What is the 4 times table?

The 4 times table is the list of answers when you multiply by 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48. These are also the first twelve multiples of 4.

What is the trick for the 4 times table?

Double, then double again. 4 is 2 × 2, so double the number twice. For example, 4 × 7: 7 → 14 → 28.

How do you learn the 4 times table fast?

Learn it after the 2 times table: if your child can double, they can do the 4 times table. 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 4 times table?

For most children: 4 × 7 = 28, 4 × 8 = 32, 4 × 12 = 48. Practice those first with the trainer on this page.

4 × 12 = 48. And 4 × 11 = 44.

4 times table

The 4 times table (table of 4) from 4 × 1 to 4 × 12, with a trick, practice and a 1-minute challenge. Parent help is below.

🧒 Kids: learn the 4 times table!

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

▶ Practice the 4 table ⏱️ 1-minute challenge

4 × 1 = 4
4 × 2 = 8
4 × 3 = 12
4 × 4 = 16
4 × 5 = 20
4 × 6 = 24
4 × 7 = 28
4 × 8 = 32
4 × 9 = 36
4 × 10 = 40
4 × 11 = 44
4 × 12 = 48

Bigger: 4 × 13 to 4 × 20

4 × 13 = 52
4 × 14 = 56
4 × 15 = 60
4 × 16 = 64
4 × 17 = 68
4 × 18 = 72
4 × 19 = 76
4 × 20 = 80

💡 Trick: Double, then double again. 4 × 7 → 7 → 14 → 28

⏱️ 1-minute challenge 🃏 4 times table flash cards 🎮 Play a times table game

More tables: 2× · 3× · 4× · 5× · 6× · 7× · 8× · 9× · 10× · 11× · 12× · 13× · 14× · 15× · 16× · 17× · 18× · 19× · 20×

For parents and teachers ↓

This part is for grown-ups. It has the patterns that make the 4 times table easy, pictures to draw, what to say, common mistakes, questions with answers and a free worksheet.

The trick for the 4 times table: double, then double again

4 is 2 × 2, so double the number twice.

4 × 7: 7 → 14 → 28
4 × 12: 12 → 24 → 48

Patterns in the 4 times table

Every answer is even.
The ones digits repeat 4, 8, 2, 6, 0.
Every answer is double the 2 times table answer: 2 × 7 = 14, so 4 × 7 = 28.
Every answer is half of the 8 times table answer.

Saying the table out loud helps too: four times one is 4, four times two is 8…

Four times one is 4.
Four times two is 8.
Four times three is 12.
Four times four is 16.
Four times five is 20.

See the 4 times table

Draw these with your child. Each one shows that multiplying by 4 means counting equal groups of 4.

An array: 3 rows of 4 is 12. Turn it and it shows 4 × 3.

Skip counting: 4 jumps of 4 land on 16, so 4 × 4 = 16.

Multiples of 4 shaded on a hundred chart. Look for the pattern.

Facts you already know

Learn it after the 2 times table: if your child can double, they can do the 4 times table.

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

The table also works backwards as division: 12 ÷ 4 = 3 · 28 ÷ 4 = 7 · 48 ÷ 4 = 12.

In real life: Cars have 4 wheels, dogs have 4 legs, a square has 4 sides and a year has 4 seasons. How many wheels on 3 cars? 3 × 4 = 12.

Common mistakes with the 4 times table

✗Doubling only once: 4 × 6 = 12.✓ Say it out loud: “double 6 is 12, double again is 24.”

✗Mixing up 4 × 7 = 28 and 4 × 8 = 32.✓ 4 × 8 is double 16, which is 32.

What to say to your child

A short script for your first 4 times table session. Pause after each line and let your child answer.

“How many wheels on 3 cars?” (12.) “That is 3 × 4.”
“To times by 4, double and double again. Double 6?” (12.) “Double 12?” (24.) “So 4 × 6 = 24.”
“Now try 4 × 9.” (18, then 36.)
“Which is bigger, 4 × 8 or 8 × 4?” (Neither: both are 32.)

4 times table questions (answers below)

4 × 7
4 × 8
4 × 12
4 × 4
4 × 9
4 × ? = 24
? × 4 = 44
32 ÷ 4
How many wheels on 7 cars?
20 wheels are shared equally into groups of 4. How many groups?

Show the answers

28
32
48
16
36
6
11
8
28 wheels
5

The 4 times table as division facts

Every multiplication fact has a division fact hiding inside it. If 4 × 6 = 24, then 24 shared into groups of 4 makes 6 groups. Here are the division facts for the table of 4:

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

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

4 × 7 = 28 · 7 × 4 = 28 · 28 ÷ 4 = 7 · 28 ÷ 7 = 4

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 4

The answers in the 4 times table are the multiples of 4. They go on forever: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32… Every multiple of 4 can be split into equal groups of 4 with nothing left over.

Is it a multiple of 4? A number is in the 4 times table if its last two digits make a number in the 4 times table. Try it on 316: it is 4 × 79. Older children use these tests to find factors and multiples and to simplify fractions.

4 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 wheels on 6 cars? There are 6 groups of 4, so 6 × 4 = 24 wheels.
Total to groups. 36 wheels are put into groups of 4. How many groups? Ask “4 times what is 36?” The answer is 9.
Two steps. Count the wheels on 4 cars, then on 3 more. That is 16 + 12 = 28. Quicker: 4 + 3 = 7 groups, and 7 × 4 = 28.

For more practice, see multiplication word problems.

A 5-day plan for the 4 times table

Day 1: learn the trick (double, then double again) 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 4 × 7 and 4 × 8.
Day 4: missing numbers and division: 4 × ? = 32 and 32 ÷ 4.
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.