What is the 8 times table?

The 8 times table is the list of answers when you multiply by 8: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96. These are also the first twelve multiples of 8.

What is the trick for the 8 times table?

Double, double, double. 8 is 2 × 2 × 2, so double the number three times. For example, 8 × 6: 6 → 12 → 24 → 48.

How do you learn the 8 times table fast?

Learn it after the 4 times table: double the 4 fact and you have the 8 fact. 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 8 times table?

For most children: 8 × 6 = 48, 8 × 7 = 56, 8 × 8 = 64, 8 × 12 = 96. Practice those first with the trainer on this page.

8 × 12 = 96. And 8 × 11 = 88.

8 times table

The 8 times table (table of 8) from 8 × 1 to 8 × 12, with a trick, practice and a 1-minute challenge. Parent help is below.

🧒 Kids: learn the 8 times table!

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

▶ Practice the 8 table ⏱️ 1-minute challenge

8 × 1 = 8
8 × 2 = 16
8 × 3 = 24
8 × 4 = 32
8 × 5 = 40
8 × 6 = 48
8 × 7 = 56
8 × 8 = 64
8 × 9 = 72
8 × 10 = 80
8 × 11 = 88
8 × 12 = 96

Bigger: 8 × 13 to 8 × 20

8 × 13 = 104
8 × 14 = 112
8 × 15 = 120
8 × 16 = 128
8 × 17 = 136
8 × 18 = 144
8 × 19 = 152
8 × 20 = 160

💡 Trick: Double, double, double. 8 × 6 → 6 → 12 → 24 → 48

⏱️ 1-minute challenge 🃏 8 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 8 times table easy, pictures to draw, what to say, common mistakes, questions with answers and a free worksheet.

The trick for the 8 times table: double, double, double

8 is 2 × 2 × 2, so double the number three times.

8 × 6: 6 → 12 → 24 → 48
8 × 7: 7 → 14 → 28 → 56

Patterns in the 8 times table

Every answer is even.
The ones digits count down by 2: 8, 6, 4, 2, 0, then repeat.
Every answer is double the 4 times table answer.
8 × 8 = 64: think “8 and 8 fell on the floor, 64!”

Saying the table out loud helps too: eight times one is 8, eight times two is 16…

Eight times one is 8.
Eight times two is 16.
Eight times three is 24.
Eight times four is 32.
Eight times five is 40.

See the 8 times table

Draw these with your child. Each one shows that multiplying by 8 means counting equal groups of 8.

An array: 3 rows of 8 is 24. Turn it and it shows 8 × 3.

Skip counting: 4 jumps of 8 land on 32, so 4 × 8 = 32.

Multiples of 8 shaded on a hundred chart. Look for the pattern.

Facts you already know

Learn it after the 4 times table: double the 4 fact and you have the 8 fact.

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

The table also works backwards as division: 24 ÷ 8 = 3 · 56 ÷ 8 = 7 · 96 ÷ 8 = 12.

In real life: Spiders have 8 legs and an octopus has 8 arms. How many legs on 3 spiders? 3 × 8 = 24.

Common mistakes with the 8 times table

✗Writing 8 × 7 = 54.✓ Use the rhyme “5, 6, 7, 8”: 56 = 7 × 8.

✗Doubling only twice (that is the 4 times table).✓ Count the doubles on fingers: one, two, three.

What to say to your child

A short script for your first 8 times table session. Pause after each line and let your child answer.

“A spider has 8 legs. How many legs on 2 spiders?” (16.)
“To times by 8, double three times. 8 × 5: double 5?” (10.) “Again?” (20.) “Again?” (40.)
“Look at the ones digits: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40. What do you notice?” (They go down by 2.)
“8 × 8 = 64: let’s make up a silly rhyme so you remember it.”

8 times table questions (answers below)

8 × 6
8 × 7
8 × 8
8 × 4
8 × 9
8 × ? = 48
? × 8 = 88
64 ÷ 8
How many legs on 7 spiders?
40 legs are shared equally into groups of 8. How many groups?

Show the answers

48
56
64
32
72
6
11
8
56 legs
5

The 8 times table as division facts

Every multiplication fact has a division fact hiding inside it. If 8 × 6 = 48, then 48 shared into groups of 8 makes 6 groups. Here are the division facts for the table of 8:

8 ÷ 8 = 1
16 ÷ 8 = 2
24 ÷ 8 = 3
32 ÷ 8 = 4
40 ÷ 8 = 5
48 ÷ 8 = 6
56 ÷ 8 = 7
64 ÷ 8 = 8
72 ÷ 8 = 9
80 ÷ 8 = 10
88 ÷ 8 = 11
96 ÷ 8 = 12

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

8 × 7 = 56 · 7 × 8 = 56 · 56 ÷ 8 = 7 · 56 ÷ 7 = 8

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 8

The answers in the 8 times table are the multiples of 8. They go on forever: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64… Every multiple of 8 can be split into equal groups of 8 with nothing left over.

Is it a multiple of 8? A number is in the 8 times table if you can halve it three times with no remainder. Try it on 344: it is 8 × 43. Older children use these tests to find factors and multiples and to simplify fractions.

8 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 legs on 6 spiders? There are 6 groups of 8, so 6 × 8 = 48 legs.
Total to groups. 72 legs are put into groups of 8. How many groups? Ask “8 times what is 72?” The answer is 9.
Two steps. Count the legs on 4 spiders, then on 3 more. That is 32 + 24 = 56. Quicker: 4 + 3 = 7 groups, and 7 × 8 = 56.

For more practice, see multiplication word problems.

A 5-day plan for the 8 times table

Day 1: learn the trick (double, double, double) 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 8 × 6 and 8 × 7.
Day 4: missing numbers and division: 8 × ? = 64 and 64 ÷ 8.
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.