7 Times Table Tricks for the Hardest Table

Sevens are hard because there are few patterns. Splitting into easier facts and one phrase to remember helps.

Split into easier facts

7 × 6 is 5 × 6 plus 2 × 6, which is 30 + 12 = 42. Fives and twos are tables your child already knows.

Remember the run 5-6-7-8: 56 = 7 × 8. It is the most commonly mixed-up answer in the whole table.

7 × 2, 7 × 3, 7 × 4 and 7 × 5 are already in the 2 to 5 times tables. Only 7 × 6, 7 × 7, 7 × 8 and 7 × 9 are left: 42, 49, 56, 63.

Four hard answers is not many. Five minutes a day for a week is enough.

Try it out

One round of the game is about 5 minutes of practice.