The 4 times table
Double, then double again. Learn the 2s and the 4s come almost free.
Play the 4 times table
Every question uses the 4s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 4s grow in your garden.
Build the Temple
Every right answer raises another marble column, and ten put the roof on. Stuck? Thena draws the sum as rows of dots.
0 of 12 in flower. Each right-first-time answer grows a plant a little.
The 4 times table chart
Say it out loud, then cover an answer and see if it comes back. Tap any answer to hide it, and tap again to check.
| 4 × 1 | = | four times one is 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 2 | = | four times two is 8 | |
| 4 × 3 | = | four times three is 12 | |
| 4 × 4 | = | four times four is 16 | |
| 4 × 5 | = | four times five is 20 | |
| 4 × 6 | = | four times six is 24 | |
| 4 × 7 | = | four times seven is 28 | |
| 4 × 8 | = | four times eight is 32 | |
| 4 × 9 | = | four times nine is 36 | |
| 4 × 10 | = | four times ten is 40 | |
| 4 × 11 | = | four times eleven is 44 | |
| 4 × 12 | = | four times twelve is 48 |
How to learn the 4 times table
- 1
Double, then double again
4 × 7: double 7 is 14, double 14 is 28. Two doubles make any fact in the 4s.
- 2
The last digits repeat
The answers end in 4, 8, 2, 6, 0, then the same again: 24, 28, 32, 36, 40. Spot the cycle and you can check any answer.
- 3
Legs on animals
Cats, dogs, horses and chairs have 4 legs. How many legs on 6 dogs? That’s 6 × 4.
The pattern in the 4s
The last digit of each answer, from 4 × 1 to 4 × 12. They go around in a loop of 5, so once your child spots it, they can check any answer.
- 4
- 8
- 2
- 6
- 0
- 4
- 8
- 2
- 6
- 0
- 4
- 8
When children learn it
In 3rd grade. Common Core expects children to know every product of two one-digit numbers from memory by the end of the year, so the 4s are part of that.
Every times table
Questions parents ask
How can my child learn the 4 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 4 × 5 around and it’s 5 × 4), then learn one trick: double the number and double it again. Then play: answering from memory, again and again, is what makes facts stick, and a game makes them want to.
When do children learn the 4 times table?
In 3rd grade. Common Core expects children to know every product of two one-digit numbers from memory by the end of the year, so the 4s are part of that.
What is the hardest fact in the 4 times table?
Often 4 × 7 = 28 and 4 × 8 = 32. Double and double again: 7, 14, 28.
Is the 4 times table game free?
Yes. Every game here is free, with no account, no ads and no timer. Progress is kept on this device only. Thena, the AI teacher who made them, has lessons for children that start with 3 free.
Stuck on the 4s?
Thena explains them on her board, out loud, the way your child’s school does, and answers every “why?”.
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