Multiplication Grid
The times table is where many children with dyscalculia get stuck, because it is taught as a wall of facts to memorize. This tool shows it as a grid you can see, where the patterns become visible instead of hidden, and prints clean for practice.
Move the two sliders and watch the answer light up. The colors show the patterns behind the times table, so it stops being facts to memorize.
| × | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 60 |
| 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 70 |
| 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 |
| 9 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 90 |
| 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 |
See it as a picture
6 groups of 4 = 24
Count up:4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
What the Multiplication Grid does
For a child with dyscalculia, the times table is often the steepest wall in primary math, because it is taught as a long list of facts to memorize, one at a time, with nothing to connect them. That is the hardest possible way to learn for a mind that struggles to hold isolated numbers.
The Multiplication Grid shows the table as a structure instead: move the sliders and watch the answer light up, see the diagonal of square numbers, notice how the colors repeat. When multiplication becomes something you can see, it stops being dozens of facts and becomes one shape. From kindlexy.com.
How it works
- 1
Pick a table or a range
Focus on one times table, or see the whole grid at once.
- 2
See the pattern
Highlight rows, columns, and diagonals so the structure behind multiplication becomes visible.
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Print it
Print a clean grid for the wall or the desk to glance at while working. Nothing leaves your device.
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Practice in small steps
One row or one pattern at a time keeps it calm, the way structure sinks in.