5 Times Table - Tricks, Examples & Practice

TL;DR

The 5 times table is multiplying 5 by each whole number, giving 5×10=50 and 5×20=100 at the two anchor points. This page gives the full chart to ×20, the table in words, the ends-in-0-or-5 trick, the multiples of 5, solved examples, and practice questions with answers.

Quick Answer:

• Result: 5×1=5 through 5×10=50
• Notation: 5×n, read "five times n"
• Method shown: Skip-counting, halve-and-add-zero, clock counting
• Pattern: Every product ends in 0 (even n) or 5 (odd n)
• Extended: continues 5×11=55 … 5×20=100

Multiplication Table of 5

The full 5 times table sits in two short blocks: the core facts up to ten, then the extension to twenty.

Table of 5 up to 10

Table of 5 up to 20

Table of 5 in Words

Said aloud, the table reads:

• One times 5 is 5
• Two times 5 is 10
• Three times 5 is 15
• Four times 5 is 20
• Five times 5 is 25
• Six times 5 is 30
• Seven times 5 is 35
• Eight times 5 is 40
• Nine times 5 is 45
• Ten times 5 is 50

What Is the 5 Times Table?

The 5 times table is what you get by multiplying 5 by each whole number, and multiplying by 5 is repeated addition of 5. Writing 5×4 is shorthand for adding 5 four times, and the answer builds step by step:

5, 5+5=10, 5+5+5=15, 5+5+5+5=20.

Because we count in base ten, fives behave tidily: two fives make a ten, so the products keep snapping to round and half-round numbers. That is the reason the ends-in-0-or-5 pattern exists at all.

Multiples of 5

The products in the table are the multiples of 5. The first twelve are:

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60.
Every entry in the table is a multiple of 5, and every multiple of 5 ends in either 0 or 5 — no other last digit is possible.

How to Learn the 5 Times Table (Patterns, Not Memorizing)

Bhanzu does not drill a hundred separate facts into a child's head. It teaches the few patterns that generate the whole table, so a student builds number sense and the mental agility they carry into algebra.

• 5 is half of 10, so 5×n=(10×n)÷2.
• Every product ends in 0 or 5.
• Skip-count in fives. Say 5, 10, 15, 20, 25.
• Read it off a clock. Each number on the face is one group of 5 minutes.

How to Read and Use the 5 Times Table

Read a row left to right: in 5×7=35, the 5 is the number you are counting in, the 7 is how many groups, and 35 is the total. To learn it, use a clock — point to each number, multiply by 5, and read the minutes past.

Where the 5 Times Table Appears

The 5 times table runs the clock — each number on a clock face stands for 5 minutes. It also runs money (counting nickels or five-rupee coins).

Solved Examples

Example 1

Find 5×4 using repeated addition.
5×4=5+5+5+5=20.
Final answer: 5×4=20.

Example 2

What is 5×7?
5×7=35.
Final answer: 35.

Example 3

The long hand of a clock points at 9. How many minutes past the hour is it?
5×9=45.
Final answer: 45 minutes past.

Example 4

What is 5×12?
5×12=60.
Final answer: 60.

Example 5

Fill in the missing factor: 5×□=45.
5×9=45.
Final answer: the missing factor is 9.

Common Mistakes with the 5 Times Table

Mistake 1: Swapping the 0 and 5 endings

Mistake 2: Confusing the 5s with the 10s

Practice Questions

1. 5×3=?
2. 5×6=?
3. 5×11=?
4. Fill in the missing factor: 5×□=40.
5. A hand has 5 fingers. How many fingers on 7 hands?
6. The long hand points at 4 on a clock. How many minutes past?
7. 5×15=?
8. Does the 5 times table contain 60? If so, which fact?

Answers: 1. 15 · 2. 30 · 3. 55 · 4. 8 · 5. 35 fingers · 6. 20 minutes past · 7. 75 · 8. Yes, 5×12=60.