What is the 12 times table?

The 12 times table is the list of answers when you multiply by 12: 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120, 132, 144. These are also the first twelve multiples of 12.

What is the trick for the 12 times table?

10 times plus 2 times. Split 12 into 10 and 2. Do both facts and add. For example, 12 × 7: 10 × 7 = 70, 2 × 7 = 14, 70 + 14 = 84.

How do you learn the 12 times table fast?

Learn it last, after the 10 and 2 times tables. Many schools expect it by grade 4. Learn the trick and say the table forwards and backwards. Then practice mixed-up facts for 5 minutes a day, until each answer comes in about 3 seconds.

What are the hardest facts in the 12 times table?

For most children: 12 × 7 = 84, 12 × 8 = 96, 12 × 9 = 108, 12 × 12 = 144. Practice those first with the trainer on this page.

12 × 12 = 144. And 12 × 11 = 132.

12 times table

The 12 times table (table of 12) from 12 × 1 to 12 × 12, with a trick, practice and a 1-minute challenge. Parent help is below.

🧒 Kids: learn the 12 times table!

Read the table out loud. Then tap Practice and answer the questions!

▶ Practice the 12 table ⏱️ 1-minute challenge

12 × 1 = 12
12 × 2 = 24
12 × 3 = 36
12 × 4 = 48
12 × 5 = 60
12 × 6 = 72
12 × 7 = 84
12 × 8 = 96
12 × 9 = 108
12 × 10 = 120
12 × 11 = 132
12 × 12 = 144

Bigger: 12 × 13 to 12 × 20

12 × 13 = 156
12 × 14 = 168
12 × 15 = 180
12 × 16 = 192
12 × 17 = 204
12 × 18 = 216
12 × 19 = 228
12 × 20 = 240

💡 Trick: 10 times plus 2 times. 12 × 7 → 10 × 7 = 70, 2 × 7 = 14, 70 + 14 = 84

⏱️ 1-minute challenge 🃏 12 times table flash cards 🎮 Play a times table game

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For parents and teachers ↓

This part is for grown-ups. It has the patterns that make the 12 times table easy, pictures to draw, what to say, common mistakes, questions with answers and a free worksheet.

The trick for the 12 times table: 10 times plus 2 times

Split 12 into 10 and 2. Do both facts and add.

12 × 7: 10 × 7 = 70, 2 × 7 = 14, 70 + 14 = 84
12 × 12: 10 × 12 = 120, 2 × 12 = 24, 120 + 24 = 144

Patterns in the 12 times table

Every answer is even.
The ones digits repeat 2, 4, 6, 8, 0.
Every answer is double the 6 times table answer.
12 × 12 = 144 is called a gross.

Saying the table out loud helps too: twelve times one is 12, twelve times two is 24…

Twelve times one is 12.
Twelve times two is 24.
Twelve times three is 36.
Twelve times four is 48.
Twelve times five is 60.

See the 12 times table

Draw these with your child. Each one shows that multiplying by 12 means counting equal groups of 12.

An array: 3 rows of 12 is 36. Turn it and it shows 12 × 3.

Skip counting: 4 jumps of 12 land on 48, so 4 × 12 = 48.

Multiples of 12 shaded on a hundred chart. Look for the pattern.

Facts you already know

Learn it last, after the 10 and 2 times tables. Many schools expect it by grade 4.

The usual order is 2, 5, 10, 4, 3, 9, 11, 6, 7, 8, 12. A child who follows it already knows 11 of the 12 facts in the 12 times table as turn-arounds: 12 × 1, 12 × 2, 12 × 3, 12 × 4, 12 × 5, 12 × 6, 12 × 7, 12 × 8, 12 × 9, 12 × 10, 12 × 11. That leaves only 1 new fact to learn: 12 × 12.

The table also works backwards as division: 36 ÷ 12 = 3 · 84 ÷ 12 = 7 · 144 ÷ 12 = 12.

In real life: A dozen is 12, a year has 12 months and a clock face has 12 hours. How many eggs in 3 boxes of a dozen eggs? 3 × 12 = 36.

Common mistakes with the 12 times table

✗Writing 12 × 7 = 74.✓ Do both parts: 70 + 14 = 84, not 70 + 4.

✗Mixing up 12 × 8 = 96 and 12 × 9 = 108.✓ Count on from 12 × 8: 96 + 12 = 108.

What to say to your child

A short script for your first 12 times table session. Pause after each line and let your child answer.

“How many eggs in 3 dozen?” (36.) “That is 3 × 12.”
“12 is 10 and 2. For 12 × 6, what is 10 × 6?” (60.) “And 2 × 6?” (12.) “Add them.” (72.)
“How many months in 4 years?” (48.)
“12 × 12 is a special one, 144. Let’s say it three times.”

12 times table questions (answers below)

12 × 7
12 × 8
12 × 9
12 × 4
12 × 9
12 × ? = 72
? × 12 = 132
96 ÷ 12
How many eggs in 7 boxes of a dozen eggs?
60 eggs are shared equally into groups of 12. How many groups?

Show the answers

84
96
108
48
108
6
11
8
84 eggs
5

The 12 times table as division facts

Every multiplication fact has a division fact hiding inside it. If 12 × 6 = 72, then 72 shared into groups of 12 makes 6 groups. Here are the division facts for the table of 12:

12 ÷ 12 = 1
24 ÷ 12 = 2
36 ÷ 12 = 3
48 ÷ 12 = 4
60 ÷ 12 = 5
72 ÷ 12 = 6
84 ÷ 12 = 7
96 ÷ 12 = 8
108 ÷ 12 = 9
120 ÷ 12 = 10
132 ÷ 12 = 11
144 ÷ 12 = 12

Four facts with the same three numbers make a fact family.

12 × 7 = 84 · 7 × 12 = 84 · 84 ÷ 12 = 7 · 84 ÷ 7 = 12

Learning the table this way means your child learns division at the same time. To check a division answer, multiply back (see check division with multiplication).

Multiples of 12

The answers in the 12 times table are the multiples of 12. They go on forever: 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96… Every multiple of 12 can be split into equal groups of 12 with nothing left over.

Is it a multiple of 12? A number is in the 12 times table if it passes both the 3 test and the 4 test. Try it on 324: it is 12 × 27. Older children use these tests to find factors and multiples and to simplify fractions.

12 times table word problems

Word problems show your child when to use the table. Read each one aloud, ask “how many groups, and how many in each group?”, then multiply.

Groups to total. How many eggs in 6 boxes of a dozen eggs? There are 6 groups of 12, so 6 × 12 = 72 eggs.
Total to groups. 108 eggs are put into groups of 12. How many groups? Ask “12 times what is 108?” The answer is 9.
Two steps. Count the eggs in 4 boxes of a dozen eggs, then in 3 more. That is 48 + 36 = 84. Quicker: 4 + 3 = 7 groups, and 7 × 12 = 84.

For more practice, see multiplication word problems.

A 5-day plan for the 12 times table

Day 1: learn the trick (10 times plus 2 times) and say the table forwards.
Day 2: say it backwards, then answer the practice questions in order.
Day 3: mixed order, with extra time on 12 × 7 and 12 × 8.
Day 4: missing numbers and division: 12 × ? = 96 and 96 ÷ 12.
Day 5: the 1-minute challenge, then the worksheet.

Five minutes a day is enough. A fact is learned when the answer comes in about 3 seconds without counting. Come back to the table once a week after that, so it stays fresh.