 and 8 × 12 = 96 need the most practice.

What is the difference between a times table and a multiplication table?

They are two names for the same thing. People often say "times table" for the facts of one number, such as the 7 times table, and "multiplication chart" for the grid that shows all the tables together.

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