Multiplication
The 7 times table
Every fact from 7 × 1 to 7 × 12, what to notice about them, and a game for drilling the ones that don't stick.
Practise the 7s →The full table
| 7 × 1 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 7 × 2 | 14 |
| 7 × 3 | 21 |
| 7 × 4 | 28 |
| 7 × 5 | 35 |
| 7 × 6 | 42 |
| 7 × 7 | 49 |
| 7 × 8 | 56 |
| 7 × 9 | 63 |
| 7 × 10 | 70 |
| 7 × 11 | 77 |
| 7 × 12 | 84 |
How to remember it
- The hardest one for most kids — nothing about it is regular, so it comes down to recall.
- Anchor on 7 × 7 = 49 and 7 × 5 = 35, then step out from there.
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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