How it works
An 8 multiplication worksheet here starts as 40 mixed lines, 8 × 1 to 8 × 12. Make a new sheet changes them all. Sheet type adds the table in order, the 4s doubled, 8 as 10 − 2, spider legs and pints.
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Double three times and you have the 8s
8 is 2 × 2 × 2, so a number doubled three times lands on its 8s answer: 6, 12, 24, 48. England's curriculum lists the 3, 4 and 8 tables for Year 3 and ties the 2s, 4s and 8s together through doubling. Once the 4s are known, one more doubling does it: 4 × 7 = 28, so 8 × 7 = 56.
Which 8s multiplication worksheet to print first
Start with Double the 4s fact: 8 × 7 = 2 × (4 × 7), so method comes before speed. Then 8 times table shuffled. For the hard facts, 8 is 10 − 2: 7 × 8 = 70 − 14 takes two lots off ten. Spider legs and Pints in gallons ask the same facts in words, there and back. End on One-minute drill on the 8s.
- On a 12 × 12 chart six answers always need an 8: 32, 56, 64, 80, 88 and 96.
- 8 × 8 = 64 has no turnaround and no smaller table to borrow from. Double 32, or take 16 from 80.
Questions and answers
What is the pattern in the 8 times table?
The ones digits step down by 2: 8, 6, 4, 2, 0, then start again. The tens digit climbs by 1 each line but stays put after 40 and 80, giving 48 and 88. 8 times table in order shows the whole run.
Is there a divisibility test for 8?
Two. Halve the number three times: 184 goes to 92, 46 and 23, so it is in, while 172 goes to 86, then 43, which is odd. For long numbers only the last three digits matter: 34,152 passes because 152 is 19 eights.
When do schools teach the 8 times table?
England's curriculum places it in Year 3, with the 3s and 4s. In the United States it is third grade work; the memory list stops at one-digit numbers, so 8 × 9 = 72 is its last 8s fact. Print 8 times table up to 8 × 10.