✖️ Times Tables Practice That Actually Sticks

Times tables aren't 144 facts — after commutativity and the easy tables, only a couple dozen need real memorizing. The order you learn them in makes all the difference.

Learn tables in the smart order

2, 10 and 5 first (they follow patterns kids already know), then 4 (double the 2s), then 3 and 6, saving 7, 8 and 9 for last — by then most of their facts are already known from the flip side (7×2 was learned as 2×7).

Tricks for the villains

×9 has the famous finger trick and the digits-sum-to-9 check (9×7=63, 6+3=9). ×8 is double-double-double. The app's 🎩 Magic Tricks world teaches exactly these mental-math secrets as reveal-style lessons kids love.

Little and often beats cramming

Five minutes daily for three weeks beats an hour on Sunday. The Times Tables journey in Math for Kids drills one table at a time, then mixes them, and its adaptive practice brings back exactly the facts your child hesitated on.

From knowing to owning

A fact is owned when it's answered in under three seconds without counting. The app's endless-practice levels and Memory Match game are the maintenance plan once tables are learned.

What order should my child learn tables in?

2 → 10 → 5 → 4 → 3 → 6 → then 7, 8, 9. Never alphabetical 1-to-12 order.

When are kids expected to know them?

Most curricula expect tables to 10 or 12 by the end of Grade 3 / age 9.