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 | = | one four is 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 2 | = | two fours are 8 | |
| 4 × 3 | = | three fours are 12 | |
| 4 × 4 | = | four fours are 16 | |
| 4 × 5 | = | five fours are 20 | |
| 4 × 6 | = | six fours are 24 | |
| 4 × 7 | = | seven fours are 28 | |
| 4 × 8 | = | eight fours are 32 | |
| 4 × 9 | = | nine fours are 36 | |
| 4 × 10 | = | ten fours are 40 | |
| 4 × 11 | = | eleven fours are 44 | |
| 4 × 12 | = | twelve fours are 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 round 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 Year 3. England’s National Curriculum gives Year 3 the 3, 4 and 8 times tables, with their division facts.
Practise for the multiplication tables check
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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 round 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 Year 3. England’s National Curriculum gives Year 3 the 3, 4 and 8 times tables, with their division facts.
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 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 4s?
Thena explains them on her board, out loud, the way your child’s school does, and answers every “why?”.
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