Times Tables

What is expected?

By the end of year 2:
2x, 5x, 10x tables including division facts.

By the end of year 3:
2x, , 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x tables including division facts.

By the end of year 4:
All of the times tables including division facts.

By the end of year 6:
Square numbers, square roots, prime numbers, all multiples and all factors

How can you help?

  • Ask your child regularly – keep it casual
  • Get them to test you – make it a family competition
  • Chant the tables together
  • Play games – if the answer is …, what is the question?
  • Use the websites on the ‘Websites for Children’ page
  • Count up and down in the times tables you are learning – take turns to say a number
  • Write out number sequences with numbers missing – can your child spot the patterns?
  • Write down the answers from the tables – can your child sort them into groups?
  • Pieces of paperwith the tables question on one side, the answer on the other. Take turns to choose a card – what is written on the other side?