The 4 Times Table
The 4 times table is:
- 1 × 4 = 4
- 2 × 4 = 8.
- 3 × 4 = 12
- 4 × 4 = 16
- 5 × 4 = 20
- 6 × 4 = 24
- 7 × 4 = 28
- 8 × 4 = 32
- 9 × 4 = 36
- 10 × 4 = 40
- 11 × 4 = 44
- 12 × 4 = 48
- To learn the four times table, it is helpful to already know the two times table.
- The 4 times table is simply double the 2 times table.
- To double the answers of the 2 times table, we simply add the number to itself.
- For example if we know that 5 × 2 = 10, we can double 10 to see that 5 × 4 = 20.
- To multiply a number by 4, double it and double it again.
- The last digits of the 4 times table repeat the pattern of 4, 8, 2, 6 and 0.
To multiply a number by 4, double it and double it again.
What is the 4 Times Table
The 4 times table is:
- 1 × 4 = 4
- 2 × 4 = 8
- 3 × 4 = 12
- 4 × 4 = 16
- 5 × 4 = 20
- 6 × 4 = 24
- 7 × 4 = 28
- 8 × 4 = 32
- 9 × 4 = 36
- 10 × 4 = 40
- 11 × 4 = 44
- 12 × 4 = 48
Below is a chart showing the complete 4 times table.
The 4 times table can be formed by counting in fours.
Simply add 4 to any number in the 4 times table to get to the next number in the 4 times table.
How to Learn the 4 Times Table
The easiest way to learn the 4 times table is to double the answers in the 2 times table. To multiply a number by 4, simply double it and double it again.
To double a number, simply add it to itself.
The 4 times table repeats the pattern of digits ending in 4, 8, 2, 6 and 0. This pattern can help us to work out the next number in the 4 times table.
Below is the 2 times table chart.
We can make the 4 times table chart by doubling each answer in the 2 times table chart.
For example, to find 2 × 4, we double two and then double it again.
2 + 2 = 4, so 2 doubled is 4.
We then double 4.
4 + 4 = 8.
Therefore 2 × 4 = 8.
If we know the 2 times table, then we can easily find the 4 times table.
By remembering 2 × 2 = 4, we can double it to see that 2 × 4 = 8.
Here is another example of 3 × 4.
We double 3 and then double it again.
3 + 3 = 6 and so, 3 doubled is 6.
We then double 6.
6 + 6 = 12 and so, 6 doubled is 12.
Therefore 3 × 4 = 12.
If we remember that 3 × 2 = 6, then we can double the result to see that 3 × 4 = 12.
Here is the example of 5 × 4.
To multiply 5 by 4, we double 5 and then double it again.
5 + 5 = 10 and so, 5 doubled is 10.
10 + 10 = 20 and so, 10 doubled is 20.
Therefore 5 × 4 = 20.
If we knew that 5 × 2 = 10, then we can double this result to see that 5 × 4 = 20.
We can also remember the 4 times table by recognising that we add 4 to get from one answer to the next.
To help us add 4, we can remember the pattern of the last digits ending in 4, 8, 2, 6 and then 0.
Because the 4 times table ends in only 4, 8, 2, 6 and 0, all numbers in the 4 times table are even. No numbers in the 4 times table are odd.
This pattern of 4, 8, 2, 6, 0 repeats as seen in the 4 times table chart below.
Therefore we can use this repeating pattern to help learn which number comes next.
For example, if we remember that 3 × 4 = 12, then we can use this answer to work out 4 × 4.
12 ends in a 2 and the next digit after 2 in the pattern of 4, 8, 2, 6, 0 is a 6.
12 + 4 = 16 and so, 4 × 4 = 16.
We can simply add on 4 from 3 × 4 to find 4 × 4.
If we remember that 10 × 4 = 40, then we can work out 9 × 4 by subtracting 4 from 40.
We can see that 6 is before 0 in the repeating pattern of 4, 8, 2, 6, 0 and so, 40 – 4 = 36.
If 10 × 4 = 40, then we can work out that 9 × 4 = 36.
