Multiplication Table Games

Knowing times tables is an essential skill for successful students. Using multiplication table games allows your child to improve their speed and accuracy on their time tables while having fun at the same time!

• Use cards zero through twelve from your math deck (or assign numerical values to face cards from a regular deck, such as aces as one, jacks as ten, queens as eleven, kings as twelve.)
• Player one draws two cards and multiplies them to find the product.
• Player two draws two cards and multiplies them to find the product.
• The player with the higher product takes all four cards.
• In the event of a tie, put the four cards in the middle and repeat the previous steps. When a winner is determined they capture the cards from the tie as well as the new cards.
• Play until there are no more cards in the draw pile.
• The player with the most cards at the end wins.

• You might want to use a calculator or multiplication table to check and make sure you and the person you are playing with are actually arriving at the correct product.
• This can be played as a solitaire game with an “imaginary foe.”