Multiplication tables check (MTC) practice – Year 4

Free MTC-style practice for Year 4: five 25-question times tables tests with an optional 6-second timer, plus an untimed practice. Not an official test.

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The tests

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About these tests

Free MTC-style practice for Year 4. Each of the five practice tests has 25 times table questions chosen the way the official framework describes: only the 2 to 12 tables, more questions from the 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 tables, and never both 3 × 8 and 8 × 3 in the same test. There is an optional 6-second timer, and an untimed practice that covers all 121 facts. These are practice tests written by Classfern, not official STA material.

Key facts

The multiplication tables check (MTC) is statutory from the 2021/2022 academic year. All eligible Year 4 pupils registered at maintained schools, special schools or academies (including free schools) in England are required to take it. Source: GOV.UK (MTC assessment framework, section 2)
Its purpose is to determine whether Year 4 pupils can fluently recall their multiplication tables. It only assesses instant recall of multiplication facts (there are no division questions). Source: GOV.UK (MTC assessment framework, sections 2–3)
It is an on-screen check of 25 times table questions. Pupils have 6 seconds to answer each question, with a 3-second pause before the next one. Source: GOV.UK (MTC assessment framework, sections 4 and 5.1)
Questions are selected from the 121 items that make up the 2 to 12 multiplication tables. The 1 times table is not included in the check. Source: GOV.UK (MTC assessment framework, section 5.2)
There is an emphasis on the 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 multiplication tables (2 to 4 questions each per check), with 1 to 3 from the 3, 4, 5 and 11 tables and 0 to 2 from the 2 and 10 tables. Source: GOV.UK (MTC assessment framework, section 5.2 and table 1)
A question and its reversal (for example 3 × 8 and 8 × 3) do not appear in the same check. Source: GOV.UK (MTC assessment framework, section 5.2.2)
Pupils answer 3 practice questions before the check. On average it should take no longer than 5 minutes. There is no pass mark, and the teacher shares the child's score with parents. Source: GOV.UK
In the 2026 to 2027 school year, schools must give the check within the 2-week period from Monday 7 June 2027. Source: GOV.UK

How we wrote these tests

Each practice test is built by a script to the published limits: 25 questions, both numbers from 2 to 12, per-table counts within table 1 of the framework (counted on the first number, as footnote 5 explains, with the second number kept within ±1 of those limits), 3 to 7 questions from the 2, 5 and 10 tables, no question and its reversal together, and no two tests sharing more than 7 questions.

Times tables tests (2 to 12)Free times tables tests for every table from 2 to 12, with matching division facts and mixed tests. (27 tests)

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Official sources

MTC-style practice by Classfern. Not an official test and not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department for Education or the Standards and Testing Agency.