TablesThese ten tables are the base of all arithmetic. Long multiplication, division, fractions, percentages and algebra all assume that the facts on this page come to mind without effort. The good news is that there is less here than it seems.
The table of 1 changes nothing, and the table of 10 only moves digits one place. Of the rest, every fact appears twice, because 4 × 7 and 7 × 4 are the same. Take those away and 36 facts remain. A child who learns four new facts a week has them all in nine weeks.
How to read the chart
Each card is one table. Read across a line: "6 × 4 = 24" means six fours, or four sixes, are twenty-four. To find a fact quickly, go to the card of the larger number and the line of the smaller one. To print the whole chart on one sheet, press Print: the page prints only the tables.
What to learn first
Do not go from 1 to 10 in order. Start with 2, 10 and 5, whose patterns are plain. Then 4 and 8 by doubling, then 3 and 6, then 9. The table of 7 comes last, and by then only 7 × 7 is new. Our guide on how to learn tables gives a day-by-day plan, and each table has its own page with patterns and practice.
Things to notice
- The answers in the table of 4 are every second answer of the table of 2, and the table of 8 is every second answer of the table of 4.
- The tables of 3, 6 and 9 share answers: 18 is in all three.
- The table of 5 ends in 5 or 0, and the table of 10 ends in 0.
- Only the tables of odd numbers contain odd answers, and only on their odd lines.