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Times Tables Memory Tips

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Times Tables Memory Tips

Use patterns and memory tricks to solve each challenge. Show how a tip helps when you can.

Spot the patterns

A good memory tip helps you work out an answer, not just guess it.

1.Double 7 to find 2 × 7. What is the answer?
  • 12
  • 14
  • 16
2.The 5 times table answers end in 0 or 5. Select every correct calculation.
  • 5 × 4 = 20
  • 5 × 6 = 32
  • 5 × 8 = 40
  • 5 × 9 = 45
3.What is 10 × 6? Use the pattern of adding a zero to the number.
4.Find 9 × 3. Then check your answer by adding its digits together.
5.The apple array has 4 rows of 6. Write a multiplication to show the total number of apples.

Choose a useful trick

Try doubling, adding a known fact, or counting in equal steps.

6.To work out 4 × 8, double 8 and then double the result. Fill the steps: 8 doubled is __; double that answer is __.
7.Use the 5 times table plus one more group of 7 to work out 6 × 7. Complete: 5 × 7 = __; add 7 to get __.
8.Which strategy can help you work out 8 × 6?
  • Double 4 × 6
  • Add 8 to 6
  • Double 8 × 6
9.Use the number line to count forward in 3s. What number is missing?
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10.A coach packs 11 footballs into each of 4 bags. Use the repeated-digit pattern in the 11 times table to work out how many footballs there are altogether.
11.Make a memory tip for a multiplication fact you want to remember. Write the fact and explain how your tip helps.

2 printable pages

  • Times Tables Memory Tips, page 1 of 2: Spot the patterns, Choose a useful trick

    Page 1

  • Times Tables Memory Tips, page 2 of 2: 7. Use the 5 times table plus one more group of 7 to work out 6 × 7. Complete: 5 × 7 =…

    Page 2

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