Collins KS2 — KS2 TIMES TABLES PRACTICE BOOK: for the 2025 tests (Collins KS2 Practice)

I bought this during lockdown to help my 7 year old (year 2) learn her times tables. Before buying the book she knew all of her times tables fairly well. The book has made her better at applying her multiplication knowledge to reasoning questions. I would recommend for anyone who is fairly confident with their times tables.

Easy to use. Enjoyable to do. Nice worded questions to help you apply maths calculations.

This book is marketed as a tool to help to work towards the times table screening test that is coming into play in state schools in 2020. Usually I am quite relaxed about these things, SATs for example are not something I have necessarily helped my children prepare for, but I feel that knowing your times tables off by heart is a skill that all parents should ensure they pass on to their children at a young age - a life skill that they will always benefit from. Therefore this book was of interest to me.My eldest daughter is in Year 3 and although she knows her times tables off by heart I am always looking for new ways to test her to make sure she doesn't forget. She quite likes doing workbooks and enjoyed challenging herself with this one. She found the work easy to access and fun to complete.What I really liked about the book is that it isn't just pages and pages of times table sums written out waiting for answers, instead it is a combination of sums and times table application e.g. How many sides in total are on four hexagons? This really helps to consolidate times table knowledge whilst demonstrating the real life application. There are also speed tests (lists of sums) in the book.I also tried some pages of this book with my recently turned 6 year old daughter, I concluded that this is a good book to consolidate the times table knowledge of children who already know their tables (or are almost there) but it won't really help children who do not yet know them all - they are better off learning to chant them and doing lots of sums to commit them to memory first. My 6 year old was fine with the pages for 2, 5, 10, 3, 11 times tables but began to flounder with 4s and got nothing out of attempting 6s.

This is a great work book.Designed for children in KS2.The book focus on the 2-12 times tables.Each page has 15 questions each split into 2 parts. The first part is number problems where you have a sum with a number missing for your child to work out by times or divide. The 2 part are worded question this is great as my daughter struggles with these kinds of questions.At the end of each section there is a speed test with a list of quick fire times tables question for your child to answer as quick as they can to see if they have learned them.In the centre of the book is a tracker set (which can easily be pulled out) for your child to colour in once they have completed a task.All hap answers are included in the centre pages so they can easily be pulled out.Then at the end of the book there is a certificate which can be completed cut out for you to give to your child once they have completed the book.Overall this is a great work book which you can give to your child to help prepare for the SATS test or for those who struggle with the times tables and need a little extra help. Would recommend

This 50-page book contains a good mix of multiplication questions, both numeric and verbal. It's organised in chapters by time table, from two up to twelve. The variety prevents it being dry. I got it for my 8 year-old daughters, but they found it too easy (they are quite ahead in maths though), so I'm now saving it for my 6 year-old, who is likely to need the extra practice more in a couple of years' time.There are a few slight oddities in the questions, such as the cyclist who only manages to cover 3 miles a day (page 12). More seriously, there hint boxes giving tricks such as "dividing by 8 is the same as halving, halving and halving again"; while this is certainly a useful tip in other context, it's not helpful when testing the child's memorisation and recognition of the 8 times table.Overall, I'd recommend this though.

This is a great help for the children going through the timetables at school.It almost makes the whole business fun the way the pages are laid out with lots of questions on each page asking for answers using more everyday things as examples. Also basic simple math like 200+10= ?etcthere are some small drawings also which break up the text and make it look more inviting.I sat with one of my grandchildren and went through the book treating it more as a fun quiz.As a grandparent I can take a more relaxed approach, thinking that a bit more extra input can only help.I like the workbook a lot.An example of one of the questions is: Jack has football practice three days a week for two hours . How many hours of practice does he have in a week? By the side is a small drawing of a man with a football. I think this kind of detail make s the subject less intimidating and is helpful.Each page is in two sections with about fifteen questions in each part. Then at the end of each section is a quick fire round to finish.At the end of the book is a certificate you can make out to the child who has completed all the questions.I had a lot of fun working on this book. It made a change from the rote method of learning I had as a child though I know that once firmly fixed in one’s mind timetables do stay there and can be useful in life.