# 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

| Multiplication | Product |
| --- | --- |
| 5×1 | 5 |
| 5×2 | 10 |
| 5×3 | 15 |
| 5×4 | 20 |
| 5×5 | 25 |
| 5×6 | 30 |
| 5×7 | 35 |
| 5×8 | 40 |
| 5×9 | 45 |
| 5×10 | 50 |

### Table of 5 up to 20

| Multiplication | Product |
| --- | --- |
| 5×11 | 55 |
| 5×12 | 60 |
| 5×13 | 65 |
| 5×14 | 70 |
| 5×15 | 75 |
| 5×16 | 80 |
| 5×17 | 85 |
| 5×18 | 90 |
| 5×19 | 95 |
| 5×20 | 100 |

## 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.