Times Tables Speed Test

How the speed test works

Choose the times tables to include. All 12 start selected, and you can turn any of them off. Choose 60 seconds or 2 minutes, then press Start speed test. The countdown starts with that press.

Each question uses a table you selected and a second factor from 1 through 12. Type an answer with the keyboard or the on-screen buttons, up to three digits. Press Enter on the keyboard or keypad to submit; the next fact then appears. The round does not show whether that answer was right or wrong until time runs out.

The first set has 36 facts. If you finish those before the timer ends, another 36 are added from the same tables, so the round continues until the time you chose is up.

How to use this in class

For a mixed-ability class, choose familiar tables for each learner, then send the review home on paper. No pupil accounts are needed.

1. Choose tables per learner. On each device, select Clear all and tick tables manually: for example, 2s and 5s for one learner, or 6s, 7s, 8s and 9s for another. Choose tables they have already been taught.
2. Run one round. Set Time to 60 seconds or 2 minutes, then press Start speed test. A five-minute classroom routine can include setup and discussion; it is not a five-minute app timer. Allow extra time for printing.
3. Discuss Facts to revisit. After time runs out, review the attempted incorrect or slow answers together. Questions left unanswered are excluded.
4. Print for home. Choose Only facts to revisit, US Letter or A4, and optionally Include answer key when printing. Press Print only facts to revisit. Each pair of factors appears once, without filler; use the separate answer page for checking. If no facts need review, there is no exact-review sheet to print.

For extra questions after the same round, choose Full practice sheet; it adds selected-table facts. To prepare a fresh sheet without completing a round, open the worksheet generator and choose tables manually there.

On a shared device, choose Change mode or tables after printing, then Clear saved progress before the next learner. Saved results stay in that browser.

What the score means

The results line shows how many answers were correct, how many you entered before time ran out, the seconds from start to finish rounded to the nearest second, and the accuracy percentage rounded to the nearest whole percent. Accuracy is the correct answers divided by the answers you entered. Questions still waiting when the timer ends are not part of the score.

The page has no account and does not publish a ranking. The latest correct count, total, mode, round duration, completion date, and time limit for each times table can be stored in this browser and shown as “Last results on this device” the next time you start. Clear saved progress removes it. For untimed practice that shows the product after every answer, use online times tables practice.

Choose a one-minute multiplication test or a longer quiz

Use 60 seconds for a short round, such as one times table. Use 2 minutes when you want more time to answer, such as several tables together. The score and the review rules are the same either way.

A suggested order for learning times tables

Build an understanding of equal groups before trying to recall facts quickly. Here is one possible order, not an official sequence or a rule for every learner. Follow what the learner already knows, and use each linked page for its chart, worksheet, and untimed practice.

1. 1 times table practice
2. 2 times table practice
3. 10 times table practice
4. 5 times table practice
5. 3 times table practice
6. 4 times table practice
7. 6 times table practice
8. 8 times table practice
9. 9 times table practice
10. 7 times table practice
11. 11 times table practice
12. 12 times table practice

Start with the 1s identity rule, doubles in the 2s, and the 10s and 5s counting patterns. Build the 3s and 4s, then double known 3s for the 6s and known 4s for the 8s. For the 9s, subtract one group from ten groups. Use known facts and their reverses for the 7s, then split the 11s and 12s into ten groups plus one or two more.

When a table feels familiar, try it by itself before mixing it with others. The speed test starts with all tables selected: choose Clear all, select the table you want, and then start. You can keep using untimed times tables practice or a multiplication chart for as long as they help.

Facts worth practicing: build from facts you know

If these facts appear in your review, work through a strategy without a timer first. They are examples to practice, not a ranking of the hardest facts.

• 6 × 7: five groups of 7 make 35; add one more 7. 35 + 7 = 42.
• 7 × 8: five groups of 8 make 40 and two groups make 16. Add them: 40 + 16 = 56.
• 6 × 8: three groups of 8 make 24; double that for six groups. 24 + 24 = 48.
• 8 × 12: split 12 into 10 and 2. 80 + 16 = 96.

Draw an array or explain the groups aloud, then try the fact from memory. Reversing the factors gives the same product, so knowing 7 × 8 also helps with 8 × 7.

Print practice for missed or slow facts

A fact is listed to revisit when the answer was wrong, took longer than 6 seconds, or took longer than twice the average time of the answers in that round. Wrong answers are marked incorrect. Correct answers that were slow are marked slow.

The default Full practice sheet option keeps the existing 12-, 24-, or 36-question worksheet. Choose US Letter or A4 and whether to include a separate answer key before opening the browser print dialog. The same pair of factors is printed once, with review facts first. The sheet has 12 questions when 12 or fewer different facts need review, 24 questions for 13 to 24, and 36 questions for 25 or more. If more than 36 different facts need review, only the first 36 stay on the sheet, in the order they were answered. Later ones are not on that printout. Any open spaces are filled with other facts from the tables you selected.

Choose Only facts to revisit to print exactly the incorrect or slow facts from the completed speed round, once per pair of factors, with no added questions. The option shows the actual question count. More than 36 facts continue on additional pages, with matching numbered answer pages if selected. Questions not answered in the round are not added. When there are no facts to revisit, the result shows an empty review message and review printing is disabled.

To compare online practice, review sheets, and ready-made PDFs, see our guide to free multiplication tools.

For a one-minute paper test, make a printable multiplication worksheet with an answer key. The printable timed test starts with 36 mixed questions and spaces for a time limit and score. Use a separate timer for a one-minute paper test and check answers yourself; you can still change tables, question count, and paper size. For untimed fill-in practice, open the multiplication chart and choose Blank.

Questions about timed multiplication practice

What is a Mad Minute multiplication test?

A Mad Minute multiplication test usually means one minute of multiplication-fact practice. Choose the online 60-second round above, or use a printed worksheet with a separate one-minute timer and check it with the answer key.

Can I use a printed sheet for a one-minute test?

Yes. Print the multiplication timed test: 36 mixed questions with time-limit and score lines. Write a one-minute time limit on the paper, use a separate timer, and check the answers with the separate answer key. You can adjust the worksheet settings before printing or saving a PDF. The printed sheet has no automatic timer or scoring; the online test above provides those.

What is a good score?

There is no universal passing score for this practice activity. The tables you choose and the time limit change the challenge. Compare rounds with the same settings, look at accuracy as well as the number correct, and revisit facts that need more practice.

How often should we practice?

As a starting routine, try one optional 60-second or 2-minute round on days when the learner is ready, then spend a few minutes discussing the facts to revisit. Stop before frustration builds. The IES elementary mathematics intervention guide, Recommendation 6, describes brief timed activities as one part of supported practice after concepts have been taught. It does not prescribe a daily score for this tool.

If a timer creates pressure, use untimed practice, explain a fact with objects, or fill a blank chart together. Accuracy and understanding come before a faster result.

Can I practice just one times table?

Yes. All 12 tables start selected. Choose Clear all, tick one table, choose your time, and press Start speed test. The other factor still ranges from 1 to 12. To change settings during a round, choose End round and change settings; that unfinished round saves no result.

Is this the same as the UK multiplication tables check?

No. The speed test above runs for 60 seconds or 2 minutes and scores the answers you submit. The separate MTC practice below has 3 unscored practice questions followed by 25 scored questions, with 6 seconds per answer and a 3-second pause between questions. It is an independent simulation, not the official check, and does not reproduce its question-selection rules.

Which grade is this practice for?

Choose facts the learner has already been taught. Common Core 3.OA.C.7 sets an end-of-Grade-3 goal for fluent multiplication and division within 100 and recall of products of two one-digit numbers. This tool also includes 10, 11, and 12 as factors, so its full range goes beyond those one-digit products. That standard does not prescribe a score or a one-minute test.

UK multiplication tables check practice

This page also includes an independent practice simulation of the Year 4 multiplication tables check. It is a practice activity on this site, separate from the official school check.

The activity uses the count and timings in the UK government administration guidance: 3 unscored practice questions, then 25 scored questions, 6 seconds to answer each question, and a 3-second pause between questions. On this page the 3 practice questions come from the 2, 5, and 10 times tables. Each scored question uses two factors from 2 through 12, drawn from the 121 facts in that range. The score is the number correct out of 25. The practice questions are not included. If the 6 seconds run out, the digits entered so far are checked, and a blank answer is counted wrong.

The assessment framework sets per-table question limits and keeps a fact and its reverse off the same check. This simulation does not apply those rules.

Read the Multiplication tables check: administration guidance and the Multiplication tables check assessment framework on GOV.UK.

The print button after the check uses the same 12-, 24-, and 36-question sheets, filled from tables 2–12. Each scored question already stops at 6 seconds, so that review list is wrong answers and correct answers that took longer than twice the average of the 25 scored answers.