🇳🇿 ✖️ New Zealand · Year 4
Free Year 4 times tables test
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This free Year 4 times tables test takes about 5 minutes. Your child answers 20 quick-fire questions with 8 seconds each, because knowing facts by heart (not counting them out) is what makes harder maths easier. You get a report showing which tables are solid and which to practise, matched to the New Zealand Curriculum.
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What Year 4 children learn in maths
In Year 4, children recall the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables and use them for division, ready to learn the rest of the tables.
What the Year 4 check looks at
2, 5 and 10 times tables
The first tables children learn, by skip counting and then by heart.
- The 2, 5 and 10 times tables: missing numbers and ×12
Curriculum: NZ Curriculum: multiplication facts for 2s, 5s and 10s
Try at home: Skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s on the way to school, then ask your child to jump straight to “6 fives”.
3, 4 and 8 times tables
Built from doubling: the 4s are double the 2s, the 8s double the 4s.
- The 3, 4 and 8 times tables: recall
Curriculum: NZ Curriculum: multiplication facts for 3s, 4s and 8s
Try at home: Practise doubling: if your child knows 3 × 4 = 12, then 3 × 8 is double 12.
6, 7 and 9 times tables
The trickiest facts, usually the last to become automatic.
- The 6, 7 and 9 times tables: warm-up (×1 to ×5)
Curriculum: NZ Curriculum: multiplication facts for 6s, 7s and 9s
Try at home: Learn the 9s with the finger trick and work on two or three 7s and 8s facts at a time.
11 and 12 times tables
Extension facts up to 12 × 12.
- The 11 and 12 times tables: warm-up (×1 to ×5)
Curriculum: NZ Curriculum: extending facts to 12 × 12
Try at home: Connect 12 × n to 10 × n + 2 × n, for example 12 × 7 = 70 + 14.
Division facts
Using times tables backwards: if 6 × 7 = 42, then 42 ÷ 7 = 6.
- Division facts: recall
Curriculum: NZ Curriculum: corresponding division facts
Try at home: Every time you practise a times table fact, ask the matching division fact too.
Try some Year 4 questions
These are the kind of questions in the check. Every check has fresh numbers, so your child will not have seen them before.
2, 5 and 10 times tables
4 × 5 = ?
Show the answer
20. 4 × 5 = 20.
3, 4 and 8 times tables
9 × 4 = ?
Show the answer
36. 9 × 4 = 36.
6, 7 and 9 times tables
6 × 1 = ?
- 6
- 7
- 12
- 11
Show the answer
6. 6 × 1 = 6.
How it works
- Your child answers about 20 questions. Each one has a few seconds on the clock, because quick, accurate recall is what the check measures.
- See how they’re going. On track, a little behind, or needs support, for their year level.
- Get the full report. Strengths and gaps in 5 areas, emailed to you, plus a free assessment at your nearest Success Tutoring centre if you’d like one.
Questions parents ask
Which times tables should a Year 4 child know?
See “What Year 4 children learn” above. As a guide, most curricula expect the 2, 5 and 10 times tables first, then the 3s, 4s and 8s, and all facts to 10 × 10 by about Year 4 (4th Grade in the US).
Why is the test timed?
Eight seconds is enough to recall a fact but not to count it out. Quick recall frees up working memory for harder problems, so speed and accuracy together are the best sign that a table is learnt.
Is it free?
Yes. The test and the full report are free, and there is no sign-up to start.
What if my child runs out of time?
That is fine. A question that runs out of time counts as one to practise, and the next one in that table is a little easier.
How can we practise at home?
A few minutes a day beats one long session. Focus on two or three facts at a time, say each one with its division fact, and try our free times tables games.
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