How it works
Multiplication chart 5 is the 5 times table to 5 × 12 = 60 or, with Go up to × 20, to 5 × 20 = 100. Every answer ends in 5 or 0, and each is half of ten times the number.
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Halve ten times the number
Because 5 is half of 10, 5 times a number is half of 10 times it. For 5 × 8, think 80 and halve it: 40. For 5 × 7, half of 70 is 35. With an even number, halve it and write a 0: 5 × 12 is 6 tens, 60.
Quiz it without counting by 5
In order, a pupil can fill a five times table chart by counting up in 5s. Open More options and set Order of the facts to Mixed up. Then each line needs its own halving: 5 × 7 straight after 5 × 12, with no run to follow.
- Check the last digit: odd times 5 ends in 5, even ends in 0, so 5 × 9 cannot be 40.
- A 5 multiplication chart is a clock face as a list: minute hand at the 4, 5 × 4 = 20 minutes.
- Every even line is on the 10 times table too: 5 × 6 = 30 is 3 × 10.
Questions and answers
Why does every answer in the 5 times table end in 5 or 0?
Two 5s make 10, so every pair of 5s is a whole ten. An even number of 5s is all pairs: 5 × 6 is three tens, 30. An odd number leaves one 5 over: 5 × 7 is three tens and a 5, 35.
Is 1,335 in the 5 times table?
Yes. Any whole number that ends in 5 or 0 is in the table, and nothing else is. To find its line, double the number and drop the final 0: double 1,335 is 2,670, so 1,335 is 5 × 267.
What comes after 5 × 12 on a multiplication chart of 5?
Set Go up to at × 20 and the chart adds 5 × 13 = 65 to 5 × 20 = 100. The halving route still works: 5 × 18 is half of 180, which is 90. In coins, 17 nickels are 85 cents and 20 make a dollar.