Multiplication
The 6 times table
Every fact from 6 × 1 to 6 × 12, what to notice about them, and a game for drilling the ones that don't stick.
Practise the 6s →The full table
| 6 × 1 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 6 × 2 | 12 |
| 6 × 3 | 18 |
| 6 × 4 | 24 |
| 6 × 5 | 30 |
| 6 × 6 | 36 |
| 6 × 7 | 42 |
| 6 × 8 | 48 |
| 6 × 9 | 54 |
| 6 × 10 | 60 |
| 6 × 11 | 66 |
| 6 × 12 | 72 |
How to remember it
- For even numbers the answer ends in the same digit: 6 × 4 = 24, 6 × 6 = 36.
- Or take 5 × the number and add one more: 6 × 7 is 35 + 7.
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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