Primary schools which fail to teach times tables by heart are condemning children to a lifetime struggling with numbers, inspectors have warned. By Juliehenry 13 November 2011 • 10:00am .

Learning times tables is unnecessary because children can look up answers on mobile phones, says union leader. Christine Blower said while some schools did carry out “rote learning”, such as ...

Lots of kids have trouble remembering their times tables. Learning them by rote can mean a child knows the numbers but not what they mean. Here’s how to get kids to remember times tables ...