What’s seven times nine? Quick, you’ve got six seconds to answer. This June, over 600,000 children in England in year four, aged eight and nine, will be expected to answer questions like this. They ...

Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger flubbed a multiplication quiz at the Illinois State Fair last week after questioning her opponent’s math skills, the Chicago Tribune reported. During one of her two ...

Schools minister Nick Gibb refused to do a times table test on live television this morning as he announced a policy for tougher multiplication tests for primary school children. Mr Gibb appeared on ...

If the tiniest mention of times tables sends shivers down your spine, then you might be thankful your school days are behind you. Primary school pupils will sit multiplication tests from next year, ...

Teachers should ban times tables tests to stop children developing a 'crippling' fear of making mistakes, according to a leading professor. Jo Boaler, professor of mathematics education at Stanford ...