Ink-saving
White cards with coloured borders and the animals in colour. For every animal rescued, your child colours in a star.
Download PDF7 times table
Children usually learn the 7 times table in Year 4 in the UK and in Grade 3 in the US. This free worksheet practises it with 32 problems: multiplication both ways round (7 × 3 and 3 × 7) and the matching division facts (21 ÷ 7 and 21 ÷ 3). Eight animals are stuck in the vines, and every right answer helps to set them free. Print it as a PDF, no sign-up needed.
Colouring version
Black and white for any printer. Once an animal is rescued, your child gets to colour it in.
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How the worksheet works
- Each of the eight animals has three problems to work out and one gate problem, just like in the game: out of three answers, your child circles the right one.
- When all four problems are right, the animal is rescued: in the ink-saving version your child colours in its star, in the colouring version the whole animal.
- There is no answer key on purpose: check the answers together, or let your child check with the swapped fact (7 × 3 = 21, so 3 × 7 = 21).
Tricks for the 7 times table
Start with the anchor facts
1 × 7 = 72 × 7 = 145 × 7 = 3510 × 7 = 70These four stick quickly, and all the others can be worked out from them.
Use the neighbours
6 × 7 = 35 + 7 = 429 × 7 = 70 − 7 = 63One 7 more or one 7 less than an anchor fact.
Double it
4 × 7 = 14 + 14 = 288 × 7 = 28 + 28 = 564 × 7 is double 2 × 7, and 8 × 7 is double 4 × 7.
A rhyme for the hardest one
5, 6, 7, 8 → 56 = 7 × 8The numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8 come in the right order.
Swap the numbers to save work
3 × 7 = 7 × 3 = 21If your child knows the 3 times table, they already know part of the 7 times table.
Division is multiplication backwards
56 ÷ 7 = 8, because 8 × 7 = 5656 ÷ 7 asks: how many 7s fit into 56?
Common mistakes
- 6 × 7 = 42↔7 × 7 = 49
These two often get mixed up.
What helps: 7 × 7 is 6 × 7 plus one more 7.
- 7 × 8 = 56↔7 × 9 = 63
The answers are close together.
What helps: The rhyme “5, 6, 7, 8”, and 9 × 7 = 70 − 7.
- 7, 14, 21, 28, …
Counting up on fingers works, but it is slow.
What helps: Short, frequent practice instead of one long session, until the facts stick.
For teachers
The sheet works well as independent practice, homework or an extension task for early finishers. The colouring version prints on any black-and-white photocopier, and the ink-saving version needs very little colour.
Rather practise with a game?
In Number Jungle your child runs through the jungle and dashes through the gate with the right answer. The same problems, matched to their school year, with no ads and offline. Free for Android, iPhone and iPad.
More about the game →FAQ
Which year group is this worksheet for?
From Year 4 in the UK and Grade 3 in the US, when the 7 times table comes up in class, and for revision in the years after that.
Is the worksheet really free?
Yes. It is free, with no sign-up and no email address. You may print and copy it for home and for the classroom.
Is there an answer key?
No, on purpose. The swapped fact is a good check: if your child worked out 7 × 3 = 21, they can check it with 3 × 7. For the gate problems, the right answer is one of the choices anyway.
What is the difference between the two versions?
The ink-saving version has animals in colour and a star to colour in. The colouring version is completely black and white, and the rescued animal itself gets coloured in.
How can my child keep practising the 7 times table?
Short, frequent practice helps most. For example with the free game Number Jungle: facts that are still wobbly come up more often until they stick.