"Of course," said Sue. "They are a bit harder than all the other

tables we've learned, but I'm sure we can do them too!"

"All right. So where do we start? Oh, I know!

First of all we make sure we can count by sevens."

"That's right," Sue smiled.

"I'm going to make a chart of - "

"Not cats!"

"I like cats. But this time I'm going to use dogs."

"Dogs are all right," agreed Sam. "Big ones with lots of teeth."

Sue made a chart with dogs on it.

7
14
21
28
35
42
49
56
63
70
"I suppose we have to count by sevens now," said Sam.

"Yes," said Sue. "I'll go first." And she counted:

"Seven, fourteen, twenty one, twenty eight, thirty five,

Forty two, forty nine, fifty six, sixty three and seventy!"

"Now it's my turn," Sam said. Here are the sevens in numerals:

7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70.

Next they wrote the Seven Times Table out.

You can print this all out and then trace over the numerals.

1 x 7 = 7
2 x 7 = 14
3 x 7 = 21
4 x 7 = 28
5 x 7 = 35
6 x 7 = 42
7 x 7 = 49
8 x 7 = 56
9 x 7 = 63
10 x 7 = 70
"I can't see any pattern in the numbers," complained Sue.

"No, neither can I," agreed Sam. "It looks like we just have to

learn them and practise them. I'm glad we only have the Eights

and Nines after this."

"That's true," said Sue. "But don't forget we already know some

of them because you can write the numbers around the other way."

And she did just that.

7 x 1 = 7
7 x 2 = 14
7 x 3 = 21
7 x 4 = 28
7 x 5 = 35
7 x 6 = 42
7 x 7 = 49
7 x 8 = 56
7 x 9 = 63
7 x 10 = 70
You can trace over them, too.

Count by sevens again. Say the Seven Times Table again.

Then you can try these. Be careful because they are all jumbled up.

2 x 7 =
6 x 7 =
7 x 6 =
9 x 7 =
7 x 7 =
7 x 5 =
1 x 7 =
5 x 7 =
7 x 9 =
8 x 7 =
10 x 7 =
7 x 8 =
3 x 7 =
4 x 7 =
7 x 4 =
Sam and Sue can do the Seven Times Table.

And so can you!

Sue didn't find a pattern for the numbers.

But if you have an ODD number times seven,

you get an odd number for the answer.

And if you have an EVEN number times seven,

you get an even number for the answer.