Times Table Blaster
A free multiplication game. Shoot the asteroid carrying the right answer before it reaches your ship. Pick any times tables from 2 to 12.
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How to play
A multiplication fact appears at the top of the screen, and four asteroids fall toward your ship. Only one carries the right answer. Tap it (or click it) to blast it before it lands.
On a keyboard, use the left and right arrow keys to move and the Space bar to fire, or press 1, 2, 3 or 4 to fire straight at a lane. Press P to pause and F for full screen.
Two ways to play
Survival gives you three shields. Hitting a wrong asteroid, or letting the right one reach your ship, cracks a shield. Every five correct answers the asteroids fall a little faster.
60-second sprint has no shields. Blast as many correct answers as you can in one minute. It is a quick way to check speed, and a fun class challenge.
Any fact your child misses comes back a couple of rounds later for another try, and the end screen lists every missed fact so you know exactly what to practice next.
What your child practices
Times Table Blaster builds multiplication fact fluency: recalling a product quickly and accurately instead of counting up on fingers. That matches Common Core standard 3.OA.C.7, which expects children to know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers by the end of Grade 3. The 11 and 12 tables go past 100 for kids who are ready for more.
The wrong answers are not random. They come from the mistakes children really make: one group too many or too few (7 × 8 = 49 or 63), adding instead of multiplying (7 × 8 = 15), or flipping the digits. So when your child taps a wrong asteroid, the mistake tells you something about how they are thinking.
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Tips for parents
- Learn the tables in a smart order. 2, 5 and 10 first, then 3 and 4, then 9, then 6, 7 and 8. By the end only a few new facts are left, because 6 × 3 is the same as 3 × 6.
- Aim for about 3 seconds per fact. Under 3 seconds with 90% accuracy usually means the fact is truly memorized.
- Little and often wins. Five to ten minutes a day works far better than one long session at the weekend.
- Practice the misses. After a game, tap "Practice missed facts" to play a round made only of the facts your child got wrong.
- Check the meaning, not just the memory. If a child cannot tell you that 4 × 3 means four groups of three, drilling faster will not fix it. Draw it as dots in rows first, or use the multiplication chart.
For teachers
The game runs full width on a projector or interactive whiteboard, so it works well as a five-minute warm-up. Use Sprint mode for a whole-class "beat the score" challenge. There are no logins and nothing is stored on our servers.
For written practice, print the multiplication facts worksheets or a single table such as the 7 times table worksheet, or build a times tables quiz with an answer key in the free math test generator.
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Questions parents ask
Is Times Table Blaster free?
Yes. It is completely free to play in any web browser. There is no sign-up, no ads, and nothing to download.
Does the game collect any data about my child?
No. There are no accounts and no ads. Best scores and your chosen tables are saved only in your own browser on this device.
Does it work on tablets, phones and Chromebooks?
Yes. On a touch screen your child taps the asteroid with the right answer, and the game can go full screen. On a computer they can click, use the arrow keys and Space bar, or press 1 to 4 to fire at a lane.
What age is this multiplication game for?
It suits children aged about 7 to 11, in Grades 2 to 5. Second graders can start with the 2, 5 and 10 tables, third graders can work through every fact up to 10 × 10, and fourth and fifth graders can build speed and add the 11 and 12 tables.
Which times tables should my child learn first?
Start with 2, 5 and 10 because they connect to skip counting. Then learn 3 and 4 (4 is double 2), then 9, and finish with 6, 7 and 8. By then most of the hard facts are already known from the other tables.
How do I know if my child really knows their times tables?
A good sign is 90% accuracy or better with an average of about 3 seconds per fact across the 2 to 10 tables. The end screen of every game shows accuracy, average answer time and the exact facts your child missed.