The Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) is England’s Department for Education statutory test for Year 4 pupils in England, designed to assess their fluency with times tables. The test is taken at the beginning of June during school time.
Times Tables Rock Stars offers a single player game mode called Soundcheck, to help pupils and teachers prepare for the MTC. Soundcheck familiarises pupils with the question format of the Check and provides teachers with a good idea of how they will get on.
Game format
When pupils play Soundcheck, they are asked 25 questions, each with a 6-second time limit. The questions are multiplication only and evenly weighted in terms of difficulty each time they play - the same as the MTC.
Students earn 5 coins per correct answer.
Soundcheck answers contribute to a student's individual heatmap.
Results view: Teacher
Teachers can see the latest 20 scores for each pupil by going to Stats > *Select class name from left hand column* > Soundcheck Results.
Results view: Student
Students can also view how they did straight after a Soundcheck game 👇👇
Sessions
If you have the Sessions bolt-on, you can set your pupils the task of playing a certain number of Soundcheck games on a regular basis. We advise 1 - 2 Soundchecks a week from January, and perhaps 3 a week as you get closer to the MTC in June.
Availability
It is available as a practice tool for all students, not just Year 4s, and can be used by teachers for assessment purposes.