How it works
Press Make a new sheet for a 4s multiplication worksheet and its answer key. The first one mixes up 4 × 1 to 4 × 12 over 40 lines. Sheet type turns the 4s into quarters, square perimeters and doubled 2s.
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Why the 4s are taught through doubling
4 is 2 × 2, so multiplying by 4 is doubling twice: 7, 14, 28. England's curriculum places the 4s in Year 3 and has pupils connect the 2, 4 and 8 tables through doubling. After the 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 tables, 7 facts are new: 4 times 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12.
A 4 times tables worksheet for each day
Monday: 4 times table in order. Tuesday: Double the 2s fact. Wednesday: 4 times table shuffled. Thursday: Missing factor: 4 × __ = 28, then Divide by 4. Friday: Dollars and quarters or Square perimeters, where 4 × 7 is 28 quarters or 28 cm round a square. Stopping at 10 × 10? The 4's multiplication worksheet to print is 4 times table up to 4 × 10.
- Pupils say the doubles aloud before writing: double 7 is 14, double 14 is 28. It slows the guessing.
- 28, 32 and 44 are on a 12 × 12 chart only as 4 × 7, 4 × 8 and 4 × 11.
- Ones digits repeat 4, 8, 2, 6, 0. An odd answer is wrong at a glance.
Questions and answers
What is the easiest way to learn the 4 times table?
Double the number, then double the answer. For 4 × 6, double 6 to get 12 and double 12 to get 24. It works because 4 is 2 × 2. The sheet Double the 2s fact: 4 × 7 = 2 × (2 × 7) sets this out line by line.
How can pupils tell if a number is in the 4 times table?
If the last two digits make a number that divides by 4, the whole number does: 132 is in, because 32 is 4 × 8. Or halve twice: 96 goes to 48, then 24. 54 halves to 27, so it is out.
What comes after the 4 times table?
The 8s: every 8s fact is a 4s answer doubled, so 4 × 7 = 28 gives 8 × 7 = 56. England teaches the 3, 4 and 8 tables in the same year. 2s, 4s and 8s mixed puts the doubling tables on one sheet.