What is Times Table Rock Stars?
To be a Times Table Rock Star you need to answer any multiplication fact up to 12×12 in less than 3 seconds! In either paper form or online, Times Tables Rock Stars is a carefully sequenced programme of daily times tables practice. Teachers set times tables that each child is learning. These are practised within the classroom, as well as at home.
Why are times tables important?
When it comes to times tables, speed AND accuracy are important – the more facts your child remembers, the easier it is for them to do harder calculations. Times Table Rock Stars is a fun and challenging programme designed to help students master the times tables! To be a Times Table Rock Star you need to answer any multiplication fact up to 12×12 in less than 3 seconds! When it comes to times tables, speed AND accuracy are important – the more facts your child remembers, the easier it is for them to do harder calculations.
Monthly Battle of the Bands
Every month, the children participate in a 'battle' against their year group classes. This is an opportunity for the children to consolidate the times tables that they have learnt and to get quicker at recalling all times table facts. The children enjoy the competition against their year group.
TT Rockstar Game Types
Single Player
Garage - the questions will only come from the times tables the teacher has set for the week. It will include multiplication and division questions.
As pupils start to answer questions, TT Rock Stars works out which facts they take longer on and will give them more of these questions to answer. The Garage is best for getting quicker at a few facts. Players get 10 coins per question.
Studio - the questions in the Studio can be anything from 1×1 up to 12×12.
TT Rock Stars calculates the mean response time from their last 10 games in the Studio and translates that time into a Rock Status.
| ≤ 1 sec/qu = Rock Hero | ≤ 7 secs/qu = Unsigned Act |
| ≤ 2 secs/qu = Rock Legend | ≤ 8 secs/qu = Gigger |
| ≤ 3 secs/qu = Rock Star | ≤ 9 secs/qu = Busker |
| ≤ 4 secs = Headliner | ≤ 10 secs/qu = Garage Rocker |
| ≤ 5 secs/qu = Support Act | > 10 secs/qu = Wannabe |
| ≤ 6 secs/qu = Breakthrough Artist |
If you don’t play in the Studio you don’t get a Rock Status.
Players earn 1 coin per question and the Studio is the place for them to set their best time across all the tables.
Soundcheck – When you play Soundcheck, you get 20 questions each with a 5-second time limit. The questions are multiplication only and evenly weighted in terms of difficulty each time you play. Players earn 5 coins per correct answer.
Multiplayer
Rock Arena - The Arena allows players to compete against all other members of their Band (their Bandmates would need to join the same game in order to compete together).
A new Arena game starts every 15 seconds and once the clock starts they race to answer more questions than the others. In the Arena, questions will only come from the times tables the teacher has set for the week, similar to the Garage. They earn 1 coin per correct answer.
Rock Festival - The Rock Festival games are open to players from around the world. Like the Arena, there is no limit to the number of players who can join a game; however, unlike the Arena, questions are selected at random from 1×1 to 12×12.
Pupils might choose the Rock Festival if they were playing at home (and therefore couldn't easily synchronise playing against a classmate) or wanted to compete against others not in their Band. They earn 1 coin per correct answer.
Please use the following worksheets with your children to support their recall of multiplication and division facts.
Fun Games to Test your Knowledge
Times Tables Support for Parents
Top Times Tables Tips
It may seem a daunting task to learn so many multiplication facts, but because of the commutative property of multiplication, there are fewer facts than you may think. For example, 3 x 4 and 4 x 3 give the same answer so you need to only learn this once.
Zero Times Table
Anything multiplied by zero will always equal zero. Multiplication is repeated addition so 3 x 0 is 0 + 0 + 0, which equals 0.
One Times Table
Any number multiplied by one is itself.
Two Times Table
Any number multiplied by two is double the number. 7 x 2 =14 7 + 7 = 14 double 7 is 14.
Three Times Table
Digits within this times table add up to multiples of 3. For example: 3, 6, 9, 12 (1+2=3), 15 (1+5=6), 18 (1+8=9) 21 (2+1=3), 24 (2+4=6) etc. The numbers also follow the pattern of: odd, even, odd, even (3,6,9,12).
Four Times Table
The four times table is double the two times table. 4 x 2 = 8, 4 x 4 = 16, 16 is double 8. Alternatively the fours can be thought of as double double. So double 3 (6) and double again (12) is the same as 3 x 4 = 12.
Five Times Table
All multiples of 5 end in five or zero. For even numbers (e.g. 8 x 5) you can halve the number (4) and then put a zero after it (40). For odd numbers (e.g. 7 x 5) you can subtract one from the number (6), halve it (3) and then put a 5 after it (35). Any odd number times 5 ends in a 5. Any even number times 5 ends in 0.
Six Times Table
The six times table is double the three times table. So 5 x 3 = 15, 5 x 6 = 30, 30 is double 15.
Seven Times Table
Combine the 5 and the 2 times table: 7 x 4 = 28 or (5x4) + (2x4) = 28.
Eight Times Table
The eight times table is double the four times table. So 7 x 4 = 28, 7 x 8 = 56, 56 is double 28. The units in the multiples of eight also go down in twos. 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80 (8, 6, 4, 2, 0, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0).
Nine Times Tables
Fingers can be used to work out the nine times table up to 10 x 9. The first finger is put down for 1 x 9 and the remaining fingers show 9 units (1 x 9 =9). Then the second finer is put down for 2 x 9 and the remaining fingers show 1 ten (to the left) and 8 units (to the right) which equals 18, and so on.
The digits found in the multiples of nine when added together also equal nine. For example: 9 = 9, 18 (1 + 8) = 9, 27 (2 + 7) = 9, 36 (3 + 6) = 9, 45 (4 + 5) = 9 etc.
Ten Times Table
All the digits in the ten times table end in zero.
Eleven Times Table
Most of the multiples in the eleven times table are recalled by putting two of the number side by side. 7 x 11 = 77, 8 x 11 =88.
Twelve Times Table
The units in the twelve times table go up in twos. 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120, 132, 144 (2, 4, 6, 8, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 0). The multiples of 12 are also the multiples of 10 and the multiples of 2 combined.