Fluent means you know it, not that you can work it out quickly.
Step 1: Let's Learn
Read it, or press Listen and follow the words.
Strategy first, recall second
Every fact you know started as a strategy. Using the strategy often is what makes it stick.
Division comes free
Every multiplication fact you learn gives you two division facts with it.
Why recall matters, not just method
When you are dividing a four-digit number in Grade 4 or comparing fractions in Grade 5, you will need dozens of table facts along the way. If each one takes ten seconds to rebuild, the real problem never gets your attention. Recall frees your thinking for the part that is actually hard.
How to get there
Short and frequent beats long and rare — five minutes a day is worth more than an hour on Saturday. Practise the facts you get wrong, not the ones you already know. And practise in both directions, so 6 × 7 and 42 ÷ 7 are equally quick.
Keep the strategies
Even when the facts are memorised, keep the strategies. They are your safety net when memory fails under pressure, and they are the foundation for multiplying larger numbers, where nothing is memorised and everything is built.
Step 2: Try It Yourself
Tap and try it out.
8 × 7 = 56
8 × 7 = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56
The array is cut into 8 × 5 and 8 × 2. Two easier facts that add to the same total.
Step 3: Watch an Example
One step at a time.
Watch Ana Choose a Road
Ana is given 6 × 8 and does not recall it.
- Step 1
She does not count in eights. That is the slow road.
Step 4: Your Turn
Practice makes it stick.
The Grid
Problem 1 of 2
A grid has 9 rows of 8. How many squares?
squares
The Share
Problem 2 of 2
63 sweets shared between 9 children. How many each?
sweets
Mixed Facts
Use a strategy if a fact will not come. Never count up.
1 of 4
6 × 8 = ?
2 of 4
9 × 7 = ?
3 of 4
56 ÷ 8 = ?
4 of 4
81 ÷ 9 = ?
Step 5: Quick Check
Show what you know.
Question 1 of 2
7 × 6 = ?
Question 2 of 2
48 ÷ 6 = ?
What You Learned
- Fluent means you know it, not that you work it out fast.
- Every fact has a strategy behind it.
- Division facts come free with the multiplication ones.