Times-table practice – Grade 3
Practise times tables in Grade 3: derive harder facts from familiar tables and solve mixed multiplication and division questions.
🎯 What you will learn
- ✓Know key facts
- ✓Use turn-around facts
- ✓Derive harder facts
💡 How it works
Learn “Times-table practice – Grade 3” in small steps: understand the method first, then practise with a worksheet or online test.
How it works
💡 Rule: use facts you know and turn-around facts. Multiplication and division belong together.
You do not need to memorise the times tables as one hundred separate answers. Start with 1, 2, 5 and 10; then use turn-around facts: if 4 × 6 = 24, then 6 × 4 = 24.
Derive difficult facts from ones you know. For 6 × 7, calculate 5 × 7 = 35 and add one more 7 to get 42.
Practise briefly every day with mixed questions, not only by reciting each table.
🧩 See the method
✍️ Worked examples
Worked examples 1
6 × 7
- 1.You know 5 × 7 = 35.
- 2.Add one more 7.
- 3.35 + 7 = 42
✓ 42
Worked examples 2
42 ÷ 6
- 1.Ask: 6 times what makes 42?
- 2.6 × 7 = 42
- 3.Therefore 42 ÷ 6 = 7
✓ 7
⚠️ Common mistakes
- • Practising only in order.
- • Not recognising division as the inverse.
📝 Try it yourself
1.
7 × 8
Show answer
56
2.
9 × 6
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54
3.
8 × 4
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32
4.
35 ÷ 5
Show answer
7
5.
54 ÷ 9
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6
6.
63 ÷ 7
Show answer
9
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FAQ
How does 5 × 7 help with 6 × 7?
35 + 7 = 42.
What checks 42 ÷ 6?
6 × 7 = 42.