What is the 6 times table?

The 6 times table is the list of answers when you multiply by 6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66, 72. These are also the first twelve multiples of 6.

How do you learn the 6 times table fast?

Learn it after the 3 and 5 times tables. By then, most 6 facts are already known as turn-arounds. 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 6 times table?

For most children: 6 × 7 = 42, 6 × 8 = 48, 6 × 9 = 54, 6 × 12 = 72. Practice those first with the trainer on this page.

6 × 12 = 72. And 6 × 11 = 66.

6 times table

Q: What is the trick for the 6 times table?

5 times, plus one more. 6 groups is 5 groups plus 1 more group. Do the 5 times fact, then add the number once. For example, 6 × 7: 5 × 7 = 35, 35 + 7 = 42.

The 6 times table (table of 6) from 6 × 1 to 6 × 12, with a trick, practice and a 1-minute challenge. Parent help is below.

🧒 Kids: learn the 6 times table!

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

▶ Practice the 6 table ⏱️ 1-minute challenge

6 × 1 = 6
6 × 2 = 12
6 × 3 = 18
6 × 4 = 24
6 × 5 = 30
6 × 6 = 36
6 × 7 = 42
6 × 8 = 48
6 × 9 = 54
6 × 10 = 60
6 × 11 = 66
6 × 12 = 72

Bigger: 6 × 13 to 6 × 20

6 × 13 = 78
6 × 14 = 84
6 × 15 = 90
6 × 16 = 96
6 × 17 = 102
6 × 18 = 108
6 × 19 = 114
6 × 20 = 120

💡 Trick: 5 times, plus one more. 6 × 7 → 5 × 7 = 35, 35 + 7 = 42

⏱️ 1-minute challenge 🃏 6 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 6 times table easy, pictures to draw, what to say, common mistakes, questions with answers and a free worksheet.

The trick for the 6 times table: 5 times, plus one more

6 groups is 5 groups plus 1 more group. Do the 5 times fact, then add the number once.

6 × 7: 5 × 7 = 35, 35 + 7 = 42
6 × 8: 5 × 8 = 40, 40 + 8 = 48

Patterns in the 6 times table

Every answer is even.
For even numbers, the answer ends in the same digit: 6 × 4 = 24, 6 × 6 = 36, 6 × 8 = 48.
Every answer is double the 3 times table answer.
The ones digits repeat 6, 2, 8, 4, 0.

Saying the table out loud helps too: six times one is 6, six times two is 12…

Six times one is 6.
Six times two is 12.
Six times three is 18.
Six times four is 24.
Six times five is 30.

See the 6 times table

Draw these with your child. Each one shows that multiplying by 6 means counting equal groups of 6.

An array: 3 rows of 6 is 18. Turn it and it shows 6 × 3.

Skip counting: 4 jumps of 6 land on 24, so 4 × 6 = 24.

Multiples of 6 shaded on a hundred chart. Look for the pattern.

Facts you already know

Learn it after the 3 and 5 times tables. By then, most 6 facts are already known as turn-arounds.

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

The table also works backwards as division: 18 ÷ 6 = 3 · 42 ÷ 6 = 7 · 72 ÷ 6 = 12.

In real life: Half a dozen is 6, insects have 6 legs and a cube has 6 faces. How many eggs in 3 egg boxes? 3 × 6 = 18.

Common mistakes with the 6 times table

✗Mixing up 6 × 7 = 42 and 6 × 8 = 48.✓ Use the even rule: 6 × 8 ends in 8, so it is 48.

✗Answering 6 × 9 = 56.✓ 6 × 10 = 60, take away 6 = 54.

What to say to your child

A short script for your first 6 times table session. Pause after each line and let your child answer.

“An insect has 6 legs. How many legs on 3 insects?” (18.)
“6 × 7 is 5 × 7 and one more 7. What is 5 × 7?” (35.) “Add 7.” (42.)
“Look: 6 × 4 = 24 and 6 × 6 = 36. What do you notice?” (The answer ends in the same digit.)
“Use that: 6 × 8 ends in 8. Is it 48 or 58?” (48.)

6 times table questions (answers below)

6 × 7
6 × 8
6 × 9
6 × 4
6 × 9
6 × ? = 36
? × 6 = 66
48 ÷ 6
How many eggs in 7 egg boxes?
30 eggs are shared equally into groups of 6. How many groups?

Show the answers

42
48
54
24
54
6
11
8
42 eggs
5

The 6 times table as division facts

Every multiplication fact has a division fact hiding inside it. If 6 × 6 = 36, then 36 shared into groups of 6 makes 6 groups. Here are the division facts for the table of 6:

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

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

6 × 7 = 42 · 7 × 6 = 42 · 42 ÷ 6 = 7 · 42 ÷ 7 = 6

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 6

The answers in the 6 times table are the multiples of 6. They go on forever: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48… Every multiple of 6 can be split into equal groups of 6 with nothing left over.

Is it a multiple of 6? A number is in the 6 times table if it is even and its digits add up to a number in the 3 times table. Try it on 252: it is 6 × 42. Older children use these tests to find factors and multiples and to simplify fractions.

6 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 egg boxes? There are 6 groups of 6, so 6 × 6 = 36 eggs.
Total to groups. 54 eggs are put into groups of 6. How many groups? Ask “6 times what is 54?” The answer is 9.
Two steps. Count the eggs in 4 egg boxes, then in 3 more. That is 24 + 18 = 42. Quicker: 4 + 3 = 7 groups, and 7 × 6 = 42.

For more practice, see multiplication word problems.

A 5-day plan for the 6 times table

Day 1: learn the trick (5 times, plus one more) 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 6 × 7 and 6 × 8.
Day 4: missing numbers and division: 6 × ? = 48 and 48 ÷ 6.
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.