Quick Answer:
Result: $5 \times 1 = 5$ through $5 \times 10 = 50$
Notation: $5 \times n$, read "five times $n$"
Method shown: Skip-counting, halve-and-add-zero, clock counting
Pattern: Every product ends in 0 (even $n$) or 5 (odd $n$)
Extended: continues $5 \times 11 = 55$ … $5 \times 20 = 100$
Multiplication Table of 5
The full 5 times table sits in two short blocks: the core facts up to ten, then the extension to twenty.
Table of 5 up to 10
Multiplication | Product |
|---|---|
$5 \times 1$ | 5 |
$5 \times 2$ | 10 |
$5 \times 3$ | 15 |
$5 \times 4$ | 20 |
$5 \times 5$ | 25 |
$5 \times 6$ | 30 |
$5 \times 7$ | 35 |
$5 \times 8$ | 40 |
$5 \times 9$ | 45 |
$5 \times 10$ | 50 |
Table of 5 up to 20
Multiplication | Product |
|---|---|
$5 \times 11$ | 55 |
$5 \times 12$ | 60 |
$5 \times 13$ | 65 |
$5 \times 14$ | 70 |
$5 \times 15$ | 75 |
$5 \times 16$ | 80 |
$5 \times 17$ | 85 |
$5 \times 18$ | 90 |
$5 \times 19$ | 95 |
$5 \times 20$ | 100 |
Table of 5 in Words
Said aloud, the table reads:
One times 5 is 5
Two times 5 is 10
Three times 5 is 15
Four times 5 is 20
Five times 5 is 25
Six times 5 is 30
Seven times 5 is 35
Eight times 5 is 40
Nine times 5 is 45
Ten times 5 is 50
What Is the 5 Times Table?
The 5 times table is what you get by multiplying 5 by each whole number, and multiplying by 5 is repeated addition of 5. Writing $5 \times 4$ is shorthand for adding 5 four times, and the answer builds step by step:
$$5,; 5+5 = 10,; 5+5+5 = 15,; 5+5+5+5 = 20$$
Because we count in base ten, fives behave tidily: two fives make a ten, so the products keep snapping to round and half-round numbers. That is the reason the ends-in-0-or-5 pattern exists at all.
Multiples of 5
The products in the table are the multiples of 5. The first twelve are:
$$5,; 10,; 15,; 20,; 25,; 30,; 35,; 40,; 45,; 50,; 55,; 60$$
Every entry in the table is a multiple of 5, and every multiple of 5 ends in either 0 or 5 — no other last digit is possible.
How to Learn the 5 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 5 times table hides a piece of place-value reasoning that pays off far beyond these ten facts.
5 is half of 10, so $5 \times n = (10 \times n) \div 2$. Multiplying by 5 is multiplying by 10 and halving, which is why for even $n$ you can halve and add a zero: $5 \times 8$ is half of 8 (4) with a zero, 40. This is the same place-value reasoning that later makes multiplying by 50 or 500 feel obvious.
Every product ends in 0 or 5, and you can see why. Multiply 5 by an even number and the two halves of a 10 land cleanly, so it ends in 0; multiply by an odd number and one extra 5 is left over, so it ends in 5. So $5 \times 6 = 30$ and $5 \times 7 = 35$. The ending is a check a child can reason out, not recall.
Skip-count in fives. Say 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, a pattern most children already half-know from money and minutes.
Read it off a clock. Each number on the face is one group of 5 minutes, so $5 \times 7$ is the long hand at 7, which is 35 minutes past. The clock is the pattern made physical.
It is tempting to call this "the easy table" and move on, but the half-of-ten idea is worth understanding properly. The point is not to store ten answers but to plant the place-value reasoning the child will reuse for years.
How to Read and Use the 5 Times Table
Read a row left to right: in $5 \times 7 = 35$, the 5 is the number you are counting in, the 7 is how many groups, and 35 is the total. To learn it, use a clock — point to each number, multiply by 5, and read the minutes past. That turns practice into a glance you do all day. Then test yourself out of order so the facts come loose from the chant.
Where the 5 Times Table Appears
The 5 times table runs the clock — each number on a clock face stands for 5 minutes, so when the long hand points at 7, that is $5 \times 7 = 35$ minutes past. It also runs money (counting nickels or five-rupee coins) and hands and feet, since each has 5 digits.
Solved Examples
Example 1
Find $5 \times 4$ using repeated addition.
$$5 \times 4 = 5+5+5+5$$ $$= 20$$
Final answer: $5 \times 4 = 20$.
Example 2
What is $5 \times 7$?
A common slip is to remember that fives are "easy" and write the even-number ending, 30 — but 7 is odd, so the product must end in 5, not 0.
7 is odd, so the answer ends in 5. Skip-count or recall: $5 \times 7$.
$$5 \times 7 = 35$$
Final answer: $5 \times 7 = 35$.
Example 3
The long hand of a clock points at 9. How many minutes past the hour is it?
Each clock number marks 5 minutes, so this is $5 \times 9$.
$$5 \times 9 = 45$$
Final answer: 45 minutes past.
Example 4
What is $5 \times 12$?
Use halve-and-add-zero: half of 12 is 6, then add a zero.
$$5 \times 12 = 60$$
Final answer: $5 \times 12 = 60$.
Example 5
Fill in the missing factor: $5 \times \square = 45$.
The answer ends in 5, so the factor is odd. Skip-count: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 — that is 9 steps.
$$5 \times 9 = 45$$
Final answer: the missing factor is 9.
Common Mistakes with the 5 Times Table
Mistake 1: Swapping the 0 and 5 endings
Where it slips in: Rushing odd and even facts that sit next to each other, like $5 \times 6$ and $5 \times 7$.
Don't do this: Writing $5 \times 7 = 30$ (that is $5 \times 6$).
The correct way: 7 is odd, so the answer ends in 5 — $5 \times 7 = 35$.
Mistake 2: Confusing the 5s with the 10s
Where it slips in: When a child knows the 10 times table well and over-reaches.
Don't do this: Writing $5 \times 4 = 40$ (that is $10 \times 4$).
The correct way: $5 \times 4$ is half of $10 \times 4$, so 20.
The second-guesser shows up most on this table. They get $5 \times 8 = 40$ right, then redo it as 45 because the clean answer felt "too easy" — the ends-in-0-or-5 rule is the antidote, telling them without re-counting whether their answer can even be right.
Practice Questions
$5 \times 3 = \square$
$5 \times 6 = \square$
$5 \times 11 = \square$
Fill in the missing factor: $5 \times \square = 40$.
A hand has 5 fingers. How many fingers on 7 hands?
The long hand points at 4 on a clock. How many minutes past?
$5 \times 15 = \square$
Does the 5 times table contain 60? If so, which fact?
Answers: 1. 15 · 2. 30 · 3. 55 · 4. 8 · 5. 35 fingers · 6. 20 minutes past · 7. 75 · 8. Yes, $5 \times 12 = 60$.
Related Multiplication Tables
Start from the tables from 1 to 20 hub for the full set. The 15 times table and 25 times table extend the same ends-in-0-or-5 family, and the 20 times table builds straight on top of the fives. Bhanzu's mental math for kids guide adds more quick-calculation habits.
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