Wobbly Life: Mission Parcel Express!

Parcels stacked in long rows, a forklift full of boxes and a busy island depot: five missions turn the times tables up to 20 into a delivery job. Can you become the times table champion?

What you practise

Split trick: 17 × 6 = 10 × 6 + 7 × 6, first with the in-between step, then in your head.
Doubling and neighbor trick: 14 × 7 is double 7 × 7, and 19 × 7 = 20 × 7 − 7. Plus times 1, 2, 10, 20 and a bonus trick for 15.
Division and missing numbers: fact families, division facts, gaps like 13 × ? = 78 and counting in 17s and 19s.
Pro warehouse: both numbers above 10 (14 × 16), a multiplication table to fill in and word problems with number sentences.
Test check: a 12-problem lightning round, an error detective, a word problem and a traffic-light self-check.

In the pack: five A4 mission pages (one mission a day, about 15 to 20 minutes each) and one page of answers with typical mistakes and tips for grown-ups. Every page comes in English (US) and German.

Interactive version: check every answer in your browser, in English or German. It includes a times table trainer with big buttons, five practice modes (including division, missing numbers and both factors above 10), a hint for every mistake and a 10-problem test that remembers your results. The page contains its own images and fonts and works offline; answers are saved only in your browser and never sent anywhere.

This pack is one of five topic packs that go together: times tables to 20, square numbers, tally charts and bar graphs, ordering numbers and rounding. For a mixed review of all five topics, try Mission Number Island.

For printing, use A4 at 100%. Keep the answer key separate until the missions are done.