5 times table, ends in 5 or 0, every time.

The 5 times table is one of the easiest: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 up to 5 × 12. Every answer ends in 5 or 0, and the answers climb in steps of 5. The tool above shows the table, hides the answers for a self-test, runs a scored practice quiz and prints a chart or sheet.

How to use the 5 times table tool

1. Click Table to see the facts, the patterns for this number and the skip counting line. Go up to shows the table to 10, 12, 15 or 20.
2. Tick Hide the answers to test yourself. Tap a row to reveal its answer.
3. Click Practice quiz, then Start the quiz. Type each answer and press Enter. A wrong answer shows a quick way to work it out.
4. Under Quiz questions choose 10, 20, 30 or every fact once. Tick Ask both ways round or Include division to make the quiz harder.
5. At the end, read your score and click Practise the missed ones to go over only the facts you got wrong.
6. Use Print table for a clean sheet, Print practice sheet for a blank one, Copy table to paste the list, and Copy link to share your settings.

The 5 times table, 1 to 12

Five, zero, five, zero

Look at the ones digit. 5 × 1 = 5, 5 × 2 = 10, 5 × 3 = 15, 5 × 4 = 20. It goes 5, 0, 5, 0 and never changes. That gives a simple rule: an odd number times 5 ends in 5, and an even number times 5 ends in 0.

Half of times ten

Five is half of ten. So 5 × 8 is half of 10 × 8 = 80, which is 40. 5 × 7 is half of 70, which is 35. For an even number, halve it and put a zero after it: 5 × 12 is 6 and a zero, 60. For an odd number, halve the number before it and put 5 after it: 5 × 7 gives 3 and 5, which is 35.

The clock face

Looking at a clock face, the minute hand points at the 1 for 5 minutes, at the 2 for 10 minutes, and at the 7 for 35 minutes, so reading the time in 5 minute steps is the 5 times table. If you can tell the time, you know 5 × 1 to 5 × 12 already.

Counting hands

One hand has 5 fingers, so 6 hands have 5 × 6 = 30 fingers. Skip counting in 5s by touching each finger is a quick way for younger learners to see how the table builds.

Worked examples

• Five-minute steps. 7 five-minute steps are 5 × 7 = 35 minutes.
• Odd times five. 5 × 9: half of 90 is 45.
• Division. 55 ÷ 5 = 11, because 5 × 11 = 55.
• Missing number. 5 × ? = 40. The answer is 8.
• Past 12. 5 × 15 = 75 and 5 × 20 = 100.

Beyond 12: 5 × 13 to 5 × 20

Set Go up to to 20 and the tool shows these as well. For any of them, split the number: 5 × 13 is 5 × 10 plus 5 × 3, which is 50 + 15 = 65.

Common mistakes

• Writing 5 × 6 as 35 or 25. It is 30.
• Forgetting that 5 × 11 = 55 and 5 × 12 = 60 are in the table too.
• Ending an even answer in 5. If the number multiplied by 5 is even, the answer ends in 0.

A way to learn it

Count in 5s up to 60 and back, then tell the time to the nearest five minutes. Hide the answers and test the table. When it is quick, move on to 6, which is 5 plus one more group.

Next, try the 6 times table, or go back to the 4 times table. To see every table in one grid, use the times tables chart. To make your own cards, try the flashcard maker.