Multiplication Tables Revision Plan
A 4-week schedule to master them all — 5 minutes a day
A 4-week schedule to master them all — 5 minutes a day
Learning the times tables isn't a sprint. It's 5 minutes a day for 4 weeks. I tested this schedule with my own children (CE2/2nd grade and CM1/3rd grade) and with entire classes. After 4 weeks, 90% of students knew all the tables without hesitating. Here's the method.
We start with the most intuitive tables. The 2 times table is just doubling. The 5 times table always ends in 0 or 5. The 3 times table is the first one that truly needs memorizing.
Monday: Table of 2 — recite out loud, then 10 questions in the app.
Tuesday: Table of 5 — notice that results alternate between 5 and 0.
Wednesday: Table of 3 — repeat it 3 times in a row, then exercises.
Thursday: Mix tables 2, 3 and 5 — 20 random questions.
Friday: Test in the app — goal: zero mistakes on these 3 tables.
The 4 times table is just the 2 times table doubled. 4×7 = 2×7×2 = 14×2 = 28. The 6 times table is harder, but by now you already know 6×2, 6×3 and 6×5 from week 1.
Monday: Table of 4 — use the "double the double" trick.
Tuesday: Table of 6 — identify results you already know.
Wednesday: Mix tables 4 and 6 — 20 questions.
Thursday: Full review of weeks 1 + 2 (tables 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Friday: Test in the app — goal: fewer than 2 mistakes on 30 questions.
The 7 and 8 times tables are the most dreaded. But good news: at this point, only a few products are truly new. 7×8 = 56, 8×8 = 64, 7×7 = 49 — these are the 3 results to really anchor this week.
Monday: Table of 7 — identify the 3–4 products you don't know yet.
Tuesday: Table of 8 — same approach, focus on the gaps.
Wednesday: Mix tables 7 and 8 — Time Attack mode in the app.
Thursday: Full review of weeks 1 + 2 + 3 — 40 mixed questions.
Friday: Test: aim for under 4 seconds per answer.
The 9 times table has a secret: the digits of each result always add up to 9. And with the finger trick (see the tips page), you can learn it in 2 minutes. The rest of the week is for consolidating all tables.
Monday: Table of 9 — learn the finger trick, then 10 questions.
Tuesday: All tables mixed — Normal mode in the app (30 questions).
Wednesday: Expert mode — zero mistakes allowed. Restart until you succeed.
Thursday: Challenge with friends or family — share the room code.
Friday: 🏆 Final test — aim for the "All tables, no mistakes" badge in the app.
The brain retains information better with short, frequent sessions than with long, spaced-out ones. This is called spaced repetition. 5 minutes a day for 20 days is 100 minutes total — more than enough to anchor all 100 products from the 1 to 10 times tables.
After 4 weeks at this pace, here's what we typically observe:
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