The 7 times table
All 12 facts in the 7 times table, how to build the tricky ones from facts your child already knows, and a practice round just for the 7s.
Practise the 7 times table
Start in order, then try them mixed up and both ways round.
Tap or type each answer. It's marked as soon as it's right.
What is the 7 times table?
- 1 × 7 = 7
- 2 × 7 = 14
- 3 × 7 = 21
- 4 × 7 = 28
- 5 × 7 = 35
- 6 × 7 = 42
- 7 × 7 = 49
- 8 × 7 = 56
- 9 × 7 = 63
- 10 × 7 = 70
- 11 × 7 = 77
- 12 × 7 = 84
Say each fact out loud as well as reading it: "three sevens are twenty-one". Saying the three numbers together is how the facts stick.
When do children learn the 7 times table?
In Year 4. The national curriculum asks children to know all their times tables up to 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4, and the 7s are often one of the last to be learned. They come up a lot in the Year 4 multiplication tables check, where the 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 times tables get the most questions.
Why the 7s are easier than they look
By the time children reach the 7s, they already know most of them. Every fact has a turnaround: 3 × 7 is the same as 7 × 3. So if your child knows the 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 8s, 9s and 10s, they already know 7 × 2, 7 × 3, 7 × 4, 7 × 5, 7 × 6, 7 × 8, 7 × 9 and 7 × 10.
That leaves only 7 × 7 = 49 as a truly new fact, plus 7 × 11 and 7 × 12, which come with the 11s and 12s.
How to work out a 7s fact you've forgotten
Use a fact you know that's next door. Each step along the 7 times table adds one more 7:
- One more 7: if 7 × 7 = 49, then 8 × 7 is one more 7: 49 + 7 = 56.
- One fewer 7: if 10 × 7 = 70, then 9 × 7 is one fewer 7: 70 − 7 = 63.
- Fives and twos: 7 is 5 + 2, so 7 lots of a number is 5 lots plus 2 lots. For 7 × 6: 5 × 6 = 30 and 2 × 6 = 12, so 7 × 6 = 42.
Working a fact out like this is a step on the way. The aim is for your child to remember it straight away, which comes with practice.
The 7s facts children find trickiest
6 × 7 = 42, 7 × 7 = 49, 8 × 7 = 56, 9 × 7 = 63 and 12 × 7 = 84.
These are the ones to practise most. Mixing them up in a random order helps more than saying the table from the start each time.
Patterns in the 7 times table
- The answers go odd, even, odd, even: 7, 14, 21, 28 and so on.
- The ones digits of 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63 and 70 are 7, 4, 1, 8, 5, 2, 9, 6, 3 and 0. Every digit appears once before the pattern starts again.
- 7 × 7 = 49 is a square number: 7 rows of 7 make a square.
Division facts for the 7 times table
Every multiplication fact gives two division facts. If 6 × 7 = 42, then 42 ÷ 7 = 6 and 42 ÷ 6 = 7. Children learn the division facts alongside the multiplication facts, not afterwards.
- 7 ÷ 7 = 1
- 14 ÷ 7 = 2
- 21 ÷ 7 = 3
- 28 ÷ 7 = 4
- 35 ÷ 7 = 5
- 42 ÷ 7 = 6
- 49 ÷ 7 = 7
- 56 ÷ 7 = 8
- 63 ÷ 7 = 9
- 70 ÷ 7 = 10
- 77 ÷ 7 = 11
- 84 ÷ 7 = 12
Mathsley does this for you, every day
Mathsley brings back each times table fact just before your child would forget it, spots the ones they mix up, and from Year 3 uses a timer that adapts to your child instead of rushing them. Short sessions with a clear finish, no speed ranks and no leaderboards.
Sources
We check every method and fact on this page against these official documents.
- National curriculum in England: mathematics programmes of study (Department for Education). Used for: Year 4, recall multiplication and division facts up to 12 × 12; count in multiples of 7.
- Mathematics guidance: key stages 1 and 2 (Department for Education). Used for: 4NF-1 and 4MD-3: the 7 table after the 3s, 6s and 9s, the turnaround, and next door multiples.