2 times tableChart, tricks and free practice.
The 2 times table is just doubling. Every answer is the number you started with, added to itself: 2 x 6 is 6 + 6 = 12. Because most children can already double small numbers before they meet multiplication, this is almost always the first table to learn, and the fastest one to finish.
The 2 times table chart
- 2 × 1= 2
- 2 × 2= 4
- 2 × 3= 6
- 2 × 4= 8
- 2 × 5= 10
- 2 × 6= 12
- 2 × 7= 14
- 2 × 8= 16
- 2 × 9= 18
- 2 × 10= 20
- 2 × 11= 22
- 2 × 12= 24
Skip counting: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24
The pattern to look for
Every answer is an even number, and each one is exactly 2 more than the one before it.
Free practice
Test the 2 times table
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How to learn the 2 times table
Say it as doubling, not multiplying
Ask "what is 7 and another 7?" instead of "what is 7 times 2?" Children who freeze at multiplication language will often answer the doubling version instantly.
Count the even numbers
The 2 times table is the even numbers in order. If your child can count 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 they already know the first five facts.
Use pairs of real things
Shoes, socks, eyes, bicycle wheels. Six bicycles have 12 wheels, and that is 2 x 6 without a single worksheet.
The fact kids miss most
2 x 9 = 18
Not because the doubling is hard, but because it sits at the end of the sequence where counting on gets tiring. Jumping from 2 x 10 = 20 and taking one 2 away is faster.
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