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title: "Times Tables Out Loud: Free Practice for Kids (2 to 12)"
description: "Free times tables practice that reads questions aloud. Your child answers out loud, missed facts come back sooner. No account, nothing recorded."
canonical: https://learn.askpoppy.ai/times-tables/
last_updated: 2026-11-04
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# Times tables out loud

Pick the tables, press start, and your browser reads each question aloud. Your child answers out loud, you tap Got it or Not yet, and the facts they miss come back sooner. Five minutes most days works better than a long session at the weekend.

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**Ask Poppy** is voice-first homework help for kids around 7 to 10, and teens and adults too: it asks what you have tried and gives one hint at a time, so you learn how to find the answer. **Free with 30 messages a day, then $3.99/week or $9.99/month** (US App Store) · iPhone, iPad, Mac

Written by the Ask Poppy team, who make one of the tools mentioned here. The advice works with any AI, or none. We haven't run a controlled study of our own app.

Free, no account. Your browser's own voice reads the question; your child answers out loud. Nothing is recorded, uploaded or saved. Made by the Ask Poppy team.

**Tables**

2× 3× 4× 5× 6× 7× 8× 9× 10× 11× 12×

Questions10 (about 2 minutes)20 (about 4 minutes)40

Mix the order (8 × 3 as well as 3 × 8)

Press **Start**. Your child answers out loud; you tap below.

## How to use it (5 minutes, most days)

1. **Pick two or three tables** your child is working on at school.
2. **Answer out loud** before you tap. If they hesitate for more than a few seconds, tap Not yet: that fact needs more practice, and it will come back.
3. **Stop while it is still fun.** Twenty questions is plenty.
4. **Start tomorrow with the missed list**, then add something new.

## Why out loud, and why little and often

Recalling an answer from memory strengthens it more than looking at it again ([Roediger and Karpicke, 2006](https://research.askpoppy.ai/papers/roediger-karpicke-2006-test-enhanced-learning/)), and practice spread over days beats one long session ([Cepeda et al., 2006](https://research.askpoppy.ai/papers/cepeda-2006-distributed-practice-meta-analysis/)). Saying the answer means you can hear whether it was instant or worked out, which a written sheet hides.

## What school expects

England: tables up to 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4, and a statutory multiplication tables check in Year 4 ([National Curriculum](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study), [GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multiplication-tables-check-administration-guidance)). US Common Core: all products of two one-digit numbers from memory by the end of Grade 3 ([Common Core 3.OA.C.7](https://www.thecorestandards.org/Math/Content/3/OA/)).

## Where Ask Poppy fits

We make Ask Poppy, so weigh this accordingly. It's a voice-first thinking companion app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. A child holds to talk and Poppy speaks back; it asks what they already know and offers one hint at a time rather than leading with the answer. Parents can add up to three child profiles and open each child's conversations (children are told a parent can see them), and can switch Poppy's memory off for each child. It can look things up on the web and check national curriculum goals (fullest for Norway, Sweden and Finland; core subjects for England, France, Germany and Spain). Free with 30 messages a day, then $3.99/week or $9.99/month (US App Store). It is designed not to hand over the answer, but like any AI it can slip, and it can make mistakes. A one-button, screen-free Poppy device is in development. On askpoppy.ai you can reserve one with a fully refundable $30 toward a planned $200 price; estimated shipping is spring 2027 and the design may change. The app works fully on its own.

**Want a voice helper for the rest of the homework?** Ask Poppy is voice-first homework help, built first for kids around 7 to 10 and their parents. Your child talks the question through, and Poppy asks what they've tried and gives one hint at a time instead of handing over the answer, so they learn how to find it. Parents set up each child's profile and can see their conversations, and memory can be turned off per child. Teens and adults use it too. A one-button, screen-free Poppy device is in development.

**Free with 30 messages a day, then $3.99/week or $9.99/month** (US App Store prices) on iPhone, iPad and Mac. (Disclosure: this site is made by the Ask Poppy team.)

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## Questions

### What is the best way to learn times tables?

Short, frequent practice from memory: a few minutes most days, saying the answer out loud before checking, with the ones they miss coming back sooner. Testing yourself beats rereading a chart, and spreading practice over days beats one long session.

### How does this tool work?

Pick the tables, press start, and your browser reads a question aloud, for example "7 times 8". Your child answers out loud, and you tap Got it or Not yet. Facts they miss come back three questions later and again at the end, and you get a list of the ones to practise tomorrow.

### Does it record my child?

No. Nothing is recorded, uploaded or saved. The question is read by your browser's own voice, and the results disappear when you close the page.

### Which tables should we start with?

Most children start with 2, 5 and 10, then 3, 4 and 8, then 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12. Follow what your child's class is doing.

### When should kids know their times tables?

In England, up to 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4, with a statutory check for Year 4 pupils at state schools. In US Common Core states, all products of two one-digit numbers from memory by the end of Grade 3.

## Related

- [Spelling practice out loud (free tool)](/spelling-out-loud/)
- [Maths homework you don't understand yourself](/guides/maths-homework-you-dont-understand/)
- [English speaking practice for kids](/speaking-practice/english-speaking-practice-kids/)
- [How to help with homework without giving the answer](/guides/help-with-homework-without-answers/)
- [Homework fights: a calmer 10-minute routine](/guides/homework-fights/)
- [Teach kids to find answers themselves](/guides/find-answers-themselves/)
- [Maths homework you don't understand yourself](/guides/maths-homework-you-dont-understand/)
- [Should my 8 or 9-year-old use ChatGPT for homework?](/guides/chatgpt-for-kids-homework/)
- [Guides on raising kids alongside AI](/ai-and-kids/)

## Research behind this

- [Retrieval practice: why testing yourself helps](https://research.askpoppy.ai/papers/roediger-karpicke-2006-test-enhanced-learning/)
- [Fifth graders remembered more after quizzing themselves (Franzoi et al., 2025)](https://research.askpoppy.ai/papers/franzoi-2025-retrieval-practice-primary-school-history/)
- [Spacing: why little and often works](https://research.askpoppy.ai/papers/cepeda-2006-distributed-practice-meta-analysis/)

Plain-language summaries at [research.askpoppy.ai](https://research.askpoppy.ai//)

By **Simon Dreyer**, founder of Ask Poppy · Last updated 4 November 2026 · [How we write these pages](/about/)

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