Mixed multiplication practice
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Which tables?
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Difficulty
Straight questions, missing numbers and true-or-false statements, shuffled together so nothing can be answered on autopilot. The mode to use once a table is learnt and you want to be sure it really is.
Play: Mixed Practice
- Choose the tables, how many questions and how far the tables should run.
- Questions arrive in three flavours: 7 × 8 = ?, 7 × ? = 56, and true or false.
- Answer by choosing from four, or switch to typing the number in.
- Finish the set to see your score and the facts worth another look.
Why games beat drilling
Practising one question type teaches the pattern of the exercise as much as the maths. Shuffling the types together removes that crutch, so what is left is what the child actually knows.
Common questions
What question types are in mixed practice?
Three: a straight multiplication such as 7 × 8, a missing number such as 7 × ? = 56, and a true-or-false statement. They alternate through the set.
Why are missing-number questions useful?
Because they are division in disguise. A child who can answer 7 × ? = 56 has understood the fact as a relationship rather than memorised a one-way sum.
Is mixed practice harder than the other modes?
A little, and deliberately so. Use it after a table has been learnt in one of the simpler modes rather than as a first introduction.
Learn the other times tables
Twelve tables, and you already know more of them than you think. Every fact you learn here shows up in another table too.