Times tables games · ages 7–12
Times tables games for kids
Times tables practice inside a story game. Your child climbs a mountain by answering multiplication facts against the clock, every table from 2 × 2 to 12 × 12, mixed together. The times tables level is free to play, with no account and no sign-up.
Which levels practise times tables and multiplication
Two of our games have levels built on multiplication: Numeria Ascent, a climb up a mountain, and Primefall Bastion, where numbers fall on a fortress and your child has to sort them. Here is every one of those levels, what it asks and whether it is free. Each title opens the game's page, which shows all of its levels in order.
Times Tables Trail
Numeria Ascent, level 2Free, no accountMixed times tables. Every question is one fact, such as 7 × 8, with both numbers between 2 and 12, so every table up to 12 × 12 comes up in random order. Most of the wrong answers on offer are close neighbours from the same tables, like 7 × 7 or 7 × 9, so guessing doesn't get far; knowing the fact does.
Word Problem Pass
Numeria Ascent, level 3Free with an accountWord problems that mix adding and subtracting with multiplication, such as working out how many pencils are in a number of boxes. Your child has to decide which operation a question needs, which is where many children who know their tables still slip.
Ridge Multiplication
Numeria Ascent, level 4Free with an accountBigger multiplication: a number from 12 to 49 times a number from 3 to 9. Each answer is built from table facts, so this is the next step once the tables feel easy.
Count the Beat
Primefall Bastion, level 2Free, no accountCounting in steps. Your child fills the gaps in a counting track, going up or back in steps such as 3s, 7s or 25s, which is the times tables seen as a pattern rather than a list of facts. Starts with short explanation slides.
Multiple Sweep
Primefall Bastion, level 3Free with an accountMultiples. Numbers fall as balloons and your child pops every multiple of one number, in waves that start with a small table and end with the 9 or 12 times table. Later waves add traps: numbers that end in the same digit as a multiple, or belong to a nearby table. Starts with short explanation slides.
How a round of times tables practice works
In Times Tables Trail, a round is 8 questions. Each question shows 4 answers to tap or click, so there is nothing to type and the round tests what your child knows, not how fast they can find the keys. In Times Tables Trail each question has a 28-second timer. Quick answers and streaks of right answers earn bonus points, and every right answer wears down the guardian of that part of the mountain.
After each answer the game shows the full fact, for example 7 × 8 = 56, so a wrong answer is also a moment to see the right one. A round takes a few minutes, which suits a short session before school or after homework.
The numbers are new every time. The level makes up fresh questions each time it starts, so playing it again is real practice rather than remembering where the answers were. Getting at least 60% right opens the next level, and a round earns up to three stars for accuracy, which gives children a reason to come back and beat their own score.
Practising for the times table check
In England, children in Year 4 take the multiplication tables check, a short on-screen check of the times tables up to 12 × 12. Times Tables Trail practises the same facts: every table from 2 to 12, mixed together in random order.
It is not the official check, is not made or endorsed by the Department for Education, and does not copy its format. The check asks children to type each answer within a few seconds; our game offers a choice of answers and more time per question. Use it as everyday practice for recalling facts quickly, alongside whatever maths practice your child's school already uses.
What's free
Levels 1 to 2 of every game are free to play with no account, no sign-up and no email address, and that includes Times Tables Trail. Levels 3 to 4 are free too, once your child has a free account. Levels from 5 onwards are part of the subscription. Each level in the list above says which of these it is, so you can see what is free before your child starts.
Which age these multiplication games suit
Numeria Ascent is made for ages 7 to 12 and Primefall Bastion for ages 8 to 12. In England, the national curriculum expects children to know their tables up to 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4 (ages 8 to 9), so the times tables level suits children who are learning them and older children who need them to be quicker.
A child who is still unsure of adding and subtracting can start with level 1 of Numeria Ascent, Basecamp Addition. A child who already knows every table will get through the early levels quickly and reach Ridge Multiplication (free with an account), or can try Primefall Bastion for multiples, factors and prime numbers.
Times tables games: questions parents ask
Are these times tables games free?
The times tables level is. Times Tables Trail is level 2 of Numeria Ascent, and levels 1 to 2 of every game are free to play with no account. The bigger multiplication levels are free with an account, and later levels are part of the subscription.
Which times tables does it cover?
Every table from 2 to 12, mixed in random order, up to 12 × 12. There is no setting yet for practising one table on its own, such as only the 7 times table.
Does it help with the times table check?
It practises the same facts as the Year 4 multiplication tables check in England, the tables up to 12 × 12. It isn't the official check and works differently: your child picks from 4 answers and has 28 seconds for each question.
Will my child see the same questions every time?
No. Each level makes up new questions every time it starts (Times Tables Trail has 8 per round), so a level can be replayed for fresh practice.
Does my child have to type the answers?
No. Children tap or click the answer they choose, so the games work the same on a phone, a tablet or a computer.
What age are these multiplication games for?
Numeria Ascent is for ages 7 to 12 and Primefall Bastion for ages 8 to 12. The times tables level suits children who are learning their tables and older children who want to be faster at them.
Start with Times Tables Trail
Open Times Tables Trail, level 2 of Numeria Ascent, and play one round. It takes a few minutes, needs no account, and the numbers change every time.