How it works
A pupil who counts in fives has met every answer on these multiplication worksheets by 5. You start with 40 shuffled facts, 5 × 1 to 5 × 12; Make a new sheet deals another 40. Sheet type adds clocks and nickels.
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Why the 5s come early
England's curriculum places the 5 times table in Year 2, next to the 2s and 10s. The Common Core has second graders skip-count by 5s and tell time to the nearest five minutes, a year before it asks for the facts. So 5, 10, 15 and the rest are old friends. The new part is knowing 35 is the 7th of them without counting up.
Which multiply by 5 worksheet to print first
Begin with Clock minutes: the 7 means 35 minutes, since the classroom clock is a 5s chart already on the wall. Next print 5 times table shuffled. Halve, then times 10: 14 × 5 = 7 × 10 gives a fast route for even numbers, and Divide by 5 turns each fact around to finish.
- 5s answers end in 5 or 0. A pupil who answers 36 for 5 × 7 reads the last digit aloud.
- Nickels: 7 nickels = __ cents works best with real coins. Pupils stack 7 nickels, count in fives, then write 35.
- Missing factor: 5 × __ = 35 has a shortcut. Double the product and drop the zero: 35, 70, 7.
Questions and answers
Why do 5 times table answers end in 0 or 5?
5 times an even number makes whole tens, so it ends in 0: 5 × 6 is 3 tens. 5 times an odd number is tens and one more 5: 5 × 7 is 30 + 5. Even or odd first: 5 × 7 ends in 5 practices it.
How does a clock help with multiplying by 5?
The long hand takes 60 minutes to pass all 12 numbers, so each number is worth 60 ÷ 12 = 5 minutes. At the 7, 7 × 5 = 35 minutes have gone by. England's Year 2 guidance connects the 5 times table to the clock face.
What is the quickest way to multiply a big number by 5?
Multiply by 10 and halve: 5 × 18 is half of 180, or 90. With even numbers, halve first: 24 × 5 becomes 12 × 10 = 120. Halve, then times 10: 14 × 5 = 7 × 10 drills that, and 5 × tens: 5 × 60 = 300 goes up to 5 × 90.