Quick: what's 7 times 8? If you hesitated, this quiz is for you. No calculator, no scrap paper.
10 multiplications to solve in your head. It starts gently, then the tricky ones show up. Every answer comes with a tip or memory trick so the result sticks for good.
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Times tables are one of those school skills you end up using for life: splitting a bill, scaling a recipe, checking change at the till. Yet a few facts refuse to stick. Ask a room full of adults what 7 times 8 is and watch the hesitation, and the 12 times table sends most people straight to their phone.
This quiz mixes easy wins with the multiplications people get wrong most often, and every explanation includes a trick to lock the answer in. It works for kids drilling their tables, for parents helping with homework, and for anyone who fancies proving their mental maths still holds up. Calculators stay in the drawer, obviously.
All ten easy level questions, with the answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: 12
12, double 6.
Correct answer: 15
15, counting up in fives.
Correct answer: 16
16, the square of 4.
Correct answer: 30
30, half of 6 × 10.
Correct answer: 80
80, with a zero on the end.
Correct answer: 18
18, double 9.
Correct answer: 21
21, and 7 × 3 gives the same.
Correct answer: 24
24, double 12.
Correct answer: 45
45, half of 90.
Correct answer: 36
36, the square of 6.
Want to warm up before playing or double-check something? Open any question to reveal the correct answer and a short explanation.
Correct answer: 56
The famous trick: 5, 6, 7, 8. Read the sequence in order and you get 56 = 7 × 8. Once you see it, you can't forget it.
Correct answer: 63
Go through 10: 10 × 7 = 70, then take away 7 to land on 63. Bonus check: the digits of every answer in the 9 times table add up to 9, and 6 + 3 = 9.
Correct answer: 144
A dozen dozens is 144, a quantity traders used to call a gross. Handy anchor: 12 × 12 = 144, the biggest fact most schools ask you to learn.
Correct answer: 42
The all-time mix-up with 6 × 8. Lock in 6 × 7 = 42 first, then 6 × 8 = 48 is just one more 6 on top.
Correct answer: 48
Same as 6 × 8: swapping the order never changes the result. Use 8 × 5 = 40 as a stepping stone, then add one more 8 to reach 48.
Correct answer: 121
Up to 11 × 9 you just repeat the digit (11 × 4 = 44). Then 11 × 11 breaks the pattern: the answer is 121, one to learn by heart.
Correct answer: 36
Multiplying by 4 means doubling twice: 9 becomes 18, then 36. Or take 4 × 10 = 40 and knock off 4.
Correct answer: 84
Split it up: 10 × 7 = 70 and 2 × 7 = 14, so 70 + 14 = 84. The whole 12 times table becomes easy once you break it into tens and twos.
Correct answer: 81
9 × 9 = 81. Quick check: in the 9 times table the digits of the answer always add up to 9, and 8 + 1 = 9.
Correct answer: 64
8 × 8 = 64, exactly like the 64 squares on a chessboard (8 rows of 8). A picture worth keeping in mind.
Stuck on one, or just curious how nasty it gets? Every hard mode question is here with its answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: 78
78, or 60 + 18.
Correct answer: 120
120, or 80 + 40.
Correct answer: 98
98, or 70 + 28.
Correct answer: 68
68, or 40 + 28.
Correct answer: 96
96, or 60 + 36.
Correct answer: 200
200, as four 25s make 100, and there are two lots of those.
Correct answer: 95
95, or 100 minus 5.
Correct answer: 168
168, or 140 + 28.
Correct answer: 108
108, or 120 minus 12.
Correct answer: 196
196, the square of 14.