4 Times Table - In Words, Tricks, Examples & Practice

Quick Answer:

• Result: $4 \times 1 = 4$ through $4 \times 10 = 40$

• Notation: $4 \times n$, read "four times $n$"

• Method shown: Double-and-double-again, skip-counting

• Pattern: Last digits cycle 4, 8, 2, 6, 0; every product is even

• Extended: continues $4 \times 11 = 44$ … $4 \times 20 = 80$

Multiplication Table of 4

The full 4 times table sits in two short blocks: the core facts up to ten, then the extension to twenty.

Table of 4 up to 10

Table of 4 up to 20

Table of 4 in Words

Said aloud, the table reads:

• One times 4 is 4

• Two times 4 is 8

• Three times 4 is 12

• Four times 4 is 16

• Five times 4 is 20

• Six times 4 is 24

• Seven times 4 is 28

• Eight times 4 is 32

• Nine times 4 is 36

• Ten times 4 is 40

What Is the 4 Times Table?

The 4 times table is what you get by multiplying 4 by each whole number, and multiplying by 4 is repeated addition of 4. Writing $4 \times 3$ is shorthand for adding 4 three times, and the answer builds step by step:

$$4,; 4+4 = 8,; 4+4+4 = 12$$

There is a cleaner way to see it. Four is two twos, so multiplying by 4 is doubling, then doubling again — $4 \times 3$ is 3 doubled (6), then doubled once more (12).

Multiples of 4

The products in the table are the multiples of 4. The first twelve are:

$$4,; 8,; 12,; 16,; 20,; 24,; 28,; 32,; 36,; 40,; 44,; 48$$

Every entry in the table is a multiple of 4, and every multiple of 4 is also a multiple of 2 — but not the other way around (6 is even, yet not a multiple of 4).

How to Learn the 4 Times Table (Patterns, Not Memorizing)

Bhanzu does not drill a hundred separate facts into a child's head. It teaches the few patterns that generate the whole table, so a student builds number sense and the mental agility they carry into algebra, rather than flashcard recall that fades. The 4 times table is built entirely from a table the child already knows, which makes it the clearest case of reusing one pattern to reach another.

• The 4s are the 2s doubled, because $4 = 2 \times 2$. Multiplying by 4 is doubling twice over, so every 4s fact is reusing the 2 times table you already know. If $2 \times 6 = 12$, then $4 \times 6$ is 12 doubled, 24. For $4 \times 7$, double 7 to 14, then double 14 to 28.

• The units digit cycles 4, 8, 2, 6, 0. That repeat is the structure of base ten: each step adds 4, and after five steps the ones digit returns to the start. Seeing the cycle lets a child reason out the next product.

• Every product is even. Doubling anything gives an even number, and doubling again keeps it even, so an odd last digit is a signal to recheck.

• Skip-count in fours. Say 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and keep going; each step adds another 4, walking up the same pattern one jump at a time.

The double-double idea is worth understanding first, even though "just learn the answers" looks quicker at the start. A child who doubles twice can rebuild any fact on demand, while a child who only stored the answers freezes the moment one slips, and at $4 \times 7$, it slips.

How to Read and Use the 4 Times Table

Read a row left to right: in $4 \times 7 = 28$, the 4 is the number you are counting in, the 7 is how many groups, and 28 is the total. To learn it, say the method out loud as "double, double" — two words for two actions — while skip-counting the products, then test yourself out of order. Short, spaced sessions across a week beat one long sitting.

Where the 4 Times Table Appears

The 4 times table is the table of corners and quarters — a square has 4 sides, a car has 4 wheels, and a year splits into 4 seasons. Money runs on it too: 4 quarters make a dollar, so counting quarters is counting in fours.

Solved Examples

Example 1

Find $4 \times 3$ using repeated addition.

$$4 \times 3 = 4+4+4$$ $$= 12$$

Final answer: $4 \times 3 = 12$.

Example 2

What is $4 \times 7$?

A tempting shortcut is to double 7 once and write 14 — but that is only one doubling, which gives $2 \times 7$, not $4 \times 7$.

Four needs two doublings. Double 7 to 14, then double 14.

$$7 \to 14 \to 28$$

Final answer: $4 \times 7 = 28$.

Example 3

A table seats 4 people. How many people at 6 tables?

$$4 \times 6 = 24$$

Final answer: 24 people.

Example 4

What is $4 \times 13$?

Split 13 into 10 and 3.

$$4 \times 10 = 40$$ $$4 \times 3 = 12$$ $$40 + 12 = 52$$

Final answer: $4 \times 13 = 52$.

Example 5

Fill in the missing factor: $4 \times \square = 32$.

Ask which number, doubled twice, gives 32. Halve 32 to 16, halve again to 8.

$$4 \times 8 = 32$$

Final answer: the missing factor is 8.

Common Mistakes with the 4 Times Table

Mistake 1: Doubling only once

Where it slips in: When a child learns the double trick but stops a step early.

Don't do this: Writing $4 \times 7 = 14$ (that is only one doubling — it is actually $2 \times 7$).

The correct way: Double twice — $7 \to 14 \to 28$, so $4 \times 7 = 28$.

Mistake 2: An odd answer

Where it slips in: On the higher facts like $4 \times 9$ or $4 \times 13$.

Don't do this: Writing $4 \times 9 = 35$.

The correct way: Every product is even, so an odd result is your cue to recheck — $4 \times 9 = 36$.

The single-doubling slip is the rusher's signature: they do the first double fast, feel done, and forget the second. Saying the method out loud as "double, double" keeps the second step from going missing.

Practice Questions

1. $4 \times 5 = \square$

2. $4 \times 7 = \square$

3. $4 \times 11 = \square$

4. Fill in the missing factor: $4 \times \square = 24$.

5. A car has 4 wheels. How many wheels on 9 cars?

6. Is the 4 times table the same as the 2 times table doubled? Check with $4 \times 6$.

7. $4 \times 15 = \square$

8. Which is larger, $4 \times 9$ or $4 \times 8$?

Answers: 1. 20 · 2. 28 · 3. 44 · 4. 6 · 5. 36 wheels · 6. Yes — $2 \times 6 = 12$, doubled is $24 = 4 \times 6$ · 7. 60 · 8. $4 \times 9 = 36$ is larger than $4 \times 8 = 32$.

Related Multiplication Tables

Start from the tables from 1 to 20 hub for the full set. Because fours are built on twos, lock the 2 times table first if it feels shaky. From the 4s you can double once more for the 8 times table, and the 12 times table and 16 times table extend the same chain. Bhanzu's math tricks guide has more doubling-based shortcuts.