The 8 times table
Double, double, double. The 8s are the 4s twice over.
Play the 8 times table
Every question uses the 8s. Pick a game, answer ten, and watch the 8s 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 8 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.
| 8 × 1 | = | one eight is 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 2 | = | two eights are 16 | |
| 8 × 3 | = | three eights are 24 | |
| 8 × 4 | = | four eights are 32 | |
| 8 × 5 | = | five eights are 40 | |
| 8 × 6 | = | six eights are 48 | |
| 8 × 7 | = | seven eights are 56 | |
| 8 × 8 | = | eight eights are 64 | |
| 8 × 9 | = | nine eights are 72 | |
| 8 × 10 | = | ten eights are 80 | |
| 8 × 11 | = | eleven eights are 88 | |
| 8 × 12 | = | twelve eights are 96 |
How to learn the 8 times table
- 1
Double, double, double
8 × 6: double 6 is 12, double 12 is 24, double 24 is 48. Three doubles make any fact in the 8s.
- 2
Double the 4s
8 × 7 is double 4 × 7. 4 × 7 is 28, double 28 is 56.
- 3
Even endings
The answers end in 8, 6, 4, 2, 0, then round again: 48, 56, 64, 72, 80. The ones digit goes down by 2 each time.
The pattern in the 8s
The last digit of each answer, from 8 × 1 to 8 × 12. They go round in a loop of 5, so once your child spots it, they can check any answer.
- 8
- 6
- 4
- 2
- 0
- 8
- 6
- 4
- 2
- 0
- 8
- 6
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.
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Questions parents ask
How can my child learn the 8 times table?
Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday. Start with the facts they already know from other tables (turn 8 × 5 round and it’s 5 × 8), then learn one trick: double the number three times. 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 8 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 8 times table?
8 × 7 = 56 and 8 × 6 = 48 trip most children up. Three doubles get there: 7, 14, 28, 56.
Is the 8 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 8s?
Thena explains them on her board, out loud, the way your child’s school does, and answers every “why?”.
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