Multiplication
The 2 times table
Every fact from 2 × 1 to 2 × 12, what to notice about them, and a game for drilling the ones that don't stick.
Practise the 2s →The full table
| 2 × 1 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 2 × 2 | 4 |
| 2 × 3 | 6 |
| 2 × 4 | 8 |
| 2 × 5 | 10 |
| 2 × 6 | 12 |
| 2 × 7 | 14 |
| 2 × 8 | 16 |
| 2 × 9 | 18 |
| 2 × 10 | 20 |
| 2 × 11 | 22 |
| 2 × 12 | 24 |
How to remember it
- Doubling. 2 × 7 is 7 + 7.
- Every answer is even, so an odd answer means a slip somewhere.
Practising it properly
Recall and calculation are different skills. A child who works out 7 × 8 by counting up from 7 × 4 knows the maths, but they'll still stall on it in a longer problem. The goal is answering without working it out — which is why the game times every card and treats a slow correct answer as something still worth practising.
Short and frequent beats long and rare. Five minutes a day moves a fact from "worked out" to "known" faster than half an hour on a Sunday.
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