Multiplication speed test
A free 1-minute times tables test: answer as many facts as you can before the clock runs out, then beat your best score.
🧒 Kids: how many can you answer in 1 minute? Tap Start the clock! ⏱️ and go! Then try to beat your best score. 🏆
Ready-made speed tests
- 1-minute test: tables 1–10 · the classic times tables test
- 1-minute test: 2, 5 and 10 · for grade 2 and early grade 3
- 1-minute test: hard facts 6–9 · the facts that take longest to learn
- 2-minute test: tables 1–12 · end of grade 3 or grade 4
- 5-minute challenge: 100 facts · tables 1–10, for confident kids
- 1-minute missing numbers · 7 × ? = 56, builds division facts
- 2-minute test: tables 11–20 · a challenge for grades 5 and 6
What is a good score?
A fact is memorised when the answer comes in about 3 seconds. Three seconds a fact is 20 facts a minute, so that is the score that tells you the facts are fluent. Use this as a rough guide for a 1-minute test on tables your child has already learned:
| Correct in 1 minute | What it usually means | What to do next |
|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | Most facts are still being counted or skip counted. | Untimed practice on fewer tables, with a trick for each. |
| 10 to 19 | Many facts are known; a few are still worked out. | Practice the yellow and red facts from the fact map, then test again. |
| 20 to 29 | Fluent: about 3 seconds or less per fact. | Add the next tables, or try missing-number tests. |
| 30 or more | Very quick recall. | Move on to bigger multiplication and division facts. |
Typing speed matters on a phone or tablet, so compare a child with their own earlier scores, not with other children. Accuracy also matters: 15 right out of 16 is better progress than 20 right out of 30.
Which tables for which grade?
- Grade 2 (class 2): the 2, 5 and 10 tables, untimed first, then 1-minute tests.
- Grade 3 (class 3): all tables to 10 × 10. Common Core expects them from memory by the end of the year (3.OA.C.7).
- Grade 4 (class 4): tables to 12 × 12, and 2- or 3-minute mixed tests.
- Grades 5 and 6: keep facts quick with a weekly test, and try the 13 to 20 tables as a challenge.
How the speed test works
- Choose the times tables, “multiply by” (up to 10, 12 or 20), the test length and the question type.
- Press Start the test. The clock starts straight away.
- Type each answer and press Enter (or tap OK on the number pad). Correct answers move on at once.
- A wrong answer shows the correct fact for a second, then the test carries on. There is no penalty except the lost time.
- When time is up you see the score, the number answered, correct answers per minute, the missed facts with a trick for each, and a fact map.
How to get faster
- Accuracy first. Do untimed rounds in the multiplication practice trainer until almost every fact is right.
- Fix the slow facts. Yellow facts on the fact map are right but slow. Learn a trick for each one from the times tables lesson.
- One test a day. A single 1-minute test daily is enough. Write the score on a chart and aim to beat it.
- Same settings each time. Personal bests are saved for each set of tables and test length, so keep the settings the same to see real progress.
- Learn the turn-arounds. 4 × 9 and 9 × 4 are the same fact. Children who see this have half as many facts to remember.
Keep timed tests positive
Some children love racing the clock; others freeze. Make the speed test a personal challenge, not a grade: “Can you beat 14 today?” If your child is anxious or making lots of mistakes, switch back to untimed practice for a week. Speed follows naturally once the facts are remembered.
For teachers: an online mad minute
Set up the test, press “Copy a link to these settings”, and share the link with the class. Each child takes the same test and can print their result with their name and fact map. For a paper version, print the 100-fact multiplication timed test, the mixed times tables worksheets or a single-table sheet such as the 7 times table worksheet.
More multiplication practice
- Multiplication practice: untimed or per-question timers, missed facts repeat.
- Times Table Blaster: an arcade game for the times tables.
- Multiplication chart to print and keep on the desk.
- Times table worksheets: 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12
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Questions parents ask
What is a good score on a 1-minute multiplication test?
About 20 correct answers in one minute means your child is answering each fact in roughly 3 seconds, which is the usual sign that facts are memorised. Under 10 means many facts are still being counted. More important than any number is beating your own best score.
How do I test my child's times tables?
Use the speed test at the top of this page. Pick the tables they have learned, choose 1 minute and press Start. The results show how many were right, the facts that were missed, and a fact map of quick, slow and missed facts.
Are timed multiplication tests bad for kids?
They can cause stress when they are used as a grade or a race against classmates. Used as a short personal challenge, after the facts have been practiced without a timer, they are a quick way to see progress. If your child gets upset, go back to untimed practice.
How can my child get faster at multiplication facts?
Practice the missed and slow facts without a timer first, using a trick for each. Then do one 1-minute test a day and try to beat yesterday's score. Speed comes from remembering, so the aim is fewer facts to work out, not faster counting.
What is a mad minute math test?
A mad minute is a classroom drill where children answer as many facts as they can in one minute. This page is an online mad minute for multiplication: it marks every answer, shows the correct answer when one is wrong, and keeps a personal best.
Can my child do a 100-question multiplication test?
Yes. Choose the 5-minute test with tables 1 to 10. Fluent children answer 100 facts in about 5 minutes. For paper, print the 100-fact multiplication timed test, which has three levels.