Multiplication
The 3 times table
Every fact from 3 × 1 to 3 × 12, what to notice about them, and a game for drilling the ones that don't stick.
Practise the 3s →The full table
| 3 × 1 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 3 × 2 | 6 |
| 3 × 3 | 9 |
| 3 × 4 | 12 |
| 3 × 5 | 15 |
| 3 × 6 | 18 |
| 3 × 7 | 21 |
| 3 × 8 | 24 |
| 3 × 9 | 27 |
| 3 × 10 | 30 |
| 3 × 11 | 33 |
| 3 × 12 | 36 |
How to remember it
- Double it, then add one more group: 3 × 6 is 12 + 6.
- The digits of every answer add up to 3, 6 or 9.
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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