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2 times table

The 2 times table is doubling. Get quick at doubles and you have a head start on the 4 and 8 times tables too.

The 2 times table, 1 to 12

  1. 2 × 1 = 2
  2. 2 × 2 = 4
  3. 2 × 3 = 6
  4. 2 × 4 = 8
  5. 2 × 5 = 10
  6. 2 × 6 = 12
  7. 2 × 7 = 14
  8. 2 × 8 = 16
  9. 2 × 9 = 18
  10. 2 × 10 = 20
  11. 2 × 11 = 22
  12. 2 × 12 = 24
Show the 2 times table from 13 to 20
  1. 2 × 13 = 26
  2. 2 × 14 = 28
  3. 2 × 15 = 30
  4. 2 × 16 = 32
  5. 2 × 17 = 34
  6. 2 × 18 = 36
  7. 2 × 19 = 38
  8. 2 × 20 = 40
2 TIMES TABLE QUIZ12 questions · no timer

All twelve facts, in a mixed order.

2 × ?

Type each answer. A right answer moves on by itself; after two misses you are shown the fact.

How to learn the 2 times table

It is just doubling

2 × 6 is 6 + 6. If you can double a number, you know its place in the 2 times table. Doubles of the numbers up to 5 stay at ten or below: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. From 6 upwards the answer crosses ten, which is where people slow down: 12, 14, 16, 18.

Even numbers in a repeating pattern

Every answer is even. The last digits repeat 2, 4, 6, 8, 0 for ever, so 2 × 13 must end in 6 because 2 × 3 does. That gives a quick check: an answer in the 2 times table that ends in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 is wrong.

Doubling bigger numbers

To double a two-digit number, double the tens and the ones separately. Double 43 is 80 + 6 = 86. When the ones are 5 or more there is a carry: double 38 is 60 + 16 = 76. Halving runs the same idea backwards, and a half is the same as 50%, so this table is also where percentages begin.

Facts worth a second look

  • 2 × 7 = 14Think of 7 + 7 as 7 + 3 + 4.
  • 2 × 8 = 16Two tens would be 20; take away two 2s.
  • 2 × 9 = 182 × 10 = 20, then take away one 2.
  • 2 × 12 = 24Two dozen: 20 and 4.
PRINTABLE

2 times table worksheet

24 questions: the twelve facts, then the same facts turned around, with a gap, or as a division. The answer key prints on its own page.

2 times table worksheet

24 questions · multiplication and division facts

NameDateScore/ 24

  1. 2 × 6 =
  2. 2 × 10 =
  3. 2 × 11 =
  4. 2 × 12 =
  5. 2 × 3 =
  6. 2 × 1 =
  7. 2 × 4 =
  8. 2 × 7 =
  9. 2 × 2 =
  10. 2 × 5 =
  11. 2 × 8 =
  12. 2 × 9 =
  13. 4 × 2 =
  14. 2 × = 6
  15. 4 ÷ 2 =
  16. 9 × 2 =
  17. 2 × = 10
  18. 16 ÷ 2 =
  19. 7 × 2 =
  20. 2 × = 22
  21. 24 ÷ 2 =
  22. 6 × 2 =
  23. 2 × = 2
  24. 20 ÷ 2 =

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Answer key

2 times table worksheet

  1. 2 × 6 = 12
  2. 2 × 10 = 20
  3. 2 × 11 = 22
  4. 2 × 12 = 24
  5. 2 × 3 = 6
  6. 2 × 1 = 2
  7. 2 × 4 = 8
  8. 2 × 7 = 14
  9. 2 × 2 = 4
  10. 2 × 5 = 10
  11. 2 × 8 = 16
  12. 2 × 9 = 18
  13. 4 × 2 = 8
  14. 2 × 3 = 6
  15. 4 ÷ 2 = 2
  16. 9 × 2 = 18
  17. 2 × 5 = 10
  18. 16 ÷ 2 = 8
  19. 7 × 2 = 14
  20. 2 × 11 = 22
  21. 24 ÷ 2 = 12
  22. 6 × 2 = 12
  23. 2 × 1 = 2
  24. 20 ÷ 2 = 10

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Questions about the 2 times table

How do you tell if a number is in the 2 times table?

Look at the last digit. If it is 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 the number is even, and every even number is a multiple of 2. So 374 is in the 2 times table and 375 is not.

What is the 2 times table used for?

Doubling a recipe, counting pairs, and as the first step of harder tables: 4 × 6 is double 2 × 6, and 8 × 6 is double that again.

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