2 times table

The 2 times table is what you get when you skip-count by 2s: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24. Each answer is double the number you multiply by.

2 Times Table

  • 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

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What we worked out for the 2s

  • Facts still to learn: if a child already knows the 1s and the 10s, the 2 times table up to 2 × 12 has only 10 new facts: 2 × 2, 2 × 3, 2 × 4, 2 × 5, 2 × 6, 2 × 7, 2 × 8, 2 × 9, 2 × 11 and 2 × 12. The rest come from the 1s and the 10s.
  • England's multiplication tables check: the 25-question test in Year 4 has at most 2 questions from the 2 times table, and possibly none. The five tables the framework rates hardest (6, 7, 8, 9 and 12) get 2 to 4 each.
  • A one-page sheet: the table above prints on one page of US Letter or A4. Choose a complete table, a version with the answers left blank in order, or a shuffled version with its own answer key. You can also add the division facts.

On September 25, 2026, the top five Google results for "2 times table" (US) were Timestables.com, a YouTube video, BBC Bitesize, Twinkl and Cuemath. We read the three with readable text (a YouTube video and Twinkl had none). They list the table and give tips, and some add games or printable charts. None says how many questions in England's check come from the 2s, and none counts the facts still left to learn.

Patterns in the 2 times table

  • Every answer is even, and the ones digits repeat 2, 4, 6, 8, 0.
  • Multiplying by 2 is adding a number to itself: 2 × 7 = 7 + 7 = 14.
  • The answers are every other number on a number line; the numbers they skip (1, 3, 5, 7 and so on) are the odd numbers.
The 2 times table on a 12 × 12 chart
Row times column123456789101112
1123456789101112
224681012141618202224
3369121518212427303336
44812162024283236404448
551015202530354045505560
661218243036424854606672
771421283542495663707784
881624324048566472808896
9918273645546372819099108
10102030405060708090100110120
11112233445566778899110121132
121224364860728496108120132144
Row 2 and column 2 hold the same answers: 2 × 7 and 7 × 2 are both 14. You can print the multiplication chart with the 2s shaded.

A memory trick: use doubles

Most children know doubles before they know the 2 times table. 2 × 8 is double 8, which is 16; 2 × 12 is double 12, which is 24.

Mix-ups to watch for

These wrong answers are easy to give because each one is a real answer from a nearby fact, or looks like one.

  • 2 × 3 = 5? No. The slip: adding instead of multiplying. 2 × 2 = 4 and 2 + 2 = 4 give the same answer, which hides the difference. Check: 2 × 3 means two 3s: 3 + 3 = 6.
  • 2 × 7 = 15? No. The slip: counting in twos from 1 instead of from 0 lands on odd numbers. Check: every answer in the 2 times table is even.

The 2 times table and division

Dividing by 2 is halving. 18 ÷ 2 = 9 because 2 × 9 = 18, and half of 18 is 9. An odd number cannot be split into two equal whole-number groups, so dividing it by 2 always leaves a remainder of 1.

A multiplication fact with two different numbers gives two division facts: because 2 × 7 = 14, 14 ÷ 2 = 7 and 14 ÷ 7 = 2. Here are the twelve division facts for dividing by 2:

To print them, choose Division (or Both, side by side) under Facts in the sheet above. The division chart shows every divisor from 1 to 12.

Practice: 12 questions on the 2s

  1. 2 × 5 = blank
  2. 2 × 4 = blank
  3. 2 × 6 = blank
  4. 2 × 7 = blank
  5. 2 × blank = 16
  6. 2 × blank = 6
  7. 2 × blank = 18
  8. 22 ÷ 2 = blank
  9. 24 ÷ 2 = blank
  10. 4 ÷ 2 = blank
  11. A pair of socks is 2 socks. How many socks are in 9 pairs?
  12. A bike has 2 wheels. How many bikes have 24 wheels between them?
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  1. 10
  2. 8
  3. 12
  4. 14
  5. 8
  6. 3
  7. 9
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 2
  11. 18
  12. 12

For a full printable sheet, set Version to Answers blank, shuffled in the sheet above. Each shuffle has a sheet number and prints with its own answer key. To mix the 2s with other tables, use the times tables worksheet generator.

When children learn the 2s

  • United States: Common Core 3.OA.C.7 expects that by the end of Grade 3 children "know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers", which covers 2 × 1 to 2 × 9. 2 × 10, 2 × 11 and 2 × 12 go beyond the standard.
  • England: the 2s belong to Year 2, when the national curriculum says pupils should "recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers". By the end of Year 4, pupils should know all the tables up to 12 × 12.
  • The multiplication tables check (Year 4, June) counts a question as part of the table named first: "the first number in the question will denote the multiplication table the question is part of, for example, 4 × 12 would be considered part of the 4 multiplication table."

By Rai Ansar · Updated September 25, 2026 · Charts are calculated by this site's generator and checked by automated tests. How pages are made

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Last checked September 25, 2026.