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50 Fun Hands-On Activities and Games To Teach Multiplication

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A lot of math has to do with answering the same question: “How many?” You can count, you can add, you can skip-count, but one of the most efficient and accurate ways to answer the question is by grouping things together and multiplying. It’s a skill we use every day in real life throughout our lives, and the activities below are a fun way to teach students multiplication.

We help young learners understand how multiplication works by hands-on exploration at first, through pictorial work, and eventually to the most efficient strategy of all: memorization of multiplication facts for easy recall. Here are some great ways to teach multiplication to get your students excited and engaged from the beginning of understanding to multiplication mastery.

Sticky Dot Flash Card Challenge

Purchase a few sets of colorful sticky dots. On pieces of card stock or construction paper, arrange sticky dots in arrays that model multiplication facts. For example, to show 3 x 4, make three rows with four dots in each row. Then have students make these on pieces of card stock with the dots on one side and the multiplication fact written on the back. Once students have made a set of at least 12 cards, have them meet with a partner to play a game. The first player flashes a card with dots showing for two seconds. The second player must try to quickly guess the fact and answer. The lead player takes the card out and shows both sides to check the answer. Have students take turns flashing cards and working through the deck.

Human Body Multiplication

Everybody has two ears, but how many ears do three students have all together? Practice multiplication by calling up three students to the front of the classroom. Ask questions for the whole class that focus on multiplying such as, “How many ears does this group have all together (3 x 2 = 6)?” “How many fingers does this group have all together? (3 x 10 = 30)?” “How many noses do they have all together (3 x 1 = 3)?” As you ask, have the rest of the class write the multiplication problem and the product on a whiteboard or paper and share their answers. Give all students a chance to come up and be part of the multiplying group. Change the number of students in the modeling group to change the resulting facts.

Marvelous Multiplying Martians Poem

Supply each student with a set of 20 counters. Then read this poem and sub in two numbers in the blanks as you read. Students use their counters to model the problem and find the answer.

Early in the morning, ___ Martians came. They multiplied by ___ and played a football game. When earthlings saw them playing, the whole crowd shouted, “Wow!” Just how many Martians do you think are playing football now?

Try various numbers and have kids rhyme along with you. You can write the poem on a chart for all to read along.

Clapping Facts

Here’s a good listening and math game. Tell students you will clap out a multiplication fact. They should listen carefully to the number of claps, and write the fact they hear down on a whiteboard or paper. For example, for 2 x 7, you would clap like this:

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap (pause)

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap (stop)

For 3 x 3 it would sound like this:

Clap, clap, clap (pause)

Clap, clap, clap (stop)

Ask students to share their answers. After you’ve done a few, have students take turns choosing facts and leading the clapping. Write all the facts you’ve done on the board so there won’t be any repeats.

Multiplying Card Game

Using index cards, have each student create a set of digit cards from 0 to 10 with five copies of each digit card in the deck. Then ask students to partner up and put one deck in the middle. The lead player shuffles the deck and then deals two cards to each player. After that, players multiply their two cards and announce their individual products. Whoever has the highest product wins all four cards. The player with the most cards at the finish of the deck wins.

Multiplication Model Make-It

Kids like to get their hands on things and move them around. Keeping learning active is always a great strategy with kids. Here’s a good way to do that and practice multiplication.

Provide each student with a group of small manipulatives such as cubes, counters, beads, or even dried beans (very cheap and they work well!). Then call out a multiplication fact and ask students to group their manipulatives to model the fact. For example, if you call out 5 x 5, students will create five groups of five beans in each. After they complete this task, ask them to announce the product. Students can take turns leading this activity as well.

Calculator Checker

Give students simple calculators. It’s good to give your class practice with how calculators work. Call out two factors, like “3 and 7.” Students input the two factors on the calculator, pushing the x button in between, but they don’t press the = button. Wait 30 seconds while students think about the answer. Then ask for possible answers. After everyone has a chance to respond, tell students to press the = button to check their answers. Let students take turns leading this game.

Multiplication Shake

Ask each student to bring in an empty egg carton. In the bottom of each section of the carton, have them write a number from 0 to 11 with a permanent marker. Give each player two beans or beads. Players put the beads in their boxes and close them tight. When you say go, they shake the box. When you say stop, they open the box and multiply the two numbers where the beads landed. Each player raises their hand and shares the fact they came up with along with the product. You can ask things like, “Who has the highest product?” “Who has the lowest product?” “Who has an odd or even product?” and then try it again.

Hole-Punch Multiplier

Arrays are a great way for students to “see,” and in this case “feel,” multiplication facts. This is a good activity to individualize that multiplication work. Divide a white piece of card stock into eight boxes. In each box write a multiplication fact you would like the student to work on. Give them another piece of card stock that’s a different color and a hole punch. Ask them to create an array in a piece of the colored paper that shows the multiplication fact in each box. Then have them glue that array into the correct box. Have them flip the paper over and complete eight more.

Challenge Roll

Partner students up. Give each group a pair of dice, lined paper, and a pencil. They should fold the paper in half vertically and write their names at the top of the two columns. Have players take turns rolling the dice and recording the two numbers that come up as factors on the paper in their column. They then multiply these together and write the product. Whoever rolls the highest product in each round wins that round and circles their winning product. You can also play it with the lowest product as the winner. Instead of dice, you can also play this with number cubes marked from 0 to 5 and 6 to 11. You can convert dice to number cubes by putting white sticky dots on each side and writing the numbers you want on them.

Multiplication Museum

Provide a variety of manipulatives like counting chips, cubes, paper clips—almost anything you have plenty of. Also give each student 10 index cards and tell them that they will be setting up their own multiplication museums on their desks using the manipulatives. Each museum should have at least 10 exhibits. An exhibit consists of an arrangement of manipulatives to represent a specific multiplication fact. For example, to show 3 x 7, you might make three cube towers with each one made of seven cubes. Then they fold an index card in half, write the multiplication fact on it, and stand it up as the “exhibit sign.” Finally, have students visit one another’s museums when they are all completed.

Partner students up and put a deck of multiplication fact cards down in between them. After that, each student takes a turn picking a card. They do not look at the card, but rather hold it against their forehead so their partner can see the card. The partner tells the lead player the product for that fact. For example, if I pick a card that says “3 x 5,” my partner would say, “You’re 15.” Now I have to guess the factors on the card by saying, “I’m 3 x 5.” There are sometimes more than one way to make a product, however. If I said, “I’m 5 x 3,” my partner would say, “No, you’re not. Guess again.” This can really be fun while developing strong mental math and listening skills.

Twister Multiplication

Maybe you have the old classic game Twister at home. If not, check out the thrift shops or online sellers. Take a set of sticky notes, and on each one, write a multiplication fact on one half and the product on the other. Cut them in half. On the Twister spinner, there are color dots. Place the product part of the sticky fact on the spinner dots. On the Twister mat, place the other half of the fact cards on those dots. As you spin, each student will call out the product the spinner points to. Players on the mat have to try to place a hand or foot on the fact that makes that product. Active, fun, and a bit crazy, but it’s a great way to practice multiplication facts.

Multiplication Mix-Up

Take index cards and make a set of digit cards 0 to 9 with at least three of each card. Have students shuffle their cards and spread them out on their desks. Call out a product, like 12. Give students three minutes to find pairs of cards that if multiplied together would result in that product. With the product of 12, students should be able to show you the following pairs: 2 x 6, 6 x 2, 3 x 4, and 4 x 3. After a round, ask players to reshuffle and then announce the next product.

Tower of Facts

Use an old Jenga set or pick up a generic one at a dollar store. On each block, use a permanent marker to write a multiplication fact. Then set up a tower. As players pull blocks from the tower, they must answer the multiplication fact on the block. If they are correct, they keep the block, and if they are wrong, all partners get a chance to answer. If all miss, the block gets stacked back up on top. It’s a cooperative game as no one really wants that tower to fall. (Or do they?)

Name Tag Sort

Get a pack of sticky name tags and write multiplication facts you want to practice on each one. Pass out a tag to each student and have them put it on. Begin to call out sorting clues. If a student’s product matches the sort clue, they stand up. If not, they stay seated. Sorting clues include things like “all odd products, all even products, both factors are odd, both factors are even, the product is more than 15, the product is less than 15,” and so on. Let students take turns leading this one.

Multiplication Cup Towers

Buy a set of small disposable plastic bathroom cups. On the side of each one, write a multiplication fact. This is a good activity for a small group of three or four students. Put the set of cups in the middle of the group. Have students take turns pulling a cup. If they answer the fact correctly, they keep the cup and can begin to build a stacking tower. If they miss it, they put the cup back in the middle. Limit play by the number of times you can pull a cup (10 is a good start) or time (two minutes is reasonable).

Lots of Dots

Kids love this simple activity. Give each student a lined paper and a pencil. Tell them to draw a given target number of dots, like 12. After each student does this, ask them to take a crayon and circle the dots in a way that will reveal a multiplication fact. For example, with 12, they might circle two groups of six or six groups of two or three groups of four, and so on. They then write the facts underneath the dots. This calls for careful counting and, of course, knowing some facts!

Domino Multiplication War

Partner up students and give them a set of dominoes. The dominoes should be placed in a box or bag so players can’t see them. Players take turns picking a domino out of the bag. The first player checks both sides of the domino and chooses the side that would yield the largest product when the two dot arrays are multiplied together. They put it face up in the middle. The next player picks a domino and does the same thing. The player with the largest product wins and keeps both dominoes. Play continues until the bag or box is empty. Then players count their dominoes to see who has the most. You can also play this one to try to get the lowest product. Either way is lots of fun.

Bottle Cap Facts

Have students collect bottle caps, wash them, and bring them into class. Distribute the bottle caps evenly among the class. Give students a multiplication fact assessment of the 100 multiplication facts and score them together. Have students circle the facts they missed. Then give them a black fine-point permanent marker and a set of sticky dots. Ask them to write any missed facts on the sticky dots (or facts they found hardest) and attach it to the top of a bottle cap. On the inside of the cap, they write the product.

You can play all kinds of games with bottle caps, but one fun one is to have players trade sets and push a cap to the middle. The player who created that fact set has to answer the fact question. If they’re correct, they get the cap and a point. This allows players to practice facts they found difficult in a game format.

Have a Ball Multiplying Hard Facts

Ask your class what the most difficult multiplication facts to remember are. Write these on the board. Brainstorm strategies to remember them together. Write these strategies next to the hard facts on the board. Then get a soccer ball and write these hard facts on the ball (or balls) with permanent marker. Form a circle and toss the ball to a student. Whatever fact their right thumb lands on is the fact they should answer. Have them refer to the board and the strategies if they are unsure. Take turns tossing the ball around the circle, making sure everyone gets a turn.

Rock, Paper, Multiply!

This game looks like it’s going to be Rock, Paper, Scissors, but it’s not. Partner students up and have them stand and face each other. On the count of three, each player throws out a number of fingers on one hand. Both players look at the fingers, count them, and multiply those two numbers. The first with the correct answer is the winner. As players get more skilled, have them play with two hands each.

Multiplication Clue Cards

Give each student two blank index cards and two multiplication facts. Students should write the two factors down on one side of each card. On the other side, they should write at least three clues that will point other players to what the multiplication fact is. For example, if you give me the fact 3 x 3 = 9, I could write clues like: 1. “Both factors are the same.” 2. “The factors are less than 4.” 3. “The product is odd.” Students take turns reading their clues to the class, while classmates try to guess the fact.

Product Call-Out

Give each student a copy of a 100 chart and a set of crayons or colored pencils. Then give directions to have students color and locate products for the multiplication fact you call out. For example, when you call out 3 x 5, students should color the number 15 on their charts. This is a great way to emphasize multiplication patterns by calling out all of the facts with a certain factor in a row. For example, you might ask for 3 x 3, 3 x 6, 3 x 2, 3 x 7, and so on. You could call them in order or mix them up a bit like the ones just mentioned. You can use different colors for different fact families if you like.

Multiplication Fact Bingo

Provide each student with a 100 Multiplication Facts Chart. These charts have the factors but not the product. Tell students you will be playing Multiplication Bingo together. You will call out a product, and they must find the fact on their paper and color it in with a light-colored color pencil or crayon so we can still see the facts. When they get three in a row in any direction, they should circle the three and call out, “Bingo!” Write the three facts and products on the board to help everyone check their work. Keep playing on that same sheet and play for as many bingos as you like.

Give each student a blank 15 x 15 array sheet or a sheet of graph paper, pencil, and crayons or colored pencils. Model how you would draw an array for a multiplication fact on a paper like this. For example, if the target fact is 3 x 7, you could draw a rectangle that is three squares across and seven squares down. Outline it in pencil, write the fact and product on the rectangle, and color over it lightly. Explain to students that they should draw and color a rectangular array for each multiplication fact you announce.

The goal for the student is to arrange their arrays to try to cover up as many spaces as possible. After 10 facts are called out, the winner is the person with the least amount of white squares left. Caution students that sometimes they may be unable to make an array that you call because there isn’t enough space left. If that’s the case, they wait until the next fact is called.

Partner students up and give them a set of multiplication fact cards. The lead partner deals out 10 cards to each player. Two cards are then picked at random from the deck and placed on a desk about 2 feet apart. These are the beginning and end cards. Their products signify the beginning and end of a number line. So, if the two cards are 2 x 5 and 6 x 4, the number line stretches from 10 to 24.

Now players fan out their cards with the facts hidden. The lead player picks a card from their partner’s fan and places it on the number line if they can. If you pick an 8 x 6 card, you can’t place it on the number line going from 10 to 24 because the product is 48, so you put it in your deck. Players take turns picking cards and trying to place them. After 10 picks, players count up their cards. The player with the least cards wins.

Multiplication Stories

Give students a lined piece of paper and a pencil, and have them fold it into four squares. Then write four multiplication facts on the board. Ask students to copy the facts at the top of each square. Explain that they should write a short story problem that fits each fact. For example, if I had to write about 5 x 5, I might write something like, “There were five brothers. Each one had five books. How many books did they have all together?” Urge students to be creative. These can get pretty funny. Take turns sharing the problems aloud. Finally, on the back of the paper, have students choose four facts of their own and write stories about those. These are great word problems to use as a source for for tests and quizzes. Give students a “byline” on the paper next to their problem.

(Cl)Arrays are arrays made out of clay (ha, ha!). Kids love to get their hands on and in clay or play dough so let them go at it while they practice multiplication. Each student gets a good-size ball of clay and a mat to work on. Plastic place mats work well. Write a “Feature Fact” on the board. Each student takes their clay and, making smaller balls, creates an array that matches that fact. Give students a turn to lead and pick the featured fact. You can also feature two or three facts at a time. Emphasize how the first factor tells us how many groups and the second factor tells us how many in a group.

Find That Fact!

Write about 20 multiplication products on the board. Then have two students come up. Explain that you will call out a fact, and players must point to the product that matches your fact as quickly as possible. Whoever points to the fact first wins that round and stays at the board. Keep sending players up until everyone has a turn.

Multiplication Flower Garden

Math and art, they go together. Here’s a decorative way to practice a set of facts. Draw a flower with 12 petals and a circle in the center. Then write the factor for a fact family you want to practice in the center circle, and draw 12 petals and number them 1 to 12. These are the second factors. On the outside of these petals, draw larger petals and write the products of the center and the first petal. Now color. Makes a great math display. Assign different fact families to different students so you can have a complete garden!

Multiplication War

Partner students up and give them a deck of playing cards. Then have the lead player deal out the complete deck face down to each player. Players each flip two of their own cards, multiply them, and say the product aloud. The player with the higher product wins that round and all the cards in the round. Play is complete when all cards have been dealt. Now it’s time to add up the cards to see who wins!

Addition and Multiplication Scramble

Multiplication is really repeated addition but done in a very efficient way. Write a repeated addition sentence on the board, like 5 + 5 + 5 + 5. Ask students to tell you the corresponding multiplication fact with its product. Make sentence strips for each addition sentence and put them in a pile. In another pile, put corresponding multiplication fact cards. Mix these together on the floor in a big pile. Pick a group of four or five students. When you say go, players have two minutes to unscramble and match every addition sentence with its partner multiplication sentence.

Multiplication Concentration

This is a good small-group game for three or four players. Give students a set of index cards and have them write assigned multiplication facts on each card. Now provide another set of index cards and have them write the corresponding products on each card. Have each player put out four matching card sets from their deck. Mix these together and then deal them out face down on a desk. Play a game of Concentration, with each player picking two cards, flipping them over, and seeing how many matches they can find. The most matches wins!

Multiplication Rhymes

Can you write rhymes to go with your multiplication facts? Give each student a set of 10 facts, a lined paper or drawing paper, pencil, and colored pencils or crayons. Provide some examples on the board such as these few from a 3 times table: 3 x 4 = open the door, 3 x 5 = bees in the hive, 3 x 6 = too many sticks, and so on. When completed, have students share their rhymes aloud with the class. You can extend the activity by letting students illustrate their rhymes, which makes for a very creative bulletin board.

Spinner, Spinner, Multiplication Winner

Make a simple spinner with a paper clip and a pencil. Start by having students draw a circle. Tracing around a coffee-can lid is an easy way to do it. Divide the circle up into 10 sections using a ruler. Color the sections and write numbers 0 to 9 on them. Place the paper clip and pencil down in the middle of the circle. Flick the paper clip so it spins. Whatever number it points to is your first factor. Spin again to find the second factor. Multiply them, and that is your score for the round. Your partner does the same. The highest product wins that round. To make it more fun and motivating, put out a set of 20 marbles or cubes. As a player wins a round, they get a cube or marble. Whoever has the most after all are taken is the winner.

Animal Multiplication Stories

You can use animals as the stars of some multiplication stories due to their unique physical characteristics. For example, one story might be, “An octopus has eight legs. Six octopi came to an undersea birthday party. How many legs were there at the party? (8 x 6 = 48 legs).” Let students choose an animal or you can assign one. They should then write a short multiplication story about their animal, solve it, and illustrate it. The picture should match the problem. Consider using horses, cats, dogs, or spiders, and think creatively. For instance, you can count horses’ eyes, ears, legs, tails, and so on.

The Grapes of Math

Read aloud Greg Tang’s math picture book The Grapes of Math (Scholastic, 2004) for some very focused listening and problem-solving with multiplication. Provide each student with a whiteboard and marker. Have students listen to each page and rhyming problem and record on the whiteboard the multiplication fact that matches that page and solves the rhyme. You can do them all in one sitting or spread them out one or two per day. These are all great fun, clever, and sometimes quite challenging.

All Hands on Deck!

Here’s a fun and active way to model some multiplication. Have a group of three students stand in a line at the front of the room. Ask the group to throw out a certain number of fingers. For example, you might say, “Each person please throw out four fingers.” Then ask the rest of the class what multiplication fact they are modeling. In this case it would be 3 x 4 = 12. After that, have various numbers of students come up to form a group and model facts. The rest of the class has to guess the fact aloud or write them on a whiteboard with a marker.

You can also let groups you call huddle up and decide among themselves how many fingers they will throw out when they model their next fact.

Sticky Multiplication Arrays

Kids love stickers, and you can buy inexpensive sets of some really tiny stickers. Give a page of tiny stickers, a pencil, and a piece of graph paper to each student. Then have kids arrange the stickers in arrays on the graph paper, outline them with a pencil, and write matching multiplication facts for each. This is a good activity to assign with an entire fact family, like the sevens for instance. This way students can observe how the facts build incrementally both in number and area.

Multiplication Mistakes

Kids love to correct the teacher. Here’s an activity that gives everyone a chance to do just that. Create a paper where you write 100 multiplication facts with products. Make an error in at least half of them. Make a copy of the paper for each student. Pass these out and explain that this paper was recently handed in to you by your friend Mug the caveman. He is new to math and may have made some mistakes. Ask them to correct the paper by circling the mistakes and writing the correct number next to the error. Student focus on these is incredible!

Number Line Hop

Partner students together and provide them with a number line from 1 to 100, a couple of counting bears or similar game pieces, and a deck of multiplication fact cards. Then players take turns pulling cards from the deck. They solve the fact and move that number of spaces on the number line. First player to the end wins. Players have to pay careful attention as the game progresses because with each round, they have a different starting point. For example, if your first card is 3 x 4, since the product is 12, you hop from 0 to 12. If your second card is 2 x 3, you now start on the 12, move 6 spaces, and land on 18. You can also play this same game on a 100 chart if a number line takes up too much space.

Rubber Stamp Multiplication

I’ve yet to meet the child who does not like to use a rubber stamp. You can buy almost any kind of rubber stamps, from moons and stars to cats and dogs to flowers and dragons. Get a dozen or so different stamps and some ink pads. Provide students with white drawing or construction paper, an ink pad (can be shared), and a rubber stamp.

Have students stamp out multiplication facts that you decide on for them. This is a good opportunity to work on facts that a student finds difficult. For example, if the target fact is 7 x 8, students would stamp seven rows of eight items in each row. Then they would write the fact and product underneath. Have students take turns trading stamps and ink pads so they can try different images and colors.

Money Multiplier

Make a special spinner that has pictures of the U.S. coins: penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, and dollar. (You can use a piece of card stock with a coffee-can lid traced on it to form a circle. Divide the circle with a pencil and ruler into six sections, one for each coin, but with the higher-value coins getting smaller sections. For a spinner, use a pencil and a paper clip.

Provide a group of four or five students with a set of play coins. Then put these in the middle of the group along with the spinner. Students take turns spinning and taking one of the coins that the spinner points to. As they play and collect coins, they place like coins in rows in front of them. So, a row of pennies, a row of nickels, a row of dimes, and so on. Give students 10 turns each. Then ask students to write a multiplication fact for each row of coins and the resulting product. They should then add up their products and see what their total coin value is. Highest value wins!

How Old Is the Class?

This intriguing activity combines surveys, data collection, and multiplication to answer an interesting question: “How old is the class?”

Introduce the problem by saying, “I’d like to find out how old this class is. I mean, all together.” Begin by collecting some data. If you are teaching 3rd grade, for example, you can ask students to: “Raise your hand if you are 7.” Then write down that number of students on the board. After that, ask, “Raise your hand if you are 8.” Write down that number of students. And finally ask students to “Raise your hand if you are 9.” Write down that number of students. Say, “Here is the data we need. Now could you all multiply these numbers and then add all the years together? That will tell us how old the class is.”

5 kids x 7 years old = __ years

10 kids x 8 years old = __ years

6 kids x 9 years old = __ years

In this case, 5 x 7 = 35, 10 x 8 = 80, and 6 x 9 = 54. Add them together: 35 + 80 + 54 = 169 years.

You can extend this by sending teams of students out to various classrooms to collect data, do the multiplication and addition, and then find out who has the oldest class in the grade level or in the school.

Kaboom Sticks

Get a set of wooden craft sticks and write multiplication facts on them, except for a few sticks on which you write “Kaboom!” Then put the sticks with the facts side down in a can. This is a fun activity for a small group. Students take turns pulling sticks from the can. If they get the fact correct, they keep the stick and grow their collection. If they get it wrong, they put it back in the can. And if they pull a “Kaboom” stick, they put their whole collection back in the can.

Triangle Fact Cards

Sometimes just a little change-up can keep things fresh. Students are used to rectangular fact cards, but triangles are a different story. Cut out or have students cut out triangles from oaktag or other durable paper. Then give a set of 10 to each student and assign them a set of facts like ones, twos, threes, and so on. At the top of the triangle, they write the sum, and in the lower corners the two factors. In the middle write a multiplication sign. Color can be added and then cards laminated for long-term use. These sets are somehow more fun to use in games and activities that practice facts.

100-Chart Multiplication Patterns

Make multiple copies of a 100 chart for each student. Also provide crayons or colored pencils, a pencil, and lined paper. Ask students to color in a certain number pattern. For example, you might ask them to color all the numbers that end in 5 or 0 or 8. Then after they have found these, they should write down all the multiplication facts that will result in these numbers as products. Ask them to look for patterns. Have a discussion at the end of each round, and compare what each student has found. There are some intriguing patterns to be discovered!

Room Arrangement Multiplication Hunt

Before students come into the classroom, take certain items and arrange them in groups around the room. For example, set up five stacks of books with four books in each stack, three piles of rulers with eight rulers in each pile, nine index cards with five paper clips on each, three chairs in a circle, and so on.

When students enter, give them each a lined paper on a clipboard and a pencil. Have them sit down and explain that certain items have been gathered in different parts of the room. Their job is to find the items, don’t touch them, but write a description of what they found along with a multiplication fact that matches each arrangement. It’s great fun every time you do this.

Mysterious Multiplication Number Muncher

Ask students to come to the board and write a compete multiplication fact with product. Take turns until you have at least 12 facts on the board. Then ask students to hide their eyes while you erase one number from each problem. Make a monster noise and open and close the door and say, “Open your eyes. The Multiplication Number Muncher was just here and he munched some of the numbers. Who can help us replace them?” Allow students to come up and replace the missing numbers until all are correct. The anticipation is great every time you do this one!

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Times tables are an essential element of basic math that gives a solid grounding for more complex things to come. So kids do need to memorise them, even if it’s boring and they don’t want to.

Here are six fun printable activities to help make it easier – and a little less boring too.

Get the printable times table fun bundle here

Getting kids to sit down and learn something repetitive isn’t easy, especially if you’re not the authoritarian type (I’m not).

It’s far easier to get them to do fun stuff – like play games, colour in, make cool things and read good books.

These 6 printable times table activities combine all those elements into learning activities that have been designed to help memorise the multiplication tables.

All of the activities we’re sharing today have been combined into one great-value bundle to make things easy (it also saves you 40%). 

6 fun ways to learn times tables

Printable times table bookmarks

Both my kids love reading, which is why I came up with these bookmarks. Read the bookmark through once before getting started every time you sit down to read. 

This would work great for read-aloud books too, so the adult can practice together with the child.

These times table bookmarks are available as a freebie download and they are also included in our fun bundle .

Times Table mandalas

Practicing the times tables is not very relaxing for anyone involved – but colouring in is.

Each printable mandla focuses on one multiplication table and has a colour key on the page with the answers forming a pattern that kids can colour in. Double check their finished work with the printable answer sheet.

You can get the full set of printable mandalas individually in our store or as part of our fun bundle .

Times Tables Spinners

This is a fun STEM craft. Print the template to card stock, then layer and clip together with a split pin paper fastener. The finished spinner spins to show the correct answer to every multiplication sum.

You can purchase the template to make the spinners individually in our store or get them as part of the fun bundle .

Multiplication Madness Game

Play two different games with this printable game board.

• Practice one table – Place the number you are practicing in the centre of the board, and your game piece anywhere in the circle. Roll the dice, and multiply whichever number you land on with the number in the centre. If you get the answer correct, take a button or glass bead. Keep playing until the timer ends (we set it for two minutes per player).
• Practice all tables – Play the same way as above only without a number in the centre of the board. Instead, multiply the number you land on with the number on the dice.

Times table memory match

This game works the same way as any game of memory match, only instead of finding matching picture or cards, the multiplication question needs to match the answer. Set the question cards up on one half of the grid and the answer cards on the other half.

It’s quite tricky – and fun too!

You can purchase the memory match cards individually in our store and they are also a part of our fun bundle .

Times Table Bingo

What kids doesn’t love a game of Bingo? In Times Table Bingo you need to find the answers to the multiplication questions on the card and cover them with a button or glass bead.

This has been designed as a solo game with the complete answers to one multiplication table on each card. You could play it in a group for practice too but there would not be a ‘winner’, since everybody’s cards would be the same.

You can get the solo Bingo cards individually in our shop or as a part of our fun bundle .

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My kids had fun with these activities at home. I hope it helps your kids learn their times tables too.

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Multiplication review – 8 engaging times table homework activities .

Many primary school teachers include multiplication fact review as part of their homework routine. So often though, this involves repetitive revision of the same set of times tables over and over again, leaving both students and teachers alike feeling bored with times table practice. There are many activities that you can use to keep your students engaged in their times table practice though, and below you’ll find my top 8 suggestions for fun times tables homework tasks. 

Skip Counting Mazes

One way to change up repeating times table facts is to use skip counting to get students familiar with the multiples for each set of times tables. When using skip counting, students don’t need to worry about trying to recite the full times table fact, which makes it quicker to reach those higher times tables. Working with skip counting also allows you to use a wider range of fun homework activities for times table revision, like the   skip counting mazes   pictured below. 

Colour by Number

There’s just something about colour-by-numbers that gets kids instantly engaged. Maybe it’s the chance to colour in, or maybe it’s the code-breaking aspect of this activity, but it has always been popular with my students. Simple  colour-by-number tasks like the one pictured below   are useful to add to your homework routine to help review students’ multiplication skills.

Flashcards are a useful alternative to practice worksheets, as they still provide students with the repetition they need, but in a different format.  Times table flashcards like the ones shown below  can also be used for a range of games. You could ask parents to hide them around the room for their children to find and work out, or you could jumble them all up in a bag and have children order them as they say the answers. You could even make two copies of the flashcards to play games like memory or snap.

Timed Tests

Timed tests  can be an effective way to encourage your students to challenge themselves when it comes to recording times table facts. Each student can work to improve on their own personal best, and therefore can work at their own pace. It doesn’t take long to include a timed test routine as part of your daily or weekly homework schedule, and it gives students consistent opportunities to practise their multiplication skills. 

Times Table Photo Shoot

Many students have access to a digital device with a camera these days. In fact, often it’s difficult to get them to put their devices away to focus on homework to begin with. So, here’s an idea that will give them an excuse to use their devices for educational purposes. Have students do a ‘times table photo shoot’ using items they find around the house. 

For example, they might have some rubber bands at home. They can use those rubber bands to represent the different times tables, either by creating arrays (more on that later on) or by sorting those objects into groups. The equation 2 x 3 = 6, could be represented by six rubber bands sorted into 2 groups of 3. This gives students a chance to creatively share their understanding of the times tables with you in a hands-on way. 

Multiplication Grids

Once students have been introduced to all times table facts and are growing in confidence, it’s important to give them opportunities to practise switching between different times tables by mixing them up. One way I like to do this is through the use of multiplication grids. Multiplication grids are a helpful visual reference for students. I’ve mentioned using addition grids in  a previous post , and similarly, multiplication grids allow students to work through the times table facts at their own pace, in any order, noticing patterns along the way. If you’d like to try using multiplication grids to create your own resources, you can find my multiplication grid clip art templates here . 

Like multiplication grids, arrays allow students to visualise their times table facts. Arrays are usually used with younger students, simply because it can become time consuming to draw arrays for larger times tables. Arrays involve creating a grid-like image of the times table fact of focus, as shown in the image below, and then counting all of the pictures to find the total. You can find a ready-made set of review pages using arrays here . 

Times Tables Bingo

Playing games is an effective way to keep students engaged in their learning. When it comes to practising times table facts, there are many games that you can use as homework tasks, to encourage parents to get involved in their children’s learning. I like  Times Table Bingo , because it’s simple for students and parents to understand the rules of, and it allows children to use the strategies that they find most helpful for working out the times table facts. 

I hope that these ideas inspire you to try something new with your times table homework routine. You can use the links to buy your own copies of any resources I’ve referenced in this blog post. 

Do you want some more times table activity ideas while you’re here? Some of the suggestions in this post were taken from my  list of 12 fun ideas for teaching children times table facts, which you can read here.

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• 10 Of The Best Free Multiplication Maths Resources For Primary Schools

12 of the best times tables resources and games for primary maths

Get with the times (tables) and check out some of these ideas and activities for teaching multiplication in Key Stage 1 and 2…

Beyond buying apps on mum or dad’s iTunes account it can sometimes be hard for children to grasp the real-world potential of maths.

But we, of course, know all the famous names that have contributed to the world through numbers, equations and mathematical concepts.

There’s Newton, Pythagoras, Descartes, Archimedes, Noether, Einstein

So, if you’re looking for ways to give kids a helping hand and add some variety into how to teach times tables , we’ve picked out 10 resources and games to engage your class.

And if you need a printable times table grid , we’ve got you covered there too!

1 | Maths mastery worksheets for times tables 2-10

Take a mastery approach to teaching the times tables with these nine times tables worksheets . Beginning with the two times table, the activities and questions carefully build children’s understanding of and confidence with the times tables.

Starting with pictoral examples, the problems move on to the abstract. There are layers of challenge to support children as their knowledge of the times tables grows. Pupils will problem solve using the times tables, learn to spot mathematical patters and work with basic algebra.

The process also supports children’s understanding of the relationship between the different times tables (eg 2 and 4 times tables and 3 and 6 times tables).

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2 | Times tables posters

This resource contains full-page, A4 illustrated multiplication table posters for numbers 2 to 9 on separate sheets, with colourful accompanying graphics that includes tractors, bees, hot air balloons and apples.

3 | Two, five and ten times tables challenge pack

This Times Tables Challenge Pack provides children with a term’s worth of practice on recalling multiplication facts for their 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

The pack contains 13 sheets of 60 problems. The children can complete as many of these as possible as a timed challenge. Also included in this pack is a scorecard so that children can see how recall is improving across the term.

Download it here.

4 | Times tables bumper packs

These packs support the introduction or review of teaching the each times table to a class or group, and includes:

A PowerPoint containing .

• Visual Introduction – a visual explanation of how the times table uses repeated counting
• Rote – practice for times table recall
• Practice questions – questions on the recall of multiplication and division facts related to the times table
• Investigation – Questions related to the rules of the times table and maths in real life problems involving the times table
• A cheat sheet – reminding pupils of a rule for the times table

An activity booklet containing

• A times table practice tube
• 3 differentiated activity sheets. These include practice, questioning and problem-solving questions. The sheet for more able pupils includes links to other areas of maths
• 1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 times table questions
• 1 rapid-recall sheet of 60 multiplication and division questions relating to the times table
• An investigation related to the times table

Each pack costs £3.99, but the 7 times table pack is free if you want to see exactly what you get inside.

Check them out on Plazoom, here.

5 | Hit the Button

This quick-fire game from Top Marks can be played using times tables up to 10 or 12, focusing on one particular times table or using a mix of sums from all of them. Race against the clock to answer as many questions correctly as possible and reinforce your multiplication learning.

You can choose to be given sums to select the correct answer, or be given an answer to which you need to find the right sum. Once the same question has come up a few times you’ll notice how quickly you’ve internalised the answer.

Browse more maths games KS2 ideas .

6 | Times tables tricks videos

Having trouble getting your learners to retain their multiplication tables? Try a different approach using these videos of handy times tables tricks.

Watch them all here.

7 | Multiplication and division activities for KS1&2

NRICH is a great go-to source for mathematical activities, so here you’ll find loads for both primary key stages, such as Forgot the Numbers which explores the relationship between multiplication and division and Trebling which looks at place value.

Click here for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 .

8 | Visible times tables

Help your pupils develop a solid grasp of the 1x, 2x, 5x and 10x times tables through visual indications and pattern recognition, with this lesson plan for KS2 maths and pupils with SEN, from Judy Hornigold.

9 | Multiplication games

This PDF features four quick and easy games for children to work on their maths skills. You’ll only need simple things like number cards and dice, so they’re quick to set up, teach, play and pack away. What more could you want?

Download the PDF here .

10 | What’s Wrong?

Well, my shoulder has been playing up, Janice in accounting took my lunch and…oh, you mean with this maths equation? Sure.

Instead of getting children to do different variations of the same sums, this KS2 flash game shows an incorrect answer and gets them to point out where the mistake lies.

Play it here .

11 | Mastering maths – multiplication and division at KS2

Mastery hasn’t been this popular since He-Man and the Masters of the Universe first hit our screens in the early ’80s.

This resource comes as a PDF and as an adaptable word document and will push your KS2 students’ maths skills to the limits.

Download it here .

12 | Identify the Factors

These handy printable worksheets from Snappy Maths provide exercises identifying factors for numbers up to 50 and numbers up to 100, and finding the highest factor for each of these two categories. There are 5 sheets for each one too, so (20 sheets in all).

You’ll also find online activities and links to related sites.

Check them out here .

Bonus advice articles

While not resources, these features contain loads of handy ideas and advice that can help you teach times tables:

Help children memorise times tables by encouraging them to make connections

Want to ensure multiplication tables don’t become a sticking point?

Beth Smith is here to show you how .

Ten ways to engage parents in teaching times tables

Despite them being a fundamental mathematical tool, many students leave primary unable to recite times tables to 12.

This piece from helps you encourage parents/carers to get involved at home.

Bring multiplication tables to life with real-world examples

This article from Karen Wilding can make sure that’s the case.

Browse more  maths games KS1  and maths games KS2 ideas.

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Times Tables

Teaching Ideas to help children learn their Times Tables

If you are looking for new ways to help your children learn their times tables, take a look at our enormous list of apps, games and resources.

Christmas Tree Times Tables

Help your children to learn their times tables with these festive activity sheets!

How many Times Tables do I need to learn?

Help your children to realise that they don’t need to learn all 144 times tables facts with these posters and matching activity sheets!

Space Multiplication Charts

Help your children to remember their times tables with our free space-themed multiplication charts and cards.

Times Tables Display Numbers

A set of answers to each of the 1-10 times tables, all colour-coded according to the multiplication table they represent.

Digital Root Patterns

Digital roots provide lots of opportunities to find patterns!

The Maths Games Pack

Expand your children’s Maths skills and have fun in the classroom with these great Maths games and puzzles.

Times Table Grids

An activity which can be used regularly to develop children’s knowledge of their times tables.

Multiplication Square Patterns

Use the multiplication square to find patterns by colouring in certain squares.

Squirt! Times Tables Game

A competitive game in which children race to call out their times tables.

Hi Everyone!

This is a page to share ideas to show how to teach multiplication and division to primary school children, as well as lots of other area of the maths curriculum.

I have been trialling and improving these ideas in my own classroom since Spring Term 2017.

The Big Idea

As a KS2 teacher (currently in Year 4) I have found it a total nightmare trying to keep on top of times tables in my class. Very few children seemed to know any of their times tables, even the 2s, 5s and 10s which they should grasp by the end of year 2. They certainly weren't confident with the associative division facts or derived facts, let alone able to answer scaling, ratio or 'combination' word problems.

Not only this, but the children all seemed to be on different targets and it was impossible to sort the admin to help them practise or to provide them with the test they needed.

Another big issue with teaching today is the sheer amount of objectives. It seems almost impossible to fit them into the year. However, when you break down the objectives, you will see that multiplication and division knowledge is required for children to be able to understand LOTS of them. (Please see the highlighted yellow and green on the sheets here.) Therefore, if you can ensure you are making clear links to multiplication and division when teaching all of the yellow objectives, children will gain a far more solid understanding. You may also wish to do a 15 minute starter that is explicitly to do with multiplication and division linked to the objective.

The green objectives can be removed and taught in the 20 minute slot a week.

So to summarise, the idea is to do 3 things:

1) make links with multiplication and division in your normal maths teaching whenever possible

2) explicitly teach the times table/s you are working on once a week

3) follow the long term planning in your weekly sessions so that you ensure all children know the required times tables for their year group

To explain point 1 in more detail: as set out in schemes such as White Rose, 4-6 weeks are allocated to teach multiplication and division, which in Year 4 involves the children knowing all their times table facts, associative division facts and derived facts. This is, of course, impossible. Therefore, I have looked at the objectives for Years 1-6 and have highlighted in yellow all of those which explicitly link to multiplication and division. This link needs to be made very clear when teaching these objectives. The ones in green can be removed completely and covered in the 20 minute slots mentioned on point 2)

To explain point 2 in more detail: the idea is to have a weekly 20 minute slot put aside to work on specific times table targets (see long term planning ). This is where you could explore strategies, look at rules etc. More ideas can be found here.

Finally, point 3: i n order to cut down on admin, the idea is to follow the long term planning to focus on specific times tables each week that you need to learn in each year group. If you use anything such as TT Rockstars, you can set the schedule to match this. You can also set homework or MyMaths to focus on the same tables.

Bye for now!

I will continue to add to this site and will also include any resources that I have found along the way from White Rose and other places.

Hope it's useful.

Truependous Times Tables

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Above is a picture of our TT Rockstars display! Great for motivation

To view any of my available workshops to help enhance your maths teaching, click the link below:

Six resources for teaching and learning times tables

How do your pupils learn times tables? From digestible research to interesting resources, these ideas will help you reflect

Class multiplication chart from the NCETM Mastery Professional Development Materials Multiplication and Division 2.7 Teacher guide .

You probably don’t need reminding that the times tables test is coming to Year 4 in June 2020. Officially, it’s called the Multiplication tables check (MTC) and it can be done any time within a three-week window from 8 June. Inevitably, it’s likely to make teachers and schools reflect on how they teach times tables.

The National Curriculum states that fluency and conceptual understanding should be developed in tandem because each supports the development of the other. So, how can we teach times tables for secure conceptual development as well as fluency?

Teachers on a recent Twitter chat ( #mathscpdchat ) seemed to agree that using a variety of methods, games and representations was key. Below, we offer a summary of the chat, have picked out some of the suggestions we liked best and added a couple of links to relevant research.

Our weekly CPD discussion on Twitter is open to all teachers of maths * . The summary of a recent discussion on Strategies to help pupils learn (and securely retain) times tables facts allows you to catch up on the conversations and follow up any threads that interest you. It includes a list of resources and ideas recommended by participants. Some of these are commercial sites but many of them have resources available for free. While you might have expected engagement from primary teachers, there were teachers from all phases, including post-16.

In a short video clip tweeted by Primary Mastery Specialist, Nicol Winfield, her pupil uses knowledge of how tables facts relate to one another (e.g. doubling 2×7 to give 4×7) to help remember the 7 times table. Nicole’s technique is based on Jill Mansergh’s video Tables with a Number Stick , where she shows how the 17 times table can be learned in less than ten minutes.

For anyone wanting a singing approach to ‘chanting’, teacher Martyn Yeo has helpfully made a YouTube playlist putting sing-along videos in one place.

Spine 2: Multiplication and Division of our Primary Mastery Materials provides comprehensive guidance and support for conceptual understanding of the times tables and relationships between them. Multiplication and Division is presented in 30 segments, six of which focus specifically on times tables (see 2.3 , 2.4 , 2.7 , 2.8 , 2.9 and 2.11 in Years 2, 3 and 4). Each includes a detailed teacher professional development guide with images helpful to conceptual understanding. The images are also provided on PowerPoint slides that can be used in the classroom.

A whole school intervention for teaching, learning and understanding times tables by Professor Jenny Field (published in the Spring 2020 edition of Primary Mathematics ), describes the research she has done, in collaboration with London South East Maths Hub , in supporting schools to structure their own research-based curriculum for times tables. It includes ‘Eight Steps’ to help build a whole-school approach including suggestions for how much, how often, the order in which the tables should be taught, consistency of presentation and language, exploring patterns and links to the real world.

Espresso is ‘a small but intense draught of filtered research on mathematics education, expressly designed with teachers in mind’ from Cambridge Maths. In 2016, Espresso covered Learning and Assessing Times Tables with some easily-digestible findings.

* Our Twitter-based chats, using the hashtag #mathscpdchat , with a different host each week, happen every Tuesday at 7pm and cover maths teaching across all age ranges. The chats are loosely organised by the NCETM and summarised on a dedicated page on our website, so you don’t need to be a social media user to benefit.

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5 times table worksheets

Free 5 times table worksheets

Click on one of the worksheets to view or print them. The 5 times table offers various exercises. For example, you can look for blocks and colour them with the numbers that are part of the 5 times table. Alternatively, you can draw lines from questions to the correct answers. The exercises on the worksheets will prepare you for any future maths problems.

The 5 times table is usually the 4th times table students will learn. This following the tables of 1, 2 and 10. The 5 times table can be easily remembered by adding 5 every time. The answers will always end in a 5 or 0. Moreover, when using the number line, you will make gradual jumps of 5. This will look as follows: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 etc. This will aid you in remembering the answers and you'll be able to check whether your guesses are correct.

The times tables are the basis of more elaborate calculations and one's general maths comprehension. The exercises provided here are suited for maths education taught in primary school. These free 5 multiplication facts table worksheets for printing or downloading (in PDF format) are specially aimed at primary school students. You can also make a multiplication worksheet yourself using the worksheet generator. These worksheets are randomly generated and therefore provide endless amounts of exercise material for at home or in class.

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The Five Times Table: 5 Great Activities for Your Classroom.

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The Five times table forms part of the year 2 national curriculum for primary schools in England. By the end of the year, all students must know 2, 5 and 10 times tables. As you may be aware, from June 2021 students are due to be tested nationally by the Multiplication Tables Check (For more information, follow this link ).

In the following years, students will be expected to learn 0-12 times tables. This knowledge will help them approach other subjects such as fractions, shapes, and longer multiplications which may include division.

How are Times Tables Taught in Schools Now?

Before approaching the five times tables, students should know the following:

• How to count to 100
• How to add and subtract
• How to read and write numbers from 0-20 in both numerals and words
• How to solve one-step problems that involve multiplication and division.

The Five Times Table Facts

• Remember, the national curriculum only expects students to learn up to the 12 times tables.
• You can write your answers in 10 times table and divide by 2 if you have bigger numbers.
• Regular practise with Emile will lead your students to successfully know their time tables whilst having fun.
• If you write down the numbers 1-6 twice, like so:

You can write the five times table pattern.

• As mentioned before, all multiples of five must end in a zero or a five – this is good to keep in mind when approaching large numbers.

Fun Five Times Table Videos for your Classroom.

Exposing young students to music allows them to use their mind and body together. By mixing music with education, younger students are able to memorise things easier. So when it comes to reciting the times tables, they are able to do it without struggling.

Here are a few examples of the five times table in song form:

Five Times Table Trick 1

The pattern within the five times table is really easy to spot. This trick is based on recognising that numbers in the five times tables either end in a 0 or a 5.

So 5 x a number = a number that either ends in 0 or 5.

More formally you can see it in sequences:

0, 5, 0, 5, 0, 5, 0, 5…

0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25…

Five Times Table Trick 2

When you multiply 5 with anything, you have to use the Half-Value 10 times table method. Given, this process might sound complicated, it is surprisingly easy. It also includes division which is great for students to learn.

If 1 x 5 = 5

You can also write: 1 x 10 = 10

Divide by 2 = 5.

Half of 10 is equal to 5.

2 x 5 is equivalent to 2 x 10 = 20 divided by 2 = 10.

So, to find out 8 x 5 =

• Times 8 by 10 = 80
• Divide by 2
• So 8 x 10 = 80 ÷ 2 = 40 = 8 x 5.

To Find out 21 x 5 =

• Times 21 by 10 = 210
• So 21 x 10 = 210 ÷ 2 = 105 = 21 x 5

To Find out 600 x 5 =

• Times 600 by 10 = 6000

So 600 x 10 = 6000  ÷ 2 = 3000 = 600 x 5

Why is the Five Times Table so Easy to Learn?

As mentioned before, one of the easiest ways of checking your answer is by seeing if your number ends in a 0 or a 5. So, it is easy to tell if a larger number is part of the five timetables or not. For example, the number 2000 ends in a 0, this means it is a multiple of 5. Take the number 2027, this is not a multiple of 5 because it does not end in 0 or 5.

It is also very easy to check if the answer is correct. By applying the 10 timetable and then dividing by 2. 

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Times tables funpack

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