5 Times Table

How to use the 5 Times Table tool

1. Choose a view with the three buttons above the work area: the learning view, “Practice on screen” or “Printable worksheet”. The learning view opens first.
2. In the learning view, set “Times table goes up to” to × 10, × 12 (the default), × 15 or × 20 to change how far the table runs.
3. For a quiz, open “Practice on screen” and set Question type, Number of questions and Countdown timer. Tick “Check as soon as I have typed enough digits” if you want answers checked automatically.
4. For paper practice, open “Printable worksheet” and set Worksheet type, Problems and Columns. Use Blanks to choose how many answers are left empty.
5. Leave “Include both orders (7 × 8 and 8 × 7)” ticked to mix 5 × 7 with 7 × 5, or untick it to use one order only.
6. Keep “Include answer key” ticked if you want the answers on a separate page after the worksheet.
7. Set the Paper size to US Letter or A4, then select “Print or save as PDF”. The browser’s print dialog can also save a PDF.

Select “New worksheet” for a different set of problems with the same settings. Each sheet has a short worksheet code under the buttons, and the same code with the same settings always gives the same sheet. The page address stores your settings, so a bookmarked or shared link opens the same view. “Reset settings” restores the defaults.

What are the patterns in the 5 times table?

The 5 times table follows three simple patterns that you can check in the learning view. Each answer is 5 more than the one before, so the table is the same as counting by 5s: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and onwards. You can use this counting row to check any answer quickly.

The answers also alternate between odd and even: odd, even, odd, even. This happens because 5 is odd, and an odd number times an odd number is odd, while an odd number times an even number is even. The ones digit follows a pattern too: 5 times an odd number always ends in 5, and 5 times an even number always ends in 0.

How do I learn the 5 times table quickly?

Start with the facts you already know, because most of the 5 times table is not new. 5 × 3 = 15 and 3 × 5 = 15 are the same fact, so every fact with a number smaller than 5 already appears in a smaller table. If you know the 1 to 4 times tables, you only need to learn 8 new facts, from 5 × 5 = 25 up to 5 × 12 = 60.

Learn those new facts by counting by 5s, then check each one with repeated addition. For example, 5 × 4 = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20. Practice in short rounds rather than one long session. In a quiz round, every fact is asked once before any fact repeats, and the end screen lists the facts you missed, so you can practice just those. You can also connect the facts to real life: on a clock face, each number k means 5 × k minutes past the hour, and k nickels are worth 5 × k cents.

What do all the answers in the 5 times table add up to?

The twelve answers from 5 × 1 to 5 × 12 add up to 390, because 1 + 2 + … + 12 = 78 and each answer is 5 times one of those numbers. Halfway through the table, 5 × 6 = 30; doubling that gives 5 × 12 = 60.

Halving helps as well: 5 × 8 = 40 is half of 10 × 8 = 80, and the same works for every fact in the table.