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.
Tips and Tricks to Memorize the 5 Times Table
Use the ends-in-0-or-5 rule. Multiply 5 by an even number and the answer ends in 0; by an odd number, it ends in 5. So $5 \times 6 = 30$ and $5 \times 7 = 35$.
Halve and add a zero (for even numbers). For even $n$, halve it and stick a 0 on the end — $5 \times 8$: half of 8 is 4, add a zero, 40.
Skip-count in fives. Say 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 — a chant most kids already half-know from money or minutes.
Read it off a clock. Point to a number, multiply by 5, and you have the minutes past.
It is tempting to call this "the easy table" and move on, but the halve-and-add-zero method is worth learning properly. It is the same place-value reasoning that later makes multiplying by 50 or 500 feel obvious — the seed is planted on the small table.
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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