Multiplication Tables Check Practice
Twenty-five questions in the same format as England’s multiplication tables check: 6 seconds each, then a 3-second pause.
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Practice form 4821
25 questions
From the 2 to 12 times tables, more of them from the 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 tables. You get 6 seconds for each, then a 3-second pause. Type the answer and press Enter (or Check), or let the time run out. The answers come at the end.
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How this works: Method, 3 sources,
How this works
Method
England’s multiplication tables check is an on-screen check taken by year 4 pupils in a three-week window in June. Each form has 25 questions written as “a × b =”, 6 seconds to answer each, and a 3-second pause before the next. An answer can be submitted early with Enter, and whatever has been typed when the time runs out is what counts. Full method
Sources
- Standards and Testing Agency, Multiplication tables check assessment framework (2018, updated 2022; Open Government Licence v3.0)
- Department for Education, National curriculum in England: mathematics programmes of study (2013)
- Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Grade 3 (3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.C.7) (2010)
Changes
- First published: the chart from 1–10 to 1–20, practice with progress for each person, printable charts and sheets, the 2 to 12 tables and check practice.
The format, and how these forms are made
England’s multiplication tables check is an on-screen check taken by year 4 pupils in a three-week window in June. Each form has 25 questions written as “a × b =”, 6 seconds to answer each, and a 3-second pause before the next. An answer can be submitted early with Enter, and whatever has been typed when the time runs out is what counts.
Questions come from the 121 facts of the 2 to 12 tables; the 1 times table is not included. The first number names the table, and each table may appear only between a set minimum and maximum number of times, with more questions from the 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 tables. No fact appears twice, and a form never has both 3 × 8 and 8 × 3.
The practice forms here follow those rules: each one is built from a seed in the link, so everyone who opens the same link gets the same form. There is no feedback during the 25 questions, as in the check, and every answer is shown at the end.
25 questions × 6 s, 3 s pause, tables 2 to 12
- Each form has 25 questions worth one mark each, with 6 seconds per question and a 3-second pause between questions. Source: Standards and Testing Agency, Multiplication tables check assessment framework (2018, updated 2022; Open Government Licence v3.0).
- There is no expected standard or pass mark: schools receive each pupil’s score out of 25. Source: Standards and Testing Agency, Multiplication tables check assessment framework (2018, updated 2022; Open Government Licence v3.0).
- The check has been statutory for year 4 pupils in England since the 2021 to 2022 school year. Source: Standards and Testing Agency, Multiplication tables check assessment framework (2018, updated 2022; Open Government Licence v3.0).
Questions from each table in one form
The framework’s limits on how many of the 25 questions come from each table (Table 1). The 2, 5 and 10 tables together give 3 to 7 questions.
| Table | At least | At most |
|---|---|---|
| 2 times table | 0 | 2 |
| 3 times table | 1 | 3 |
| 4 times table | 1 | 3 |
| 5 times table | 1 | 3 |
| 6 times table | 2 | 4 |
| 7 times table | 2 | 4 |
| 8 times table | 2 | 4 |
| 9 times table | 2 | 4 |
| 10 times table | 0 | 2 |
| 11 times table | 1 | 3 |
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| 12 times table | 2 | 4 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official multiplication tables check?
No. It is practice in the same format, built from the Standards and Testing Agency’s published framework. Schools run the real check, and pupils can try its own practice area at school before the June window.
Is there a pass mark?
No. The framework sets no expected standard; each school gets a score out of 25 for each pupil, and full marks shows fluent recall of all the facts asked.
Is the 1 times table in the check?
No. Questions come from the 2 to 12 tables only, 121 facts in all. The 1 times table may appear in practice questions but is never scored.
Why 6 seconds?
The Standards and Testing Agency trialled three time limits with 1,124 pupils and chose 6 seconds as enough time to recall and type an answer, but not enough to work it out.