Despite it being a big part of our school life many people struggle with maths in their adult life. Whether you constantly need a calculator or use all your fingers and toes to work out a sum, it is ...

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and so on are all multiples of 2. Multiples of 2 always end with an even number. These numbers are all in the 2 times table. Knowing your times tables is really helpful with mental ...

Schoolkids should be taught using an old-fashioned abacus if the Government decides to scrap times-tables tests, specialists have said. According to reports, the Labour party could bin traditional ...

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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 eight and nine, will be expected to answer questions like this. They ...