The 5 times table
The clock table: every answer ends in 5 or 0, and the minutes on a clock count in 5s.
Play the 5 times table
Every question uses the 5s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 5s grow in your garden.
Owl Post
Thena’s owl has letters to deliver. Each door has a sum on it: pick the letter with the answer and light up the village.
0 of 12 in flower. Each right-first-time answer grows a plant a little.
The 5 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.
| 5 × 1 | = | five times one is 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 2 | = | five times two is 10 | |
| 5 × 3 | = | five times three is 15 | |
| 5 × 4 | = | five times four is 20 | |
| 5 × 5 | = | five times five is 25 | |
| 5 × 6 | = | five times six is 30 | |
| 5 × 7 | = | five times seven is 35 | |
| 5 × 8 | = | five times eight is 40 | |
| 5 × 9 | = | five times nine is 45 | |
| 5 × 10 | = | five times ten is 50 | |
| 5 × 11 | = | five times eleven is 55 | |
| 5 × 12 | = | five times twelve is 60 |
How to learn the 5 times table
- 1
Half of the 10s
5 × 8 is half of 10 × 8. Half of 80 is 40. Any 5s fact is half the 10s fact next to it.
- 2
5 or 0
Every answer ends in 5 or 0: 5 groups of an odd number ends in 5, 5 groups of an even number ends in 0.
- 3
Read the clock
Each number on a clock face is 5 more minutes: the 3 is 15 minutes, the 9 is 45. Learning the 5s and telling the time help each other.
The pattern in the 5s
The last digit of each answer, from 5 × 1 to 5 × 12. They go around in a loop of 2, so once your child spots it, they can check any answer.
- 5
- 0
- 5
- 0
- 5
- 0
- 5
- 0
- 5
- 0
- 5
- 0
When children learn it
Children skip count by 5s in 2nd grade, and Common Core expects them to know all the facts from memory by the end of 3rd grade.
Every times table
Questions parents ask
How can my child learn the 5 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 5 × 2 around and it’s 2 × 5), then learn one trick: it’s half of the 10 times table. 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 5 times table?
Children skip count by 5s in 2nd grade, and Common Core expects them to know all the facts from memory by the end of 3rd grade.
What is the hardest fact in the 5 times table?
Children rarely struggle here, though the odd numbers (5 × 7 = 35, 5 × 9 = 45) need more practice than the even ones.
Is the 5 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 5s?
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