5, 6, 7, 8
The digits run in order: 56 = 7 × 8. The trickiest fact in the grid, remembered in a minute.
Multiplying and dividing by 7: see it, print it, practise online
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Tips for parents: tricks that leave far less to learn by heart.
The digits run in order: 56 = 7 × 8. The trickiest fact in the grid, remembered in a minute.
7 × 9 is 7 × 10 minus one 7: 70 − 7 = 63.
The order doesn’t change the answer: 3 × 7 = 7 × 3. Learn half the grid and your child already knows the other half.
Most of it is already known from other tables — 7 × 8 = 56 from the 8 times table, for example. What’s left to learn is 7 × 6, 7 × 7 and 7 × 9. For 7 × 8, remember “5, 6, 7, 8”: 56 = 7 × 8.
7 × 8 = 56. The digits 5, 6, 7, 8 in order help it stick: fifty-six is seven times eight. It works backwards too: 56 ÷ 8 = 7 and 56 ÷ 7 = 8.
In Year 4. It’s often thought of as the hardest table, so give it more time and a few minutes of practice every day.
Most children need a few weeks of 10–15 minutes a day. Short and regular beats an hour once a week.
Yes. A colour and a black-and-white grid, a column poster and a blank grid to fill in — all A4, free and with no sign-up.
A maths tutor for Year 4 pupils explains it so it stays: online, one to one, at your child’s pace.
