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2 times table

Children usually learn the 2 times table in Year 2 in the UK and in Grade 2 in the US. It is the first table most children learn, because 2 × anything is just doubling. Below are the facts from 2 × 1 to 2 × 12, the tricks that make them stick, the mistakes to watch for, and two things to print: a worksheet with 32 problems (multiplication both ways round and the matching division facts, with eight animals to rescue) and a poster of the table in its colour from the multiplication chart. Free, no sign-up.

  1. 2 × 12
  2. 2 × 24
  3. 2 × 36
  4. 2 × 48
  5. 2 × 510
  6. 2 × 612
  7. 2 × 714
  8. 2 × 816
  9. 2 × 918
  10. 2 × 1020
  11. 2 × 1122
  12. 2 × 1224
Worksheet 2 times table, ink-saving version with eight animals

Ink-saving

White cards with coloured borders and the animals in colour. For every animal rescued, your child colours in a star.

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Worksheet 2 times table, colouring version with eight animals to colour in

Colouring version

Black and white for any printer. Once an animal is rescued, your child gets to colour it in.

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2 times table chart to print: 2 × 1 to 2 × 12 with the axolotl

2 times table chart (poster)

The 2 times table from 2 × 1 to 2 × 12 in big type, in its colour from the multiplication chart, with the axolotl that keeps it. For the wall or the fridge.

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Also as US Letter PDF

Free for home and the classroom. Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0, so feel free to print, copy and pass it on, just don't sell it. If you share the sheet online, please link to this page. CC BY-NC 4.0

The 2 times table is the key to two others: the 4 times table is the 2s doubled, and the 8s are the 4s doubled again. All twelve tables at once are on the multiplication chart, and the Multiplication Tables Check practice sheets test the 2 to 12 tables in the format of the Year 4 check.

How the worksheet works

  1. Each of the eight animals has three problems to work out and one gate problem, just like in the game: out of three answers, your child circles the right one.
  2. When all four problems are right, the animal is rescued: in the ink-saving version your child colours in its star, in the colouring version the whole animal.
  3. The problems run from 2 × 2 to 2 × 10, both ways round, and the matching division facts (12 ÷ 2 and 12 ÷ 6).
  4. There is no answer key on purpose: check the answers together, or let your child check with the swapped fact (2 × 3 = 6, so 3 × 2 = 6).

Tricks for the 2 times table

  1. Doubling

    2 × 6 = 6 + 6 = 122 × 9 = 9 + 9 = 18

    Two times a number is the number added to itself. A child who can double can do the whole table.

  2. The answers are all even

    2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, …

    Every answer ends in 2, 4, 6, 8 or 0. An odd answer is always wrong.

  3. Count in twos

    2, 4, 6, 8, 10

    Pairs of socks, shoes, eyes: counting in twos is skip counting, and skip counting is the 2 times table.

  4. Halving is the way back

    18 ÷ 2 = 9, because 9 + 9 = 18

    Dividing by 2 means halving. Share 18 between two: 9 each.

  5. Division is multiplication backwards

    14 ÷ 2 = 7, because 7 × 2 = 14

    14 ÷ 2 asks: how many 2s fit into 14? The worksheet practises both directions.

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For teachers

The sheet works well as independent practice, homework or an extension task for early finishers; the poster goes on the wall next to the full multiplication chart so the class can see where the 2s sit. The colouring version prints on any black-and-white photocopier, and the ink-saving version needs very little colour.

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FAQ

When do children learn the 2 times table?

In Year 2 in England (the national curriculum) and in Grade 2 in the US, as one of the first three tables, with the 2s, 5s and 10s. In England all tables to 12 are checked at the end of Year 4.

What is 2 × 2?

4. It is the square number of this table, shown in a white box on the chart and on the worksheet poster.

Is the worksheet really free?

Yes. It is free, with no sign-up and no email address. You may print and copy it for home and for the classroom (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Is there an answer key?

No, on purpose. The swapped fact is a good check: if your child worked out 2 × 4 = 8, they can check it with 4 × 2. For the gate problems, the right answer is one of the choices anyway.

What is the difference between the two worksheet versions?

The ink-saving version has animals in colour and a star to colour in. The colouring version is completely black and white, and the rescued animal itself gets coloured in.

How can my child keep practising the 2 times table?

Short, frequent practice helps most: a few minutes a day beats one long session. The free game Number Jungle asks the facts that are still wobbly more often until they stick, and the poster on the wall is there for a quick look-up in between.