The 4 times table
All 12 facts in the 4 times table, the double and double again method, and a practice round just for the 4s.
Practise the 4 times table
Start in order, then try them mixed up and both ways round.
Tap or type each answer. It's marked as soon as it's right.
What is the 4 times table?
- 1 × 4 = 4
- 2 × 4 = 8
- 3 × 4 = 12
- 4 × 4 = 16
- 5 × 4 = 20
- 6 × 4 = 24
- 7 × 4 = 28
- 8 × 4 = 32
- 9 × 4 = 36
- 10 × 4 = 40
- 11 × 4 = 44
- 12 × 4 = 48
Say each fact out loud as well as reading it: "four sevens are twenty-eight". Saying the three numbers together is how the facts stick.
When do children learn the 4 times table?
In Year 3. The national curriculum puts the 3, 4 and 8 times tables in Year 3, and children need every table up to 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4, when they take the multiplication tables check.
The 4 times table is double the 2s
Four lots of a number is two lots, doubled. So to multiply by 4, double the number and then double again:
- 4 × 7: double 7 is 14, and double 14 is 28.
- 4 × 12: double 12 is 24, and double 24 is 48.
Schools often teach the 2s, 4s and 8s one after another for this reason. Double the 4s and you get the 8s.
The 4s facts children find trickiest
4 × 7 = 28, 4 × 8 = 32, 4 × 9 = 36 and 4 × 12 = 48.
If one of these won't stick, double and double again, then practise until your child remembers it without working it out.
Patterns in the 4 times table
- Every answer is even, and every answer is in the 2 times table too.
- The ones digits go 4, 8, 2, 6, 0 and then repeat.
- Next door answers are always 4 apart: 28 and 32, 32 and 36.
Division facts for the 4 times table
Every multiplication fact gives two division facts. If 3 × 4 = 12, then 12 ÷ 4 = 3 and 12 ÷ 3 = 4. Children learn the division facts alongside the multiplication facts, not afterwards.
- 4 ÷ 4 = 1
- 8 ÷ 4 = 2
- 12 ÷ 4 = 3
- 16 ÷ 4 = 4
- 20 ÷ 4 = 5
- 24 ÷ 4 = 6
- 28 ÷ 4 = 7
- 32 ÷ 4 = 8
- 36 ÷ 4 = 9
- 40 ÷ 4 = 10
- 44 ÷ 4 = 11
- 48 ÷ 4 = 12
Mathsley does this for you, every day
Mathsley brings back each times table fact just before your child would forget it, spots the ones they mix up, and from Year 3 uses a timer that adapts to your child instead of rushing them. Short sessions with a clear finish, no speed ranks and no leaderboards.
Sources
We check every method and fact on this page against these official documents.
- National curriculum in England: mathematics programmes of study (Department for Education). Used for: Year 3: recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables.
- Mathematics guidance: key stages 1 and 2 (Department for Education). Used for: 3NF-2 and 4NF-1: the 2, 4 and 8 tables learned together, then the 3, 6 and 9; the turnaround; next door multiples.