Multiplication
The 5 times table
Every fact from 5 × 1 to 5 × 12, what to notice about them, and a game for drilling the ones that don't stick.
Practise the 5s →The full table
| 5 × 1 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5 × 2 | 10 |
| 5 × 3 | 15 |
| 5 × 4 | 20 |
| 5 × 5 | 25 |
| 5 × 6 | 30 |
| 5 × 7 | 35 |
| 5 × 8 | 40 |
| 5 × 9 | 45 |
| 5 × 10 | 50 |
| 5 × 11 | 55 |
| 5 × 12 | 60 |
How to remember it
- Answers end in 5 or 0, alternating.
- Halve the number and multiply by 10: 5 × 8 is half of 8 (4), then 40.
Practising it properly
Recall and calculation are different skills. A child who works out 7 × 8 by counting up from 7 × 4 knows the maths, but they'll still stall on it in a longer problem. The goal is answering without working it out — which is why the game times every card and treats a slow correct answer as something still worth practising.
Short and frequent beats long and rare. Five minutes a day moves a fact from "worked out" to "known" faster than half an hour on a Sunday.
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