Multiplication is just adding the same number again and again. Once it lives in your fingers, every other piece of maths gets easier.
Scene 1 · The big idea
3 × 4 means "three groups of four"
Counting by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… is fast. But what if you had four bags of sweets, and each bag had three sweets? You could count 1, 2, 3 — 4, 5, 6 — 7, 8, 9 — 10, 11, 12. Or you could remember: 3 × 4 = 12.
Multiplication is a shortcut for repeated adding. The more shortcuts you remember, the faster maths feels.
Scene 2 · Skip-counting
Pick a table — watch it skip
Press a number, then press Skip. Each step is what you add.
Scene 3 · The whole grid
Every answer in one picture
The diagonal (in pink) is the squares — 1×1, 2×2, 3×3… Hover or tap a row and column to see the answer light up. Notice: 3 × 4 is the same as 4 × 3. Order doesn't change the answer.
Scene 4 · Beat the clock
Quick-fire drill
Type the answer and press Enter. 10 questions. Pick which table to practise.
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Scene 5 · Tricks worth knowing
Six little tricks
×1 — anything stays itself.
×2 — doubles. 7×2 is just 7+7.
×5 — every answer ends in 0 or 5. Half of the ×10.
×9 finger trick — hold up 10 fingers, lower the Nth finger. Fingers to the left = tens, fingers to the right = ones. Try 9×4: lower finger 4, you'll see 3 and 6 → 36.
×10 — just add a zero. 7×10 = 70.
Order doesn't matter — 3×8 = 8×3. So you really only need to learn half the table.
★ The big idea
Practice makes the answer arrive faster
The first time you saw 7+5 you had to think. Now you just know it's 12. Times tables are the same — just bigger. Five minutes a day, three weeks, and the answers will start arriving without you asking.