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Times Tables App?

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Cuppatea14 · 13/10/2025 13:19

My DD (10) doesn’t know her times tables properly, and it’s really holding her back in maths.

We’re going to start all the way back at 3 x tables and work our way up at home, does anyone know of any good online resources, or shall I just bash them into her head 1980’s style?

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Knickerbockerglory75 · 26/08/2026 11:59

I thought most primary schools had Times Tables Rockstars. My DS didn't really like it but he does know his tables (now 11). We had him tutored or 11+ and his tutor used to do mins of times table flashcards at the end of his lessons!

ChantCode · 07/09/2026 10:37

Why are so many of you being tortured by times tables?
Why are so many parents worried that their children won’t learn them, won’t remember them, or will fall behind?
Have you ever heard East Asian parents constantly worrying about whether their children will manage to learn the multiplication tables?
In East Asian countries, children generally finish learning the multiplication tables in Grade 2, within about half a semester.
Yes, you read that correctly — half a semester.
Multiplication and division are both dealt with, and parents basically don’t need to spend their evenings tutoring their children on times tables.
Why?
Because multiplication can be compressed down to the 36 core facts that actually need to be memorised.
Remove the 1s and 10s. Those are not going to be a serious problem for a child with normal understanding.
Remove all the duplicated facts.
Remove the unnecessary 11s and 12s as separate tables.
Why remove them?
Because what are you going to do when you reach 13, 14, 15 and beyond?
Keep adding another multiplication table every time the number gets bigger?
Of course not.
Once a child has mastered single-digit multiplication, that knowledge naturally extends into two-digit multiplication, just as it does with addition and subtraction.
You don’t memorise every possible two-digit addition problem. You learn the basic facts, and then use them to solve larger calculations.
Multiplication is the same.
So from 2 to 9, the multiplication facts can be compressed into just:
2s — 8 chants
3s — 7 chants
4s — 6 chants
5s — 5 chants
6s — 4 chants
7s — 3 chants
8s — 2 chants
9s — 1 chant
36 chants in total.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Just 36.
And the strange thing is that the further the child goes, the easier it gets. The supposedly harder tables actually contain fewer and fewer new facts to learn.
I’m currently taking this East Asian approach and adapting it into English for children through my app.
I’m recruiting families to test it for free at the moment.
If your child is struggling with times tables and you want the learning resources or want to try the app, contact me at:
[email protected]
If it works well for your child, I’d love to hear about the result.

RaraRachael · 07/09/2026 10:43

Topmarks has loads like Hit the Button, Hit the Answer etc.
It's very plain and simple and as a teacher I preferred it to more gimmicky ones.

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