The 6 times table
The 5s plus one more: a table to work out from facts your child already knows.
Play the 6 times table
Every question uses the 6s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 6s 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 6 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.
| 6 × 1 | = | one six is 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 × 2 | = | two sixs are 12 | |
| 6 × 3 | = | three sixs are 18 | |
| 6 × 4 | = | four sixs are 24 | |
| 6 × 5 | = | five sixs are 30 | |
| 6 × 6 | = | six sixs are 36 | |
| 6 × 7 | = | seven sixs are 42 | |
| 6 × 8 | = | eight sixs are 48 | |
| 6 × 9 | = | nine sixs are 54 | |
| 6 × 10 | = | ten sixs are 60 | |
| 6 × 11 | = | eleven sixs are 66 | |
| 6 × 12 | = | twelve sixs are 72 |
How to learn the 6 times table
- 1
Fives and one more
6 × 7 is five 7s and one more 7: 35 + 7 = 42. If your child knows the 5s, every 6s fact is one step away.
- 2
Even numbers match
When 6 times an even number, the answer ends in that number: 6 × 2 = 12, 6 × 4 = 24, 6 × 6 = 36, 6 × 8 = 48.
- 3
Double the 3s
6 × 8 is double 3 × 8. 3 × 8 is 24, and double 24 is 48.
The pattern in the 6s
The last digit of each answer, from 6 × 1 to 6 × 12. They go round in a loop of 5, so once your child spots it, they can check any answer.
- 6
- 2
- 8
- 4
- 0
- 6
- 2
- 8
- 4
- 0
- 6
- 2
When children learn it
In Year 4, when children learn every table up to 12 × 12. The 6s are in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
Practise for the multiplication tables check
Every times table
Questions parents ask
How can my child learn the 6 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 6 × 5 round and it’s 5 × 6), then learn one trick: take the 5s answer and add one more lot. 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 6 times table?
In Year 4, when children learn every table up to 12 × 12. The 6s are in the multiplication tables check in June of Year 4.
What is the hardest fact in the 6 times table?
Often 6 × 7 = 42 and 6 × 8 = 48. Five 8s is 40, and one more 8 is 48.
Is the 6 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 6s?
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