- 2, 5 and 10 times tablesTimes tables and sharing
- 3, 4 and 8 times tablesTimes tables and sharing
- Times tables to 12 × 12Times tables and sharing
- Factors, multiples and primesTimes tables and sharing
- Square and cube numbersTimes tables and sharing
- Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000Times tables and sharing
For parents and teachers
These maths games bring together related learning across Years 2 to 5. Start with a familiar skill, then try the next challenge when your child is ready. A school may teach these ideas in a different order; use the curriculum statements below to choose a suitable game.
The quoted headings and statements come from the National Curriculum in England. Every game has its own explanation and free printable. Talk through a question together before playing independently, and use the printable to return to a tricky idea away from the screen.
Key Stage 1
Year 2: 2, 5 and 10 times tables
Number – multiplication and division: “recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers”
The 2, 5 and 10 times tables are the first multiplication tables children learn. In Year 2, pupils in England are expected to recall and use the multiplication and division facts for these three tables and to recognise odd and even numbers.
These tables are chosen first because they connect to things children already know: counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, pairs of socks, fingers on a hand, and coins. The game mixes multiplication questions (6 × 5 = ?) with division questions (35 ÷ 5 = ?) because knowing a fact means being able to use it both ways.
Lower Key Stage 2
Year 3: 3, 4 and 8 times tables
Number – multiplication and division: “recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables”
In Year 3, pupils in England learn to recall and use the multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Together with the 2, 5 and 10 tables from Year 2, this covers six of the twelve tables children need to know by the end of Year 4.
The 2, 4 and 8 tables are closely linked by doubling, and the 3 table links to counting in threes and to finding thirds. The game is a 60-second sprint mixing multiplication and division facts, so children practise using each fact both ways round.
Play 3, 4 and 8 times tables · Free printable
Year 4: Times tables to 12 × 12
Number – multiplication and division: “recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12”
By the end of Year 4, the National Curriculum in England expects pupils to recall multiplication and division facts for all the tables up to 12 × 12. Year 4 pupils also take the statutory multiplication tables check (MTC): an on-screen check of 25 questions, with 6 seconds to answer each one.
This sprint game draws questions from every table from 2 to 12, mixing multiplication with division facts. Typing answers against the clock is good preparation for the format of the check, and the variety helps expose the facts a child does not yet know.
Upper Key Stage 2
Year 5: Factors, multiples and primes
Number – multiplication and division: “identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number; establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19”
Year 5 pupils learn to identify multiples and factors, find all the factor pairs of a number and common factors of two numbers, and use the words prime, prime factor and composite. They should be able to decide whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall the prime numbers up to 19.
The quiz mixes three types of question: 'Which of these is a prime number?', 'Which of these is a factor of 36?' and 'Which of these is a multiple of 7?'. Exactly one of the four choices is correct each time. For the prime questions, the wrong choices are odd numbers that look prime but are not, such as 51, 57 and 91.
Play Factors, multiples and primes · Free printable
Year 5: Square and cube numbers
Number – multiplication and division: “recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (²) and cubed (³)”
Year 5 pupils learn to recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (²) and cubed (³). A square number is a whole number multiplied by itself: 6² = 6 × 6 = 36. A cube number is a whole number used three times in a multiplication: 4³ = 4 × 4 × 4 = 64.
This sprint covers the squares from 1² to 12² and the cubes from 1³ to 5³. Children type each answer, and the time limit encourages them to remember the facts rather than work them out each time.
Play Square and cube numbers · Free printable
Year 5: Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000
Number – multiplication and division: “multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000”
Year 5 pupils learn to multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000. Multiplying by 10 makes every digit worth ten times as much, so each digit moves one place to the left. Dividing by 10 moves each digit one place to the right. For 100 the digits move two places, and for 1,000 three places.
This sprint includes whole numbers and decimals, such as 3.7 × 100 = 370 and 45 ÷ 1,000 = 0.045. Answers never have more than three decimal places, matching the curriculum. You can type answers with or without commas (both 4,500 and 4500 are accepted).
Play Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000 · Free printable
More skills in this area
- Year 3: Two-digit times one-digit — No game for this yet.
- Year 4: Short multiplication — No game for this yet.
- Year 5: Long multiplication — No game for this yet.
- Year 5: Short division with remainders — No game for this yet.