Where a child has not yet remembered the necessary facts or understood their connections to each other enough, they often end up using what becomes an inefficient ‘counting up from 0’ strategy to figure them out. So much of the mathematics curriculum in Upper Key Stage 2 is built upon a good understanding of multiplication and division and recall of the multiplication tables. It is fair to say that children who know their multiplication tables up to 12 x 12 (with a good amount of understanding as well as recall) cope better with the demands of the maths curriculum in many areas, such as formal written division, equivalent fractions, percentages and ratio and proportion. To get in touch with the HFL Education Primary Maths Team about our blogs, resources and services, email us at of the key learning of multiplication tables happens across Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4. This blog has been written for teachers but can be shared by schools with their parents as the ideas within it are useful for the learning of multiplication tables at home.
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