🔢 Maths

The 5 and 10 Times Tables

Ages 7–9

You will learn

Know the 5 and 10 times tables up to 10 × 5 and 10 × 10, and spot their patterns.

Before you start

Multiplication as equal groups, and counting in 5s and 10s.

Quick answer

Multiplying by 5 means counting in 5s, and multiplying by 10 means counting in 10s. For example, 3 × 5 = 15 (5, 10, 15) and 3 × 10 = 30 (10, 20, 30).

Let’s learn

Multiplying by 5 is the same as counting in 5s. Multiplying by 10 is the same as counting in 10s.

Example

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3 hands, with 5 fingers and thumbs on each. 3 × 5 = 5 + 5 + 5 = 15

The 5 and 10 times tables

Times × 5 × 10
1 5 10
2 10 20
3 15 30
4 20 40
5 25 50
6 30 60
7 35 70
8 40 80
9 45 90
10 50 100

Spot the patterns

  • Every answer in the 5 times table ends in 5 or 0.
  • Every answer in the 10 times table ends in 0.
  • Each × 10 answer is double the × 5 answer next to it.

Check what you know

Choose an answer, then press Check. You can try again if you need to.

  1. 1 What is 3 × 5?
  2. 2 What is 6 × 10?
  3. 3 What is 9 × 5?
  4. 4 Count in 10s: 10, 20, 30, … What comes next?
  5. 5 How many fingers and thumbs are on 4 hands? 🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️
  6. 6 Which number is in the 5 times table?

Try this next

Count the fingers and thumbs of everyone in your home in 5s. Then count their toes in 10s (each person has 10 toes)!