Lesson 3 of 10 · Grades 3 to 4
Practice: Times tables strategies
Use the strategies from the lesson: doubling, adding or subtracting a group, and the 10 times table. Ten questions follow, from quick facts to a comparison.
How to use this page
This page gives you ten more questions on the same idea as the lesson "Times tables strategies". Work through them at your own speed. Write your answer down or say it out loud before you open the answer box, so you give yourself a real chance to think.
If a question feels hard, go back to the lesson and look at the worked example again. Getting a question wrong is useful; it shows you the part that needs one more look.
Practice questions
Answer all ten questions in your notebook or in your head. Then open each answer to check your work.
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What is 3 × 6?
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18.
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Use doubling to find 4 × 8.
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32. Double 8 is 16, and double 16 is 32.
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Find 9 × 7 by starting with 10 × 7 and taking one group of 7 away.
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63. 10 × 7 = 70, and 70 - 7 = 63.
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What is 6 × 6?
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36.
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Find 5 × 8 by halving 10 × 8.
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40. Half of 80 is 40.
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What is 8 × 8?
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64.
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Find 9 × 9 using 10 × 9 minus one group of 9.
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81. 10 × 9 = 90, and 90 - 9 = 81.
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What is 7 × 4?
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28.
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Nia knows that 5 × 6 = 30. How can she find 7 × 6 quickly?
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Add two more groups of 6: 30 + 6 + 6 = 42. So 7 × 6 = 42.
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Which is bigger, 6 × 8 or 7 × 7? By how much?
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7 × 7 = 49 is bigger. 6 × 8 = 48, so 7 × 7 is 1 more.