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Times tables speed test

Sample table problems with answers below, and the abacus route to multiplication in the free app. On the nine-level ladder, soroban multiplication starts at Level 7.

2-digit × 1-digit multiplication
About 5 min
Free, no account

Sample problems

Real problems from this drill, with answers. Nothing to install, no account, no email — work them on paper, on a physical abacus, or in your head.

1
31 × 8
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2
55 × 8
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3
44 × 2
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4
62 × 9
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5
87 × 2
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6
94 × 5
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7
86 × 4
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8
29 × 2
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9
45 × 2
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10
79 × 5
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11
71 × 6
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12
16 × 8
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Full answer key

31 × 8 = 248
55 × 8 = 440
44 × 2 = 88
62 × 9 = 558
87 × 2 = 174
94 × 5 = 470
86 × 4 = 344
29 × 2 = 58
45 × 2 = 90
79 × 5 = 395
71 × 6 = 426
16 × 8 = 128

This page is one drill. The app is the whole programme.

Kani Math is a full mental-arithmetic course, not a single exercise. Free to start, no signup, and it runs on the web, Android and iPhone.

✓Nine levels, from the first bead to division
✓Guided lessons that teach the technique, not just drills
✓Flash, listening and abacus drills at a speed you set
✓Versus matches against friends or the computer
✓Say your answers out loud — the app listens and marks them
✓Streaks, coins and badges, with parent and teacher views

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Practise it now

The same drill, live in your browser, with a virtual soroban and instant marking.

This problem type runs in the full app rather than the inline drill:

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About this drill

A times table answered from memory is a math fact; multiplied digit by digit on the soroban it becomes a procedure that scales to 34 × 7 and beyond. Both matter: recall gives speed on the small tables, method carries you past where memory stops.

The samples below are two-digit-by-one-digit sets — the shape where tables and technique meet. Check yourself against the answers, time yourself with any clock, and note which tables drag: those are the ones to drill in isolation.

How to practise it

1Work through the sample problems below — say each answer aloud before revealing it.
2Time yourself with a phone clock: a clean set under two minutes is solid.
3Note which tables slow you down — usually 6s, 7s and 8s — and repeat those first.
4Open the free app to continue into Level 7, where soroban multiplication is taught step by step.

Questions

Which tables should we practice first?

2s, 5s and 10s come almost free; 3s and 4s next; 6s, 7s and 8s are where speed is won. Practicing the hard tables in isolation beats running 1-to-12 sweeps every time.

Memorize the tables or learn the abacus method?

Both, in that order. Recall up to 9 × 9 makes every method faster; the soroban procedure then extends multiplication to numbers no one memorizes. On the ladder, that procedure starts at Higher A — Level 7 of 9.

Why is the drill on this page addition, not multiplication?

The on-page widget drills addition and subtraction; multiplication practice lives in the app’s Level 7 lessons, taught with the beads rather than flashed. The app is free and runs in the browser too.

Learn the techniqueAbacus multiplicationWalk through it on the beads →