Look at the hundred-square with all the multiples of seven shaded. What do you notice about where the shaded numbers land? Do they line up, step across, or wander about?

The interactive lights up the multiples of 4, 7, 9 and 5 on the hundred square, one table at a time. Read each one with me and watch where the shaded cells land — every table makes its own pattern on the grid.

Let's shade some tables together and name the pattern. First we'll shade the four-times table, then we'll clear it and shade the eight-times table on a fresh grid, and see how they connect. Then we'll shade the eleven-times table. As each pupil shades at the board, everyone else has a job: put your hand up to say where the next shaded cell will land before it is tapped.

Today we work through these tables together at the board: shade all the multiples of 3, then 4, then 5, then the trickier 7, then 8, and finally 12. Each one is a little harder than the last. Before anyone taps, put your hand up to say what shape the shading will make, then we'll check it with the Check button.