Schools minister Nick Gibb refused to do a times table test on live television this morning as he announced a policy for tougher multiplication tests for primary school children. Mr Gibb appeared on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What’s seven times nine? Quick, you’ve got six seconds to answer. This June, over 600,000 children in England in year four, aged ...

Top 10 Tricks to Learn Multiplication Tables: Learning multiplication tables is one of the most important building blocks in building a child’s problem-solving ability. It helps with faster ...

Thousands of eight and nine-year-olds in England will trial a controversial new times tables test from next month despite opposition from teaching unions and parents. Ministers announced plans to ...

The government has announced plans to have eight- and nine-year-olds sit mandatory times table tests and teaching unions have spoken out in opposition to the decision. Year 4 pupils across England ...

Can you pass this SATs test for 11 year olds? Thousands of primary school children are to take a new times tables check this spring as part of trials of the Government test. Ministers confirmed plans ...

Many parents experience frustrations when trying to help their children learn the multiplication tables. It can be very challenging, especially if a child has the type of brain that does not retain ...