The full 12 × 12 times tables chart
Every fact from 1 × 1 to 12 × 12. Read across the top row and down the left column; the answer sits where they meet.
| × | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 36 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 66 | 72 |
| 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 84 |
| 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 88 | 96 |
| 9 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 90 | 99 | 108 |
| 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 110 | 120 |
| 11 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 66 | 77 | 88 | 99 | 110 | 121 | 132 |
| 12 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 72 | 84 | 96 | 108 | 120 | 132 | 144 |
The highlighted diagonal is the square numbers — 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 144. Children who know the squares can derive most neighbouring facts.
144 squares, but only 78 facts
The grid looks daunting until a child notices it's symmetrical. 7 × 8 and 8 × 7 give the same answer, so everything below the diagonal mirrors everything above it. That halves the memorising job: 78 unique facts, not 144. Show a child this once and the whole task feels smaller.
Patterns worth pointing out
- The 10× column and row are just the number with a zero on the end.
- The 5× line alternates between answers ending in 5 and 0.
- The 9× line has digits that always add to 9 — 18, 27, 36, 45.
- The 11× line repeats the digit up to 9 × 11 = 99, then breaks the pattern.
- Even rows (2×, 4×, 6×, 8×, 10×, 12×) contain only even answers.
How to actually use a chart
A chart on the wall is useful for pattern-spotting and terrible for fluency. Children who look up 7 × 8 never build the retrieval path that answers it in a second. Use the chart for the first two or three days of a new table, then cover it and switch to random-order recall.
- Day 1–2: Chart visible. Trace the row, say the facts, spot the pattern.
- Day 3: Chart face-down. Recall from memory, chart only checked at the end.
- Day 4 onwards: Chart away entirely. Timed random recall.
Printing the chart
Use your browser's print function on this page — the grid prints cleanly on one sheet of A4. Stick it somewhere a child passes several times a day: the fridge, the back of a bedroom door, next to the bathroom mirror. Incidental exposure does real work.
A chart is not a plan
The most common mistake is putting a chart on the wall and calling it revision. The chart tells a child what the answers are; only retrieval practice makes those answers automatic. Pair the chart with ten minutes of daily random recall — a quiz, a worksheet, or MathStar's Soundcheck.