The 5 times table
All 12 facts in the 5 times table, the patterns that make the 5s easy to spot, and a practice round just for the 5s.
Practise the 5 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 5 times table?
- 1 × 5 = 5
- 2 × 5 = 10
- 3 × 5 = 15
- 4 × 5 = 20
- 5 × 5 = 25
- 6 × 5 = 30
- 7 × 5 = 35
- 8 × 5 = 40
- 9 × 5 = 45
- 10 × 5 = 50
- 11 × 5 = 55
- 12 × 5 = 60
Say each fact out loud as well as reading it: "five sevens are thirty-five". Saying the three numbers together is how the facts stick.
When do children learn the 5 times table?
In Year 2. The national curriculum asks children to know the 2, 5 and 10 times tables by the end of Year 2, and in Year 1 they count in 2s, 5s and 10s. In the Year 4 multiplication tables check, only a few of the 25 questions come from the 2s, 5s and 10s, because children have known them the longest.
The 5 times table is half the 10s
Five lots of a number is half of ten lots. So to find 5 × 8, find 10 × 8 = 80 and halve it: 40. This is why schools usually teach the 10s and then the 5s.
The 5s and the clock
The numbers on a clock face count the minutes in 5s. The 3 stands for 15 minutes past, the 6 for 30 minutes, the 9 for 45 minutes. Children learn to tell the time to 5 minutes in Year 2, at the same time as the 5 times table, so a clock is a good way to practise.
The 5s facts to watch
7 × 5 = 35, 9 × 5 = 45, 11 × 5 = 55 and 12 × 5 = 60.
The 5s are one of the easier tables. These are the ones that come up in the 6s, 7s, 9s, 11s and 12s too.
Patterns in the 5 times table
- Every answer ends in 5 or 0.
- An odd number times 5 ends in 5: 7 × 5 = 35. An even number times 5 ends in 0: 8 × 5 = 40.
- The answers go odd, even, odd, even.
Division facts for the 5 times table
Every multiplication fact gives two division facts. If 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 ÷ 5 = 3 and 15 ÷ 3 = 5. Children learn the division facts alongside the multiplication facts, not afterwards.
- 5 ÷ 5 = 1
- 10 ÷ 5 = 2
- 15 ÷ 5 = 3
- 20 ÷ 5 = 4
- 25 ÷ 5 = 5
- 30 ÷ 5 = 6
- 35 ÷ 5 = 7
- 40 ÷ 5 = 8
- 45 ÷ 5 = 9
- 50 ÷ 5 = 10
- 55 ÷ 5 = 11
- 60 ÷ 5 = 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 2: recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers.
- Mathematics guidance: key stages 1 and 2 (Department for Education). Used for: 3NF-2: learning the 10 and 5 tables, then the 2, 4 and 8 tables, the turnaround, and division facts alongside multiplication.