Printable times tables grid 1–12

Every times table up to 12 × 12, the same range as the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check, plus a blank grid to fill in from memory. Both are A4 and free to print.

Times tables grid 1–12

The full grid, with the square numbers highlighted. Handy in a homework folder while the tables are still new.

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Blank grid to fill in

Only the 1s and 10s are filled in. Your child completes the rest from memory, and the gaps tell you what to practise.

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Times tables grid from 1 × 1 to 12 × 12
Times	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
3	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36
4	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48
5	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60
6	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72
7	7	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70	77	84
8	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96
9	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81	90	99	108
10	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120
11	11	22	33	44	55	66	77	88	99	110	121	132
12	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144

A grid is a stepping stone

A times tables grid earns its place early on, while your child is still making sense of multiplication. It shows the patterns at a glance: each row climbs in equal steps, the 5s always end in 5 or 0, and the grid is symmetrical. That last one halves the job. 7 × 8 and 8 × 7 are the same fact, so the 144 squares hold only 78 different facts to learn.

The catch is that reading an answer off the grid is a different skill from remembering it. A child who always has the grid to hand gets quick at finding the right square, and never has to retrieve the fact from memory. So use it the other way round: your child answers first, then checks on the grid. Once a table is going well, cover that row. When most rows are covered, the grid goes in the drawer.

Why it goes up to 12 × 12

In England, children are expected to know all the times tables up to 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4. In June of Year 4 they sit the Multiplication Tables Check: 25 questions on screen, with 6 seconds for each. Six seconds is enough to remember and type an answer, but not to count along a row, so the grid can only take your child part of the way. The aim is facts that come back without looking.

The blank grid: where does your child stand?

Give your child the blank grid and a pencil and ask them to fill in everything they know, without looking anything up. Leave the timer out the first time.

Answers written straight away are facts they know.
Gaps, and answers worked out slowly by counting on, are the facts to practise.
Repeat it a week or two later and put the two sheets side by side. Fewer gaps means real progress.

Then check speed on a few of the facts they wrote: ask them out of order and listen. If an answer takes more than two or three seconds, it is not memorised yet, and in the MTC it would run out of time.

Why the squares are highlighted

Some facts come easily: the 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, and usually the square numbers on the diagonal too, like 7 × 7 and 8 × 8. That makes the squares useful anchors. If your child knows 7 × 7 = 49, then 7 × 8 is just 7 more.

Facts that sit side by side, like 6 × 8 and 7 × 8, can get mixed up with each other. Which ones trip up your child is personal, and the blank grid shows you quickly.

TabTabTab turns that list into a few minutes of practice a day: your child says each answer out loud, the app listens, and the facts that are still slow come back more often. For a full plan, read the parents’ guide to learning times tables, or see how to prepare for the MTC.