The 2 times table
The doubling table. If your child can double, they already know it.
Play the 2 times table
Every question uses the 2s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 2s grow in your garden.
The Labyrinth
Type each answer to unroll Ariadne’s thread along the way out, and tiptoe past the sleeping Minotaur.
0 of 12 in flower. Each right-first-time answer grows a plant a little.
The 2 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.
| 2 × 1 | = | one two is 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 × 2 | = | two twos are 4 | |
| 2 × 3 | = | three twos are 6 | |
| 2 × 4 | = | four twos are 8 | |
| 2 × 5 | = | five twos are 10 | |
| 2 × 6 | = | six twos are 12 | |
| 2 × 7 | = | seven twos are 14 | |
| 2 × 8 | = | eight twos are 16 | |
| 2 × 9 | = | nine twos are 18 | |
| 2 × 10 | = | ten twos are 20 | |
| 2 × 11 | = | eleven twos are 22 | |
| 2 × 12 | = | twelve twos are 24 |
How to learn the 2 times table
- 1
Double it
2 × 6 means two 6s, which is double 6: 12. Doubling small numbers is something many children can do before they meet times tables at all.
- 2
Even, always
Every answer is an even number, ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8. If an answer ends in anything else, it’s wrong.
- 3
Count in pairs
Socks, shoes, eyes and hands come in 2s. Count pairs out loud on a walk: 2, 4, 6, 8.
The pattern in the 2s
The last digit of each answer, from 2 × 1 to 2 × 12. They go round in a loop of 5, so once your child spots it, they can check any answer.
- 2
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 0
- 2
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 0
- 2
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When children learn it
Children count in 2s in Year 1 and learn the 2 times table in Year 2, in England’s National Curriculum.
Practise for the multiplication tables check
Every times table
Questions parents ask
How can my child learn the 2 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 2 × 5 round and it’s 5 × 2), then learn one trick: every answer is a double. 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 2 times table?
Children count in 2s in Year 1 and learn the 2 times table in Year 2, in England’s National Curriculum.
What is the hardest fact in the 2 times table?
The bigger doubles: 2 × 12 = 24 and 2 × 11 = 22. Practise doubling teen numbers and they come easily.
Is the 2 times table game free?
Yes. Every game here is free, with no account, no adverts 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 2s?
Thena explains them on her board, out loud, the way your child’s school does, and answers every “why?”.
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