The 6 times table
All 12 facts in the 6 times table, two ways to build them from tables your child already knows, and a practice round just for the 6s.
Practise the 6 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 6 times table?
- 1 × 6 = 6
- 2 × 6 = 12
- 3 × 6 = 18
- 4 × 6 = 24
- 5 × 6 = 30
- 6 × 6 = 36
- 7 × 6 = 42
- 8 × 6 = 48
- 9 × 6 = 54
- 10 × 6 = 60
- 11 × 6 = 66
- 12 × 6 = 72
Say each fact out loud as well as reading it: "six sevens are forty-two". Saying the three numbers together is how the facts stick.
When do children learn the 6 times table?
In Year 4. The national curriculum asks children to know all their times tables up to 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4. In June, children in England take the multiplication tables check. The 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 times tables get the most questions in the check.
How to work out a 6s fact
The 6s link to two tables your child already knows.
- Double the 3s. Six lots is two lots of three lots. 6 × 7: 3 × 7 = 21, and double 21 is 42.
- Five lots and one more. 6 × 8: 5 × 8 = 40, and one more 8 makes 48.
Each step along the 6 times table adds 6:
The 6s are learned with the 3s and 9s. Knowing the 3s well makes the 6s much easier.
The 6s facts children find trickiest
6 × 7 = 42, 6 × 8 = 48, 6 × 9 = 54 and 6 × 12 = 72.
6 × 7, 6 × 8 and 6 × 9 sound alike and are easy to mix up. Practise them mixed up, not in order.
Patterns in the 6 times table
- Every answer is even.
- When you multiply 6 by an even number, the answer ends in the same digit: 6 × 2 = 12, 6 × 4 = 24, 6 × 6 = 36, 6 × 8 = 48.
- 6 × 6 = 36 is a square number: 6 rows of 6 make a square.
Division facts for the 6 times table
Every multiplication fact gives two division facts. If 3 × 6 = 18, then 18 ÷ 6 = 3 and 18 ÷ 3 = 6. Children learn the division facts alongside the multiplication facts, not afterwards.
- 6 ÷ 6 = 1
- 12 ÷ 6 = 2
- 18 ÷ 6 = 3
- 24 ÷ 6 = 4
- 30 ÷ 6 = 5
- 36 ÷ 6 = 6
- 42 ÷ 6 = 7
- 48 ÷ 6 = 8
- 54 ÷ 6 = 9
- 60 ÷ 6 = 10
- 66 ÷ 6 = 11
- 72 ÷ 6 = 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 4: recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12.
- Mathematics guidance: key stages 1 and 2 (Department for Education). Used for: 4NF-1 and 4MD-3: the order the tables are learned in, the turnaround, next door multiples, and deriving facts from known ones.